It’s been a rather quiet season for comedies, but 2024 has enough hilarious gems to round out a list. And there’s a wide variety of subgenres to choose from: musical reboots, existential animated kids’ movies, cheesy horror flicks, and even a DC parody. So here are the best comedies of 2024. This list is updated ...
The year got off to a slow start when it comes to horror films, but now that the release calendar has expanded, there are at least a few horror films worth watching in 2024. Even though it’s early days, it’s hard not to feel like this year’s horror theme is “fun” (if you’re one of ...
2023 was an extraordinary year for anime. And if the first few weeks of 2024 are any indication, viewers can probably expect another great year of great shows. From new seasons of returning favorites like My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Sound! Euphonium, And Mushoku Tensei: Unemployed Reincarnation to exciting new premieres like ...
It was a great year for film. So great, in fact, that it was difficult to limit our year-end list to just the 50 best new films. Likewise, television had a banner year, and the 50 best new shows only scratch the surface of the year when it comes to episodic storytelling. But not all ...
Looking at the notable video essays of the year, many grapple with core themes of contemporary media itself. There are sections of video viewing tools, exposés on how companies restrict access, contrasts between tropes and reality, and in-depth examinations of trends in plagiarism and/or fabrication. As the essay landscape refines, it seems to look both ...
Have you heard? 2023 was the year concert films saved the cinema – or at least increased it movie theater. Normally it would be difficult to find enough notable entries to warrant a year-end concert film ranking, but that’s not the case this year. This year the concert film reigned supreme. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé ...
After a year 2022 has given us RRR, Avatar: The Way of WaterAnd Top Gun: Maverick, it was hard to imagine that this level of action excellence could be achieved this year. But 2023 came through. Well-known action franchises like John Wick and Mission: Impossible released dazzling new entries, long-standing genre auteurs like Michael Mann ...
One of the biggest cinematic trends of 2023 has been the way veteran filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan and many more delivered some of the most creative and commercially successful work of their careers. There was just something in the air this year as one major artist after another made ...
