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Joanna Langfield’s Top 10 Movies of 2024
December 13, 2024The Last Showgirl
December 13, 2024
The surprise poignancy and performance here are what gives this slender sweetie its real pizazz.
Nickel Boys
December 10, 2024
An uncompromising fever dream, RaMell Ross’s film, based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, is brilliant, challenging and frustrating.
Lake George
November 29, 2024
What a treat it is to watch the wonderful Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon play (and I do mean play) in the kind of quirky movie we don’t get to see a lot of these days.
The Order
November 29, 2024
Gladiator II
November 11, 2024
Blitz
October 30, 2024
What may be most surprising about this rather conventional war-at-home movie is that it was made by the previously far bolder Steve McQueen. But, fear not. And pay attention.
Conclave
October 23, 2024
The mix of papal pomp and pulp delivers something all too rare these days: a movie that feels like a perfect airplane read. It’s smart enough to compel, silly enough to keep us entertained.
Anora
October 15, 2024
This is the movie I’ve been waiting for Sean Baker to make. Mixing the zest of Tangerine, the compassion of The Florida Project and the savvy of Red Rocket, this trip through the world of sex and the oligarchy is an irresistible treat.
Joker: Folie a Deux
October 3, 2024
The most audacious big studio movie in years had me cheering its refusal to color between the lines. Until it didn’t.
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