1. Frankenstein
Netflix
Guillermo del Toro has spent a lifetime imagining his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s tale of a doctor (played by Oscar Isaac) who tampers with the natural order by turning dead tissue into a new being (Jacob Elordi). Much of the film, including this laboratory scene, takes place within the remnants of once-great structures. “Gothic romance was born partially out of the fascination with ruins,” del Toro tells VF. “Sometimes they’re more beautiful than the building complete because it’s the clash of creation and destruction.”
Mother MaryFREDERIC BATIER.
2. Mother Mary
A24
To become the pop star Mother Mary, Anne Hathaway had to push past self-doubt. “I hadn’t been a student like this in a really long time,” says the Oscar winner, who stars with Michaela Coel. “I had knowledge of myself: I can’t do this. I can’t dance. I can’t sing like a pop star.” With the help of director David Lowery and the crew, however? “They made it so that I could.”
Love HurtsAllen Fraser/Universal Pictures.
3. Love Hurts
Universal Pictures
Ke Huy Quan, an Oscar winner for Everything Everywhere All at Once, lands his first major leading-man role in this original action comedy, playing a mild-mannered real estate agent who can’t escape his past. Expect the film, which also stars Ariana DeBose, to showcase Quan’s stunt experience while throwing some surprises the audience’s way. “The things I do for love!” he says.
