Thursday, December 19, 2024

2024 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

This year's selections for the National Film Registry have been announced and twenty-five films have been inducted, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters, independent films and historical footage. Some of these films include "Ganja & Hess", an African-American vampire film by Bill Gunn that is as sensual as it is horrifying; the low budget, influential horror movie, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" that would ignite a franchise; "Up In Smoke", the stoner comedy starring the stand-up act, Cheech & Chong; The sci-fi classic, "Invaders from Mars" which is notable for being one of the first films to show aliens and their spacecraft in vivid color; "Chelsea Girls", an experimental underground feature directed by the pop artist, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey which was presented in a split screen, alternating between soundtracks, black-and-white and color photography; the wildly popular, romantic drama, "Dirty Dancing"; "The Miracle Worker", the film adaptation of the Broadway play based on the life of the blind-deaf child, Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, winning acting Oscars for the stars, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke; "Beverly Hills Cop" was the breakout film that made former SNL comedian, Eddie Murphy a major movie star; Gary Cooper starred as NY Yankees first baseman, Lou Gehrig in the inspirational sports tribute, "The Pride of the Yankees"; the early, queer cult classic by Gus Van Sant, "My Own Private Idaho" that featured River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves; "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is the first of the enduring, science-fiction adventure franchise created by Gene Roddenberry in 1966 to be entered into the Registry and the 2007 Best Picture Oscar winner, "No Country for Old Men" from the Coen Brothers and based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy.

The Library of Congress has added these movies this year to the National Film Registry which recognizes their artistic significance while helping to ensure their preservation for generations to come. These films, which must be at least ten years old, have been named because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance and with these selections brings the number of films in the registry to 900.

This is the complete list of films selected for the 2024 National Film Registry:

"Annabelle Serpentine Dance" (1895)
"KoKo's Earth Control" (1928)
"Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938)



"Pride of the Yankees" (1942)
"Invaders from Mars" (1953)



"The Miracle Worker" (1962)
"The Chelsea Girls"(1966)
"Ganja & Hess" (1973)



"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)
"Uptown Saturday Night" (1974)



"Zora Lathan Student Films" (1975-76)
"Up in Smoke" (1978)



"Will" (1981)
"Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan" (1982)



"Beverly Hills Cop" (1984)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
"Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt" (1989)



"Powwow Highway" (1989)
"My Own Private Idaho" (1991)



"American Me" (1992)



"Mi Familia (1995)
"Compensation" (1999)
"Spy Kids" (2001)



"No Country for Old Men" (2007)
"The Social Network" (2010)

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

COMING SOON


Since his breakthrough with the indie drama, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" way back in 1989, Steven Soderbergh has always had some of the best and intriguing actors appearing in his films. For his thirty-sixth feature film, Soderbergh has impressively teamed-up Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in "Black Bag", a thrilling spy drama. They play married British intelligence agents, George and Kathryn Woodhouse. When Kathryn is under investigation for betraying their country, George must struggle between loyalty to his marriage or to the commonwealth. There are elements here that bring to mind the dark action-comedy, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" that also featured two physically stunning actors, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie but "Black Bag" appears to be far less humorous and intensely violent. Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris and Pierce Brosnan also star.

"Black Bag" is due in US theaters on March 14, 2025

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

THE GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS AND MORE AWARD NEWS


Although they have lost some of their luster over the last few years due to several scandals, the Golden Globes are back to reclaim their status as the first major awards organization to start shaping the conversation for which films could potentially win awards. "Emilia Pérez" leads in film nominations with ten, following with "The Brutalist" at seven and "Conclave" with six. There is a new film category this year (which the Oscars had flirted with but backed away from a few years ago) with Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which apparently is supposed to honor movies that made a lot of money in theaters last year but wouldn't be recognized in the Best Motion Picture categories. I guess it's not much different from separating the Drama and Musical/Comedy in some of the categories but this addition still seems silly to me.

Viola Davis, the Oscar and a Golden Globe winning performer, will receive this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award. The 80th Golden Globes will be hosted by Nikki Glaser on January 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton and presented live on CBS.

Here is a partial list of the nominations for the 2024 Golden Globes Awards (Film):

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

"The Brutalist"
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Nickel Boys"
"September 5"

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy:

"Anora"
"Challengers"
"Emilia Pérez"
"A Real Pain"
"The Substance"
"Wicked"

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement:

"Alien: Romulus"
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
"Deadpool & Wolverine"
"Gladiator II"
"Inside Out 2"
"Twisters"
"Wicked"
"The Wild Robot"

Best Director – Motion Picture:

Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Edward Berger, "Conclave"
Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"
Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"
Payal Kapadia, "All We Imagine as Light"

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture:

Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, "The Brutalist"
Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"
Peter Straughan, "Conclave"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Pamela Anderson, "The Last Showgirl"
Angelina Jolie, "Maria"
Nicole Kidman, "Babygirl"
Tilda Swinton, "The Room Next Door"
Fernanda Torres, "I’m Still Here"
Kate Winslet, "Lee"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Amy Adams, "Nightbitch"
Cynthia Erivo, "Wicked"
Karla Sofía Gascón, "Emilia Pérez"
Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Zendaya, "Challengers"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Adrien Brody, "The Brutalist"
Timothée Chalamet, "A Complete Unknown"
Daniel Craig, "Queer"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Ralph Fiennes, "Conclave"
Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Hugh Grant, "Heretic"
Gabriel Labelle, "Saturday Night"
Jesse Plemons, "Kinds Of Kindness"
Glen Powell, "Hit Man"
Sebastian Stan, "A Different Man"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture:

Selena Gomez, "Emilia Pérez"
Ariana Grande, "Wicked"
Felicity Jones, "The Brutalist"
Margaret Qualley, "The Substance"
Isabella Rossellini, "Conclave"
Zoe Saldaña, "Emilia Pérez"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture:

Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Edward Norton, "A Complete Unknown"
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist"
Jeremy Strong, "The Apprentice"
Denzel Washington, "Gladiator II"

Best Motion Picture – Animated:

"Flow"
"Inside Out 2"
"Memoir of a Snail" "Moana 2"
"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
"The Wild Robot"

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language:

"All We Imagine as Light" (USA/France/India)
"Emilia Pérez" (France)
"The Girl With The Needle" (Poland/Sweden/Denmark)
"I’m Still Here" (Brazil)
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (USA/Germany
"Vermiglio" (Italy)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:

Volker Bertelmann, "Conclave"
Daniel Blumberg, "The Brutalist"
Kris Bowers, "The Wild Robot"
Clément Ducol and Camille, "Emilia Pérez"
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Challengers"
Hans Zimmer, "Dune: Part Two"

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:

"Beautiful That Way" from "The Last Showgirl" (Music & Lyrics By Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Zachrisson)
"Compress / Repress" from "Challengers" (Music & Lyrics By Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino)
"El Mal" from "Emilia Pérez" (Music & Lyrics By Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)
"Forbidden Road" from "Better Man" (Music & Lyrics By Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek)
"Kiss the Sky" from "The Wild Robot" (Music & Lyrics By Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi)
"Mi Camino" from "Emilia Pérez" (Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol and Camille)


For the 50th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, "Anora" went away with three awards including Best Picture. The film's star, Mickey Madison received Best Leading Performance along with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her turn in "Hard Truths". The Best Supporting Performance went to Yura Borisov as a sympathetic thug in "Anora" and Kieran Culkin for his work in "A Real Pain".

Here are the winners of the 2024 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards:

Best Picture: "Anora"
Best Director: Mohammad Rasoulof, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
Best Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Best Leading Performances: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths" and Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Best Supporting Performances: Yura Borisov, "Anora" and Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Best Film Not in English Language: "All We Imagine as Light"
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: "No Other Land"
Best Animation: "Flow"
Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, "Nickel Boys"
Best Editing (Tie): Nicholas Monsour, "Nickel Boys" and Hansjörg Weißbrich, "September 5"
Best Production Design: Judy Becker, "The Brutalist"
Best Music Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Challengers"
New Generation Award: Vera Drew, "The People’s Joker"
Career Achievement Award: John Carpenter


Jacques Audiard’s "Emilia Pérez" was the big winner at the 37th annual European Film Awards, winning all five of its nominations including Best Film. Held on December 7th in Lucerne, Switzerland, Audiard won Best Director and Best Screenplay while Karla Sofia Gascón received the Best Actress prize, making her the first trans actor to win this award.

Here are the winners of the 2024 European Film Awards:

Best European Film: "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Director: Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Actress: Karla Sofía Gascón, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Actor: Abou Sangare, "L'Histoire de Souleymane (Souleymane's Story)" (France)
Best European Documentary: No Other Land (Palestine, Norway)
Best European Animated Feature Film: "Straume (Flow)" (Latvia, France, Belgium)
Best European Cinematography: Benjamin Kračun, "The Substance" (UK, United States, France)
Best European Editing: Juliette Welfling, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Production Design: Jagna Dobesz, "Pigen med nålen (The Girl With The Needle)" (Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Best European Original Score: Frederikke Hoffmeier, "Pigen med nålen (The Girl With The Needle)" (Denmark, Poland, Sweden)
Best European Sound: Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun and Rodrigo Diaz, "L'Histoire de Souleymane (Souleymane’s Story)" (France)
Best European Costume Design: Tanja Hausner, "Des Teufels Bad (The Devil's Bath)" (Germany)
Best European Make-up & Hair: Evalotte Oosterop, " Ljósbrot (When The Light Breaks)" (Iceland)
Best European Visual Effects: Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi and Guillaume Le Gouez, "The Substance" (UK, United States, France)
European Achievement in World Cinema: Isabella Rossellini


And the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which honors the best of the year in indie cinema, unveiled their nominations with "Anora" and "I Saw the TV Glow" leading the field with six noms apiece including Best Feature. The other nominees for Best Feature are the historical drama based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "Nickel Boys"; the prison reform through the arts drama, "Sing Sing" and the body-horror movie, "The Substance". The 40th annual Spirit Awards will be held on February 22, 2025, at the Santa Monica beach with former SNL member, Aidy Bryant returning as host.

Here are the 2024 nominations of the Film Independent Spirit Awards (Cinema):

Best Feature:

"Anora"
"I Saw The TV Glow"
"Nickel Boys"
"Sing Sing"
"The Substance"

Best Director:

Ali Abbasi, "The Apprentice"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"
Alonso Ruizpalacios, "La Cocina"
Jane Schoenbrun, "I Saw the TV Glow"

Best Screenplay:

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, "Heretic"
Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Megan Park, "My Old Ass"
Aaron Schimberg, "A Different Man"
Jane Schoenbrun, "I Saw the TV Glow"

Best First Feature:

"Didi"
"In the Summers"
"Janet Planet"
"The Piano Lesson"
"Problemista"

Best First Screenplay:

Joanna Arnow, "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed"
Annie Baker, "Janet Planet"
India Donaldson, "Good One"
Julio Torres, "Problemista"
Sean Wang, "Dìdi"

Best Lead Performance:

Amy Adams, "Nightbitch"
Ryan Destiny, "The Fire Inside"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Keith Kupferer, "Ghostlight"
Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Hunter Schafer, "Cuckoo"
Justice Smith, "I Saw the TV Glow"
June Squibb, "Thelma"
Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"

Best Supporting Performance:

Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Joan Chen, "Dìdi"
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Danielle Deadwyler, "The Piano Lesson"
Carol Kane, "Between the Temples"
Karren Karagulian, "Anora"
Kani Kusruti, "Girls Will Be Girls"
Brigette Lundy-Paine, "I Saw the TV Glow"
Clarence Maclin, "Sing Sing"
Adam Pearson, "A Different Man"

Best Breakthrough Performance:

Isaac Krasner, "Big Boys"
Katy O’Brian, "Love Lies Bleeding"
Mason Alexander Park, "National Anthem"
René Pérez Joglar, "In the Summers"
Maisy Stella, "My Old Ass"

Best International Film:

"All We Imagine as Light" (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
"Black Dog" (China)
"Flow" (Latvia, France, Belgium)
"Green Border" (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
"Hard Truths" (United Kingdom)

Best Documentary:

"Gaucho Gaucho"
"Hummingbirds"
"No Other Land"
"Patrice: The Movie"
"Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat"

Best Cinematography:

Dinh Duy Hung, "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell"
Jomo Fray, "Nickel Boys"
Maria von Hausswolff, "Janet Planet"
Juan Pablo Ramírez, "La Cocina"
Rina Yang, "The Fire Inside"

Best Editing:

Laura Colwell and Vanara Taing, "Jazzy"
Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, "The Apprentice"
Anne McCabe, "Nightbitch"
Hansjörg Weißbrich, "September 5"
Arielle Zakowski, "Dìdi"

The Producers Award:

Alex Coco
Sarah Winshall
Zoë Worth

Truer Than Fiction Award (presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition):

Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, "Sugarcane"
Carla Gutiérrez, "Frida"
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, "A Photographic Memory"

John Cassavettes Award (presented to the best feature made for under $1,000,000):

"Big Boys"
"Ghostlight"
"Girls Wille Be Girls"
"Jazzy"
"The People’s Joker"

Robert Altman Award (presented to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast): "His Three Daughters"

Friday, December 6, 2024

2024 AWARD SEASON BEGINS

Award season has officially begun and the prizes are coming fast and furious for the best in this year's cinema. Here is a round-up of some of the award winners from various groups:


The Gothams
are the first awards out of the gate, announced on December 2nd at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, and "A Different Man" was chosen as Best Feature. This dark, comedic drama from Aaron Schimberg features Sebastian Stan as a facially disfigured actor who undergoes a medical procedure to transform his appearance. But this causes him to lose an opportunity to play a dream role. While there were ten nominees in each of the two non-gender specific acting categories, only one winner was selected for the lead and supporting prizes. And it was Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin winning for their performances in "Sing Sing", a drama directed by Greg Kwedar involving a group of incarcerated men involved in the creation of theatrical shows through the prison's arts program. This indie-focused awards organization removed a budget cap on eligibility last year, opening larger budgeted films to be considered for prizes. 

Here is the complete list of nominees of the 2024 Gotham Awards (with the winners highlighted):

Best Feature:

"Anora"
"Babygirl"
"Challengers"
"A Different Man"
"Nickel Boys"

Best Director:

Payal Kapadia, "All We Imagine as Light"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Guan Hu, "Black Dog"
Jane Schoenbrun, "I Saw the TV Glow"
RaMell Ross, "Nickel Boys"

Best Breakthrough Director:

Shuchi Talati, "Girls Will Be Girls"
India Donaldson, "Good One"
Alessandra Lacorazza, "In the Summers"
Vera Drew, "The People’s Joker"
Mahdi Fleifel, "To a Land Unknown"

Best Screenplay:

Nathan Silver and C. Mason Wells, "Between The Temples"
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, "Evil Does Not Exist"
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, "Femme"
Azazel Jacobs, "His Three Daughters"
Annie Baker, "Janet Planet"

Best Outstanding Lead Performance:

Pamela Anderson, "The Last Showgirl"
Adrien Brody, "The Brutalist"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths"
Nicole Kidman, "Babygirl"
Keith Kupferer, "Ghostlight"
Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Saoirse Ronan, "The Outrun"
Justice Smith, "I Saw the TV Glow"

Best Outstanding Supporting Performance:

Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Danielle Deadwyler, "The Piano Lesson"
Brigette Lundy-Paine, "I Saw the TV Glow"
Natasha Lyonne, "His Three Daughters"
Clarence Maclin, "Sing Sing"
Katy O’Brian, "Love Lies Bleeding"
Guy Pearce, "The Brutalist"
Adam Pearson, "A Different Man"
Brian Tyree Henry, "The Fire Inside"

Best Breakthrough Performer
:

Lily Collias, "Good One"
Ryan Destiny, "The Fire Inside"
Maisy Stella, "My Old Ass"
Izaac Wang, "Dìdi"
Brandon Wilson, "Nickel Boys"

Best International Feature:

"All We Imagine as Light"
"Green Border"
"Hard Truths"
"Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell"
"Vermiglio"

Best Documentary Feature:

"Dahomey"
"Intercepted"
"No Other Land"
"Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat"
"Sugarcane"
"Union"


"The Brutalist", Brady Corbet’s over three-hour long, epic saga (plus a built-in intermission), received the top prize of Best Film from the New York Film Critics Circle. In their 90th year, making this organization the oldest film critics group in the US, the NYCC announced their selections on December 3rd. Adrien Brody, who plays a World War II Hungarian refugee architect landing in America, won Best Actor for his performance in "The Brutalist". The Best Director Award went to RaMell Ross for his inventive work on "Nickel Boys", a drama involving two young Black men who form a bond while trying to survive at a brutal Florida reform school, and Best Cinematography went to Jomo Fray for his innovative camerawork for this film. Sean Baker won Best Screenplay for his latest, "Anora", a dark, dramatic comedy about a whirlwind romance between a stripper and the son of a Russian oligarch. 

The rest of the acting winners by the NYCC are inspired choices: Best Actress went to Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her hilarious turn as a severely prickly wife and mother in Mike Leigh’s "Hard Truths"; Kieran Culkin was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "A Real Pain", directed by his co-star, Jesse Eisenberg and Carol Kane was recognized as Best Supporting Actress in Nathan Silver’s comedy, "Between the Temples" where she plays an adult Bat Mitzvah student of a cantor (Jason Schwartzman) who was her grade school student.

Here are the winners of the 2024 NYCC Awards:

Best Film: "The Brutalist"
Best Director: RaMell Ross, "Nickel Boys"
Best Screenplay: Sean Baker, "Anora"
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, "The Brutalist"
Best Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths"
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain"
Best Supporting Actress: Carol Kane, "Between Two Temples"
Best First Film: Annie Baker, "Janet Planet"
Best International Film: "All We Imagine As Light"
Best Non-Fiction Film: "No Other Land"
Best Animated Film: "Flow"
Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, "Nickel Boys"


The National Board of Review
has selected "Wicked", the Broadway hit musical turned into a recent filmed box-office smash, as the Best Film of the year. John M. Chu won Best Director for his work on the film. The acting categories also offered some unexpected yet commendable selections with Nicole Kidman receiving Best Actress for her mesmerizing turn in the upcoming sexually-charged drama, "Babygirl" while Daniel Craig completely sheds his former spy character in the drama, "Queer", helping him win Best Actor by the NBR. Elle Fanning received Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the Bob Dylan bio, "A Complete Unknown" and Kieran Culkin adds another award for his mantle for his comedic yet moving work in "A Real Pain".

Here are the winners of the 2024 National Board of Review awards:

Best Film: "Wicked"
Best Director: Jon M. Chu, "Wicked"
Best Original Screenplay: Mike Leigh, "Hard Truths"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, "Sing Sing"
Best Directorial Debut: India Donaldson, "Good One"
Best Actress: Nicole Kidman, "Babygirl"
Best Actor: Daniel Craig, "Queer"
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning, "A Complete Unknown"
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Best Ensemble: The cast of "Conclave"
Best Breakthrough Performance: Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Best Animated Feature: "Flow"
Best International Film: "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
Best Documentary: "Sugarcane"
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, "Nosferatu"
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"
NBR Spotlight Award: The Creative Collaboration of Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "No Other Land"


And we have the top ten films of the year selected by the American Film Institute. Since AFI usually deems most international or foreign films ineligible, this list is not as expansive to recognize all of the great works that were released this year yet these picks still remain impressive.

Here are the Best Films of 2024 by the AFI:

"Anora"
"The Brutalist"
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Nickel Boys"
"A Real Pain"
"Sing Sing"
"Wicked"