YEAR IN REVIEW

BEST FILMS OF 2024

ESSAYS

THE FLEAS OF PETTICOAT LANE: JURASSIC PARK, FROM PAGE TO FILM
FEATURE BY:
Milo Garner

IMMORTALITY THROUGH ART: THE FILMS OF FRED WORDEN
FEATURE BY:
Andrew Reichel

FAIRY TALE INTERRUPTED: VLADIMÍR ČECH’S DIVA BARA
FEATURE BY:
Nel Dahl

AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT: THE FILMS OF WILL HINDLE
FEATURE BY:
Andrew Reichel

A SIGN OF THE END TIMES: KÔJI HASHIMOTO’S THE RETURN OF GODZILLA
FEATURE BY:
Christopher Stewardson

EYES WIDE SHUT AND THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
FEATURE BY:
Milo Garner

CINEMA AS A DREAM FACTORY: JEAN-LUC GODARD’S RISE AND FALL OF A SMALL FILM COMPANY
FEATURE BY:
Joshua Peinado

INTERVIEWS

FROM TRAGEDY TO KITSCH TO TRAGEDY: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
FEATURE BY: Conor Truax


THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
DIRECTOR: Jacques Demy — WRITTEN BY: Andrew Reichel

DECEMBER 2 – DECEMBER 6

HARD TRUTHS
DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh — REVIEW BY: Michael Sicinski

OH, CANADA
DIRECTOR: Paul Schrader — REVIEW BY: Zach Lewis

THE END
DIRECTOR: Joshua Oppenheimer — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

NIGHTBITCH
DIRECTOR: Marielle Heller — REVIEW BY: Jesse Catherine Webber

THE ORDER
DIRECTOR: Justin Kurzel — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
DIRECTOR: Magnus von Horn — REVIEW BY: Michael Sicinski

BLACK DOG
DIRECTOR: Guan Hu — REVIEW BY: Sean Gilman

THE TASTE OF MANGO
DIRECTOR: Chloe Abrahams — REVIEW BY: Clara Cuccaro

WEREWOLVES
DIRECTOR: Steven C. Miller — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

LAKE GEORGE
DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Reiner — REVIEW BY: Alex Broadwell


DECEMBER 9 – DECEMBER 13

NICKEL BOYS
DIRECTOR: RaMell Ross — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

IT’S NOT ME
DIRECTOR: Leos Carax — REVIEW BY: Andrew Reichel

MARIA
DIRECTOR: Pablo Larraín — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

THE LAST SHOWGIRL
DIRECTOR: Gia Coppola — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM
DIRECTOR: Kenji Kamiyama — REVIEW BY: Chris Cassingham

SEPTEMBER 5
CREATOR: Tim Fehlbaum — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

CARRY-ON
DIRECTOR: Jaume Collet-Serra — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

THEATER OF THOUGHT
DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog — REVIEW BY: Alex Broadwell

THE SOUL EATER
DIRECTOR: Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo — REVIEW BY: Mike Thorn

YOUNG WERTHER
DIRECTOR: José Lourenço — REVIEW BY: Zach Lewis

ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
DIRECTOR: R.J. Cutler & David Furnish — REVIEW BY: Sam Moore

DIRTY ANGELS
DIRECTOR: Martin Campbell — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME
DIRECTOR: Kaveh Daneshmand — REVIEW BY: Chris Cassingham


DECEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 20

THE BRUTALIST
DIRECTOR: Brady Corbet — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar — REVIEW BY: Travis DeShong

MUFASA: THE LION KING
DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins — REVIEW BY: Robert Stinner

WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
CREATOR: Nick Park & Merlin Crossingham — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila

THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
CREATOR: Alexandre de La Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila


DECEMBER 23 – DECEMBER 27

NOSFERATU
DIRECTOR: Robert Eggers — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
DIRECTOR: James Mangold — REVIEW BY: Alexander Mooney

BABYGIRL
DIRECTOR: Halina Reijn — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

BETTER MAN
DIRECTOR: Michael Gracey — REVIEW BY: Michael Sicinski

SANTOSH
DIRECTOR: Sandhya Suri — REVIEW BY: Dhruv Goyal

VERMIGLIO
DIRECTOR: Maura Delpero — REVIEW BY: Robert Stinner

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