The Best Films of 2023
By Kent Turner December 20, 2023
What’s the point of a top 10 list if it rubber stamps the usual suspects and mimics so many others?
Top Picks
Poor Things
By Rania Richardson December 7, 2023
A Frankenstein fable that becomes a coming-of-age saga exploding societal conventions, particularly the physical kind. Nudity, explicit sex, and grotesqueries abound.
Monster
By Andrew Plimpton
A film of tremendous unease that adults experience on behalf of children and children experience between themselves.
Concrete Utopia
By Ben Wasserman
A massive earthquake tears through Seoul, yet somehow, one apartment complex manages to survive intact.
Maestro
By Guillermo Lopez Meza November 24, 2023
There’s no sophomore slump for Bradley Cooper’s career as a filmmaker. This biopic is the work of a multitalented here-to-stay artist testing limits and surpassing them.
The Stones and Brian Jones
By Kevin Filipski November 17, 2023
Nick Broomfield chronicles the short life and tragic demise of the Rolling Stones’ founding member, guitarist Brian Jones.
A Still Small Voice
By Kevin Filipski November 9, 2023
A powerful and thoughtful study of coming to terms with mortality.
Beyond Utopia
By Caroline Ely November 2, 2023
Madeleine Gavin’s documentary probably gives viewers the most complete—and harrowing—picture of the nightmare involved in fleeing North Korea.
The Beast | NYFF 2023
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 26, 2023
Léa Seydoux completely immerses herself in this demented and sprawling epic romance about missed opportunities.