I know we’re almost done with January but I wanted to make sure I noted my goals for me and the site for 2024.
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Goals for 2024
Author: Dan Stalcup
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Sexy Beast (2000)
Sexy Beast pulls the artful trick of telling the viewer it’s about one thing and then abruptly, hilariously, poetically becoming something different.
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Nyad (2023)
Every year we get one or two or more biopics, increasingly relegated to streaming, that are shamelessly engineered and promoted to get acting Oscar nominations.
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Dream Scenario (2023)
Dream Scenario became one of the “weird movie” sensations of 2023, and it’s not really hard to see why.
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The Holdovers (2023)
It would be reductive to say that The Holdovers works because Alexander Payne once again cast Paul Giamatti, the perfect vessel of his writing in Sideways.
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Five 2023 Gems the Oscars Ignored
The AMPAS finally announced the Oscar nominations
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My OFCS Awards Ballot (2023)
Last week, I voted on nominations for the 27th OFCS Awards.
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Downsizing (2017)
The narrative structure of Downsizing is baffling.
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Anatomy of a Fall’s script offers a rich landscape of ideas intelligently explored.
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon is a Martin Scorsese film.