With the 97th Academy Awards a month away, now is the time for me to offer up my personal nominations in the acting and directing categories before counting down my favorite movies of 2024.
As always, I have a laundry list of contenders for each of these categories and the challenge is to whittle it down to a satisfying five. The usual caveat applies: on a different day, this list might look different. But right now, this is where I’m landing.
Attention, movie fans! We’ve reached that time of year when I turn the blog over to a celebration of the previous year in film, leading up to the Oscar ceremony on March 12.
Over the next five weeks I’ll write about my 2022 top ten, my favorite performances of the year, and my favorite use of music in last year’s films. But before I get any of that, I’ll spend this week writing quick blurbs about some of the other memorable movies I saw last year.
I’m kicking things off with a look at the horror movies of 2022. This is a genre perennially ignored by the Academy Awards, so I thought I’d give it some love out of the gate.
Meet Me In Montauk 