A Different Man
In 2024, audiences were treated with not one but two darkly comic cautionary tales about the perils of the pursuit of beauty. Much like Demi Moore’s character in “The ...
Category Archives: 20 Best Movies of 2024
I Saw the TV Glow
Back in January, sophomore writer-director Jane Schoenbrun kicked things off in striking fashion and earned glowing praise at Sundance with this ’90s time capsule, an ...
Juror #2
In what shaped out to be one of the most unlikely underdog stories of last fall, this old-fashioned courtroom drama directed by Clint Eastwood, now 94, proved doubters wrong ...
La Chimera
He got the cover of Variety magazine, became a fashion icon after absolutely rocking those plaid tennis shorts in “Challengers”, and landed prominent roles in the upcoming ...
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
If like us, you’re a person of simple pleasures who gets a real kick out of watching dudes clashing fists, throwing punches, and beating each other to a pulp while doing crazy ...
Wicked
Trust me, at this point I’ve scanned through every valid point of criticism of Jon M. Chau’s $150 million Broadway play adaptation. It’s overlong. It’s so poorly lit it looks ...
Look Back
Animation fans were eating good in 2024: This was the year of “The Wild Robot”, “Flow”, “The War of the Rohirrim”, “Inside Out 2”, and another Wallace & Gromit feature, ...
Kinds of Kindness
Though considerably more out-there than your average Oscar bait, all the hoopla and pearl-clutching about the spicy sex scenes in “Poor Things” doesn’t alter the fact that it ...
Evil Does Not Exist
After breaking into the mainstream and nabbing a best directing nom at the 2022 Oscars, “Drive My Car” director Ryusuke Hamaguchi kept the ball rolling and set the Biennale ...
Drive-Away Dolls
Though we still hold out hope that the Coen brothers can patch things up and work side-by-side sooner rather than later, having both estranged siblings pumping out solo ...
Chime
A proven hand at creepy, blood-curling thrillers that start slow but furiously dig their way into your consciousness, trailblazing Japanese visionary Kiyoshi Kurosawa blew ...
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
When word got out that a “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel was in the works, it was reasonable to be a little skeptical. After all, how can you top a film that makes a strong case ...
Dune: Part Two
The best movie of the year got off to a bumpy start. Initially, it was supposed to release all the way back in November 2023 but got pushed back amid Hollywood strikes and, at ...
The Wild Robot
If you’re looking for a feel-good family watch or perhaps a palette cleanser that will lift your spirits and make you swoon at the screen after making it through Kurosawa’s ...
Nosferatu
In following in F.W. Murnau and Werner Herzog’s footsteps to take a stab at the time-honored vampire tale based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel, writer-director Robert ...
Challengers
As the public discourse around sex in movies (or lack thereof) raged on throughout the year — seemingly confirming our growing suspicion that Gen Z kids have grown up to be ...
Dìdi
We’ve reached a point in time where movies set in the late-aughts are technically period pieces now, which truth be told, makes one feel positively ancient. But while we ...
Hit Man
If watching him outrun tornadoes opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones in last summer’s “Twister” legacy sequel didn’t fully sell you on Glen Powell’s leading-man charms and potential to ...
Anora
Writer-director Sean Baker’s knack for small-scale drama and unyielding empathy for social outcasts and working-class heroes comes through loud and clear in this shaggy dog ...
The Substance
Where to begin with Coralie Fargeat’s skin-crawling, gleefully subversive, and unpredictably wild showbiz satire? Like a feature-length Twilight Zone episode by way of David ...