2024

1. The Substance

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

2. The Brutalist

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

3. Dune Part Two

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

4. Anora

Mikey Madison launches into stardom in this chaotic slapstick tragicomedy

5. Sing Sing

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

6. Challengers

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