The latest instalment in the annual list of the past year’s essential films, including prestige films, blockbusters, independent and foreign features, and documentaries.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Little Drummer Boy, and Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town are beloved for their stop-motion animation and imaginative blend of religious and secular Christmas stories.
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A charming new window onto Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
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Twenty years later, American Psycho remains a deliriously-funny, criminally-misunderstood masterpiece.
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The Nest is a marital nightmare and an excellent sophomore feature from Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin.
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Andrew Patterson’s debut feature is an impressive indie science-fiction drama with a noteworthy approach to visuals and setting.
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Asif Kapadia charts the heroic, tragic life of the late Diego Maradona in this stunning documentary made entirely of archival footage.
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American Utopia has been billed a successor to the Talking Heads’ masterful Stop Making Sense, but while the music is good as always, this show doesn’t quite live up to its promise.
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Director Michael Almereyda confronts the notion of objective biography head-on in his off-kilter biopic of Nikola Tesla, starring Ethan Hawke.
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Revisiting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on its 20th anniversary confirms this moving, wuxia epic as one of the great international films of all-time.
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Aaron Sorkin’s dramatic retelling of the famous show trial distorts history in order to champion blandly-liberal American values.
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Gavin O’Connor’s inspirational sports and addiction drama succeeds on the strength of Ben Affleck’s intimate performance.
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is the funniest film of the year and doubles down on the absurdity of 2020.
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Robert Siodmak’s noir classic is a stunning debut for Burt Lancaster and one of the most inventive short story adaptations ever.
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A tribute to the late Sean Connery, remembering his iconic work as James Bond and Dr. Henry Jones Sr. among countless other memorable roles.
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Digging deep into the thematic implications and cultural discourse around Ari Aster’s two works of elevated horror, Hereditary and Midsommar.
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Dark Water is a creepy and water-logged entry in the J-horror genre, but its human drama is what makes it particularly memorable and disturbing.
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Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead’s slow-burn horror film plays like a low-budget, earnest counterpoint to The Cabin in the Woods.
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Wes Craven’s controversial classic horror film uses unrefined formal techniques and realistic content to unsettle viewers and examine the horrors of bloodlust.
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This documentary by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei paints a portrait of contemporary China through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
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