The Best Movies of 2023

The Best Movies of 2023

2023 is officially over and now it is time for my picks for the best movies of 2023. 2023 was a truly great year for cinema. Theaters were packed, we got great movies from great directors, saw new filmmakers emerge, and for me personally, I had an absolute blast. As I mentioned in my Best Director of 2023 piece, this year was loaded with films from some of my all-time favorite filmmakers; Martin Scorsese, Christopher…

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Best Movies of 2023 – The Best Performances of 2023

Best Movies of 2023 – The Best Performances of 2023

In my continued analysis of the best movies of 2023, here are my picks for the best performances of 2023. Every year this is the toughest list to make and every year I feel bad about leaving some performances off. While I loved performances by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Taraji P. Henson, Natalie Portman, Abby Rider Fortson, Alma Pöysti, Adam Driver, and Aaron Pierre, among many others, I think the performances I chose are…

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Best Movies of 2023 – Best Director

Best Movies of 2023 – Best Director

Continuing my look at the best movies of 2023, I am now going to make my pick for the best director of 2023. 2023 was a great year for movies and one of my favorite aspects of it was how many of my favorite directors made movies. We got great films from legendary veterans like Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne, Todd Haynes, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan, Kelly Reichardt, Ben Affleck, Wes Anderson, and…

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Best Movies of 2023 – Great Movie Moments and Scenes of 2023

Best Movies of 2023 – Great Movie Moments and Scenes of 2023

Continuing my look back at the best movies of 2023, I will now look at some of my favorite movie moments and scenes from the movies of 2023. Whether it was a masterclass scene of acting, a great line-reading, or a thrilling piece of action, these were all scenes and moments from 2023 movies that I loved. There were a ton of options to choose from, but this group of movie moments and scenes are…

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Best Movies of 2023 – Best of the Genres

Best Movies of 2023 – Best of the Genres

Continuing to look back at the best movies of 2023, we will now be looking at the best movies from each genre. I will be looking at my favorite foreign-language films, comedies, action movies, and a few other genres and categories. Each category will have five “nominees” (a.k.a my personal top five) with my “winner” (my favorite) in bold, followed by short reasoning as to why I picked it the best. Here are my picks…

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Best Movies of 2023 – Best of the Techs

Best Movies of 2023 – Best of the Techs

The 2023 cinematic year is officially over; now, it is time to look back at the best movies, performances, and achievements of the year. I am going to start by looking at the best technical achievements of 2023. I will be looking at the best screenplays, cinematography, production design, score, and other technical categories. Each category will have five “nominees” (a.k.a my personal top five) with my “winner” (my favorite) in bold, followed by short…

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Movie Review: The Color Purple

Movie Review: The Color Purple

  Regardless of the medium, the subject matter of The Color Purple is tough. Whether a book, a dramatized film, a musical on Broadway, or a film adaptation of that musical, it will always be a tough read or watch. The Color Purple looks at an African American teenager named Celine growing up in rural Georgia in the early 1900s and her tale of abuse, being continuously called ugly, teenage pregnancy, and growing up hoping…

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Movie Review: Poor Things

Movie Review: Poor Things

  Poor Things is the most movie of 2023. The latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos features big-name actors doing A LOT of acting while reciting bizarre, quirky dialog, lavish and extravagant sets and costumes, and a nearly two-and-a-half-hour-long runtime. It’s a whole lot of a movie, but a tiresome one when all is said and done. Poor Things plays like a gonzo Frankenstein. Brilliant scientist Dr. Goodwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) finds the body of an aristocratic…

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Movie Review: The Iron Claw

Movie Review: The Iron Claw

  The Iron Claw is a movie about the Von Erichs, a Texas family who became wrestling royalty throughout their time in professional wrestling in the 1980s. If this is the first you’ve ever heard of the Von Erichs, The Iron Claw will serve as an American sports tragedy. If you know who the Von Erichs are and know about their story, you’ll be rewarded with a gripping and tragic look at a cursed family…

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Movie Review: Maestro

Movie Review: Maestro

  Maestro is Bradley Cooper’s second directorial effort following his 2018 Oscar-winning hit A Star is Born. Cooper choosing to modernize a classic story like A Star is Born was a bold choice because of how many movies we have seen with that story and how many times the movie itself had been made. But Cooper knocked it out of the park. It made a bunch of money at the box office, was critically acclaimed,…

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