Following up last year's incredible run of films is no small feat, but 2024 took the task and ran with it. What started out as a somewhat slow year quickly picked up,...
Jason Reitman's Saturday Night takes place in the 90 minutes before the first episode of Saturday Night Live. Golden Globe nominee Gabriel LaBelle leads the most star-studded cast of the year as...
Happy New Criterion Year! 2025, let it be another amazing time to add to the consistently addictive practice of getting these gems at any time. Right off the new year, Criterion has...
The most jarring opening scene from a film this year comes in Steve McQueen’s Blitz. There was a rush of sirens, the loud hiss of water bursting out of a hose to...
When looking back on 2024 in film, three adjectives come to mind to describe the year: surprising, daring, and challenging. Every film on my list can be described with one of those...
2024 has been the biggest (not the best) movie year for me to date. I’ve seen 136 new releases from this year. I covered multiple festivals and attended NYFF as accredited press...
Note: Due to extreme gender bias in awards season this year I will only be choosing films directed by women or gender non-conforming people.
10. The People’s Joker – Vera Drew
Lawsuits, delayed releases,...
I tend to treat a year end list as a way not to really and concretely rank pieces of art, but to reflect on the intensity of my reaction to films. More...
