All of Us Strangers (2023)

Much lauded but not so beloved by Jack and me. A reclusive writer meets a mysterious man, they hook up, the writer visits his parents who have been dead for 25 years and look just as they did then, and other stuff happens. As I recall, it's pretty, but we were not captivated. 

Andrew Scott is the tortured writer, Paul Mescal the attractive stranger, and Claire Foy and Jamie Bell the warm parents.

Directed and written by Andrew Haigh, based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, this has 22 wins and 100 other nominations so far. The scenes with the parents are shot in Haigh's own childhood home in Croydon in South London.

Composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch's ethereal soundtrack can be streamed on Apple Music and probably elsewhere.

Scott was last blogged for Catherine Called Birdy, Mescal for Aftersun, Foy for Women Talking, Bell for Rocketman, Haigh for 45 Years, and Levienaise-Farrouch for Living.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are well acquainted, averaging 96 and 92%. We saw it on January 10 on a screener from the Independent Feature Project because I'm a voting member for the Spirit Awards, which were last night. It's a fun show and is now streaming on YouTube but I haven't watched it yet.

I waited to write this until the rest of you could see it, though I haven't given you much encouragement to do so. It's just arrived on Hulu and for rent.