Some people like to complain about the state of modern cinema, and to their credit, some years in recent memory have been impacted by various events of a worldwide nature … namely, the pandemic (and its lockdowns) as well as the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. 2020 and 2021 were impacted by the former, and some film releases near the end of 2023, and throughout a good chunk of 2024, were impacted by the former.

But there was a brief period between, mostly in 2022 and most of 2023, when things were pretty healthy and lots of great movies came out. 2023 was especially fruitful, as there were some great ones that are only going to get honorable mentions here, like: Poor Things , The Holdovers , Anatomy of a Fall , and John Wick: Chapter 4 . Wh

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