2024

1. The Substance

This is legit one of the wildest audiovisual experiences you'll ever have watching a movie.

2. Dune Part Two

Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel is legit one of the most epic movies ever.​

3. The Brutalist

This epic but personal saga of the American immigrant experience excels in every arena of filmmaking.

4. Anora

Mikey Madison launches into stardom in this chaotic slapstick tragicomedy.

5. Challengers

Luca Guadagnino's tennis/love triangle drama comes out of nowhere to be maybe the most entertaining movie of the year.

6. Sing Sing

Colman Domingo and real-life inmates struggle for creative freedom in my sobfest of the year.

7. The Beast

This sci-fi/period drama/crime thriller is a genre-hopping, Lynchian mindfuck about the loss of humanity in the age of technology.

8. All We Imagine as Light

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia creates a hyperealistic portrayal of women struggling for freedom and agency in modern Mumbai.

9. I Saw The TV Glow

Jane Schoenbrun's trippy horror drama is both a "Twin Peaks" shoutout and deep trans drama.

10. A Real Pain

Kieran Culkin gives maybe the performance of the year in Jesse Eisenberg's dramedy.

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