Nickel Boys

  • Reel Film Snobs: Best of 2024 #1-5

    Angela:

    Hard Truths. Director: Mike Leigh (Streaming: on demand)
    Between the Temples. Director: Nathan Silver (streaming: Netflix)
    La Chimera. Director: Alice Rohrwacher (streaming: Hulu)
    Evil Does Not Exist. Director: Ry?suke Hamaguchi (streaming: Criterion Channel)
    A Real Pain. Director: Jesse Eisenberg (streaming: Hulu)

      Autumn:

      Cloud. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
      Baby Assassins: Nice Days. Director: Yugo Sakamoto
      Chime. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
      Nickel Boys. Director: RaMell Ross (streaming: on demand)
      The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Director: Mohammad Rasoulof (on demand)

      1. Reel Film Snobs: Best Films of 2024, #10-6 and Runner-Ups

        Angela’s Picks 10-6
        10. A Different Man. Director: Aaron Schimberg (streaming: Max)
        9. His Three Daughters. Director: Azazel Jacobs (streaming: Netflix)
        8. Nickel Boys. Director: Ramell Ross (in theaters)
        7. Girls will be Girls. Director: Shuchi Talati (streaming: Prime)
        6. I Saw the TV Glow. Director: Jane Schoenbrun (streaming: Max)

        Autumn’s Picks 10-6
        10. Juror #2,. Director: Clint Eastwood (streaming: Max)
        9. Furiosa. Director: George Miller (streaming: Max)
        8. Girls Will be Girls. Director: Shuchi Talati (streaming: Prime)
        7. I Saw the TV Glow. Director: Jane Schoenbrun (streaming: Max)
        6. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. Director: Soi Cheang (Prime)

        Angela’s Runner-Ups
        The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Director: Mohammad Rasoulof (theaters)
        Last Summer. Director: Catherine Breillat (streaming: Criterion)
        Cloud. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
        Piano Lesson. Director: Malcolm Washington (streaming: Netflix)
        Bird. Director: Andrea Arnold (streaming: Mubi)
        The Beast. Director: Bertrand Bonello (Criterion)
        I Used to Be Funny. Director: Ally Pankiw (Netflix)
        Janet Planet. Director: Annie Baker (Max)
        Close Your Eyes. Director: Victor Erice (Mubi)
        The Shadowless Tower. Director: Zhang Lu (Criterion)
        Pictures of Ghosts. Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho (Criterion)
        Humanistic Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person. Director: Ariane Louis-Seize (Mubi)
        Green Border. Director: Agnieszka Holland (Kanopy)
        Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell. Director: Pham Thiên Ân
        Sujo. Directors: Fernanda Valadez, Astrid Rondero

        Autumn’s Runner-Ups
        A Different Man. Director: Aaron Schimberg (streaming: Max)
        Rumours. Directors: Guy Madden, Galen Johnson, and Evan Johnson (on demand)
        Caught by the Tides. Director: Jia Zhang-ke (streaming: Criterion)
        Ghost Cat Anzu. Directors: Yoko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita (on demand)
        All Shall Be Well: Director: Ray Yeung (streaming: Criterion)