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#995: Top 10 Films of 2024

December 20, 2024  /  Veronica Phillips

Adam

  1. All We Imagine as Light

  2. The Brutalist

  3. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  4. The People’s Joker

  5. Anora

  6. Megalopolis

  7. Challengers

  8. Love Lies Bleeding

  9. National Anthem

  10. Red Rooms

Josh

  1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

  2. The People’s Joker

  3. All We Imagine as Light

  4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

  5. Anora

  6. Challengers

  7. I Saw the TV Glow

  8. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  9. Close Your Eyes

  10. Good One

Michael Phillips

  • All We Imagine as Light

  • Anora

  • The Brutalist

  • Challengers

  • Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  • Green Border

  • Janet Planet

  • My Old Ass

  • Nickel Boys

  • A Real Pain

marya E. gates

  1. No Other Land

  2. Flow

  3. The Monk and the Gun

  4. Nickel Boys

  5. Slow

  6. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  7. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

  8. Sometimes I Think About Dying

  9. Green Border

  10. Hundreds of Beavers

Breakdown

4. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
3. All We Imagine As Light, Anora, Challengers
2. The Brutalist, Green Border, The People’s Joker, Nickel Boys
1. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Close Your Eyes, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Good One, Hundreds of Beavers, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, I Saw The TV Glow, Janet Planet, Love Lies Bleeding, Megalopolis, The Monk and The Gun, My Old Ass, National Anthem, No Other Land, A Real Pain, Red Rooms, Slow, Sometimes I Think About Dying

Guest ‘Film of the Year’ Picks

Amy Nicholson, DUNE: PART TWO
Chris Klimek, NICKEL BOYS
Ryan McQuade, THE BRUTALIST
David Chen, THE BRUTALIST
Mekado Murphy, THE SUBSTANCE
Billy Ray Brewton, CHALLENGERS
Veronica Phillips, LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Mitchell Beaupre, CHALLENGERS
Alison Willmore, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
Aisha Harris, A REAL PAIN
Isaac Feldberg, I SAW THE TV GLOW
Melissa Tamminga, GOOD ONE
Sam Van Hallgren, THE BIKERIDERS

categories / 2024
tags / best of, michael phillips, guest, marya e. gates, top 10

#994: Best Performances of 2024

December 13, 2024  /  Scott Tobias

Adam

Supporting Actor

5. Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II

4. Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

3. Yura Borisov, ANORA

2. Josh O’ Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Josh

Supporting Actor

5. Mike Faist, CHALLENGERS

4. Arinzé Kene, TUESDAY

3. Chris Hemsworth, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

2. Josh O’Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Supporting Actress

5. Rachel Sennott, SATURDAY NIGHT

4. Michele Austin, HARD TRUTHS

3. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

2. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS

1. Katy O’Brian, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Supporting Actress

5. Merve Dizdar, ABOUT DRY GRASSES

4. Divya Prabha, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

3. Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON

2. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

1. Ariana Grande, WICKED

Lead Actor

5. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

4. Glen Powell, HITMAN

3. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

2. Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

1. Colman Domingo, SING SING

Lead Actress

5. Vera Drew, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

4. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, TUESDAY

3. Kristen Stewart, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

2. Mikey Madison, ANORA

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Lead Actor

5. Justice Smith, I SAW THE TV GLOW

4. Jesse Plemons, KINDS OF KINDNESS

3. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

2. Le Phong Vu, INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL

1. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Lead Actress

5. Zendaya, CHALLENGERS

4. Mikey Madison, ANORA

3. Kirsten Dunst, CIVIL WAR

2. Cynthia Erivio, WICKED

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

categories / 2024
tags / top 5, top 10, best of, denzel washington, faist, hemsworth, ariana grande, sennott, fiennes
 
 

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