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  Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 (A Compilation of 50 Upcoming Films By Chris Bush) Part III 20. Challengers   Director: Luca Guadagnino ( Call Me By Your Name , A Bigger Splash )  Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor. Luca Guadagnino is no stranger to stories with complex, messy relationships.  After all, the director only just recently had his cannibal coming-of-age romance, Bones and All , released a couple of months ago.  But even before that, he was already dabbling in those waters with films like A Bigger Splash and Call Me By Your Name .  So I was extremely excited to hear about his next film, Challengers , which is being marketed as a dark and sexy comedy set in the world of tennis with a toxic love triangle at its center.  Zendaya stars as Tashi, a professional tennis player turned coach, who has transformed her husband (Mike Faist) from a mediocre player into a grand slam champion.  But after he's set back by a recent strea...

  Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 (A compilation of 50 films by Chris Bush) PART II 35. The Beast  Director: Bertrand Bonello  ( Zombi Child , Nocturama )  Cast: Léa Seydoux and George M ac K ay . Between his two most recent films- Zombi Child and Nocturama - I feel we're in the midst of a pivotal  phase in director Bertrand Bonello's career.  Both films are so good and work so exceptionally well, and I'm excited to see how his career grows within the next ten years.  His upcoming sci-fi/love story, The Beast , inspired from the Henry James novella, The Beast in the Jungle , represents his most ambitious undertaking as a storyteller to date.  James' 1903 short story is a masterwork that explores heady themes of loneliness, fate, love and death as it contemplates  the meaning of human existence.  Bonello's film begins in a futuristic setting when emotions have become a threat, where a woman named Gabriella (Léa Seydoux) decides to purify ...