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The Best Films of 2024 So Far
The staff picks for the best films of the first half of 2024.
The staff picks for the best films of the first half of 2024.
Matt writes: Our Editor at Large Matt Zoller Seitz recently posted a very well-received essay entitled, "Why Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like 'Coyote vs Acme' Should Be a Crime."
On some of the best craft of the year in film, including The Boy and the Heron, The Holdovers, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Poor Things, and many more.
On the TIFF premieres of three of the most acclaimed films from Cannes, including arguably the best of the year.
From Cannes, Ben Kenigsberg reviews new films from Joanna Hogg, Kogonada, Nadav Lapid, and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
A tribute to the late, great, unbelievable artist that is David Bowie.
The Kobayashi movie "Harakiri" is available on Hulu and Netflix. Miike's "Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai" is available on Amazon.com.
In this remake of the 1962 Masaki Kobayashi movie known as "Harakiri" in America, but "Seppuku" in Japan, Takashi Miike considers the value of one life or "Ichimei." (一命 Ichimei). In the U.S., the film is also re-named "Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai."
