Films I most enjoyed in 2024 (MOVIE REVIEWS)

[@mnitchie]

I hadn't heard of some of these. I'll have to give them a watch. Curious specifically about 'a different man'. Thanks Cliff!

[@rogerbell8429]

Really enjoyed listening to your opinions throughout the year. I haven't seen Black Dog and I need to see 'I saw the TV glow', 'The Beast' and 'Only the river flows' again as a second viewing might make me appreciate them more. My list is The Taste of Things. La Chimera. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. Challengers. The Teacher's Lounge. About Dry Grasses. Small things like these. Green Border. Girls will be girls. Promised Land. Hoard. Cadejo Blanco.

[@UrsGrether]

-"Only the River Flows", there´s more Neo Noir from China, especially by Diao Yinan ("The Wild Goose Lake", 2019; "Black Coal, Thin Ice", 2014, winning the Golden Bear in Berlin; I also love his very fresh "Uniform" of 2003) -Thank you for claiming Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Levan Akin, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Agnieszka Holland´s "Green Border" of course, "The Settlers", thank you especially for Bertrand Bonello´s "The Beast". -What I missed was Jacques Audiard´s "Emilia Pérez" - in my view the most important, the most radical, the most brilliant and beautiful film of the year (alongside, you´re right, "The Beast", close). It´s a new national anthem to a rebranded Mexico done by a Frenchman, and especially in Trump-times like these. Karla Sofía Gascón is magnificent, is huge in both of his/her roles and won as the first trans performer in Cannes as well as the European Film Award for Best Actress. The music is fantastic, often surprising as are the choreographies, breaking out of nowhere, splendid - Audiard achieved something Jacques Demy might have adored.

[@cliffreviewsarthouse]

It’s true that many people have Amelia Perez amongst their top films for 2024. There was a lot about the film that I really liked and I agree that it’s a great acting performance. I just found the film so unlikely both in terms of the story and the musical elements. But I respect that I’m the one out of step on this one!

[@Cambodiavibe]

The Substance and Only the river flows, the Teachers Lounge, the Settlers and the Delinquents 😊