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Top 10 Films of 2023

How WB and Disney Botched Their Centennials

The Superhero Boom Has Gone Bust

Why Did Marvel Stick with Jonathan Majors for So Long?

'Godzilla Minus One' Restores the King's Terrible Majesty

Substackers Against Nazis

The Golden Globes Are Now a Different Kind of Farce

Gaming's Credibility Gap

'May December': Predators and Prey

Atlanta Film Critics Circle Names 'Oppenheimer' Best Film of 2023

Bad Times Ahead for Bob

How to Kill the Web

Scott Pilgrim Grows Up

‘Saltburn’ Is a Grotesque Blast of Empty Calories

In 'Wish', Disney Is a Villain Mistaking Itself for the Hero

'Napoleon' and the Dark Comedy of Running the World

Marvel: The End?

The 'Loki' Season 2 Finale, "Glorious Purpose", Is Glorious

'The Marvels' Makes Marvel Satisfying Again

Remembering Matthew Perry

Midweek Update: The Power of 'Priscilla'

'The Killer' and David Fincher's Feet

Midweek Update: Can 'Mission: Impossible' Make One More Comeback?

White Guilt and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

When Mythmaking Refuses to Yield to Reality

If Netflix Doesn't Care, Why Should You?

'The Exorcist: Believer' Is as Soulless as Sequels Get

With ‘Flora and Son’, John Carney Makes the Case for Using the Same Three Chords

Midweek Update: The Bland Humanism of 'The Creator'

The Thrilling Fatalism of 'Fair Play'

Midweek Update: Mitt Romney Mistook the Mask for the Identity

Midweek Update: New Rectangles

It's Time for Critics to Leave Rotten Tomatoes

Midweek Update: No Country for Young Men

Has Disney+ Failed?

Midweek Update: The Yeoman's Work of Gerard Butler

The False Security of Franchise Storytelling

Midweek Update: For Your Consideration: Summer Goofballs

MovieTok and the Cost of Credibility

Midweek Update: Theft in the Attention Economy

When Is a Toy Commercial not a Toy Commercial?

Midweek Update: Box Art Shouldn't Look Like Hot Garbage

Monetize Being a Person

Midweek Update: Critical Misconceptions

Ex-Twitter

Midweek Update: Life After Sequels

Calling All Caretakers

Midweek Update: In 'Oppenheimer', Christopher Nolan Confronts His Coldness

Infinite Options and Zero Choices

Midweek Update: I Do Not Accept This Mission (Impossible)

Child Acting, Child Labor

Midweek Update: Refer Madness

Indiana Jones and the Timid Mouse

You Mean the World to Me

Midweek Update: Comedies Now

The Twin Tragedies of 'Succession' and 'Barry'

Midweek Update: Cruel Gods

Heroic Transformation

Writing Is Not a Widget

Midweek Update: Vin Diesel Is Trapped in a Car

The News Business

Midweek Update: No Patience for 'Back to the Future'

For James Gunn, Beauty Comes from Brokenness

Midweek Update: Strike

Rings and Gauntlets

Midweek Update: 'Beau Is Afraid' and Desperate for Your Emotions

Midweek Update: Is This the Way?

Midweek Update: The Two Marios

'Hogwarts Legacy' and the Missing Magic

Midweek Update: The Delightful Subversions of Goldstein & Daley

No Penalty for Bad Punditry

Midweek Update: Movies Are Dying, Long Live Movies

Punches and Pixels

Midweek Update: A Steady Oscars in a Tumultuous Hollywood

2023 Oscar Predictions

Midweek Update: What the Oscars Do

Brittle Comedians

Midweek Update: The Refreshing Realism of 'Cocaine Bear'

Midweek Update: Social Extortion

Notes on 'Ragnarök'

Midweek Update: A Non-Existent Debate Over Sex in Movies

J.K. Rowling and the Questionable Purchase

Midweek Update: Substack, One Year Later

Midweek Update: Love and 'The Last of Us'

What Kevin Feige Doesn't Understand

Midweek Update: Oscar Nomination Reactions

Wrestling with 'Shoah'

Midweek Update: Making Room for the Sad Stuff

The Acting Business

Midweek Update: Movie Resolutions

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Top 10 Films of 2022