by Nathan Robertson
A lot happened in the world of film in 2023.
Masters like Scorsese, Nolan, W. Anderson, Glazer, Gerwig, Miyazaki, and Fincher all released films this year. Barbenheimer took over the world for its opening weekend. A 15 million-dollar, Toho-produced Godzilla film looked better than anything Marvel has made in the past 5 years. And while streaming services continued to put out some of the year’s best offerings, A24 put in another strong year, continuing its trend as one of the distributors who offer the best hope for the future of independent films.
The stories of 2023 were filled with heartbreak, joy, tragedy, humor, terror, and everything in between.
Here are my top 25 films of 2023.
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by Nathan Robertson and Mitch Wiley
Be it about Santa Claus, family holiday get-togethers, or movies that are simply Christmas”ish”, there is something out there for everyone.
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by Nathan Robertson
You may see the title Godzilla Minus One and think, “What the heck is that?”
Well, I was in your shoes about a month ago. However, I slowly started to see some chatter saying that it was a game-changer film made by Toho Studios, the originator of Godzilla, for just 15 million dollars.
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by Nathan Robertson
Like anyone, I’m a sucker for a good true-crime podcast. In the one I’m listening to now, it’s theorized that a murder from almost 100 years ago may have had more to the story. While that may sound surprising, there’s a piece of it that isn’t. The new suspect of the murdered woman is the husband.
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Here are some random films from multiple streaming services that are worth checking out this weekend if you’re looking for something new to watch or something old to watch again!
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by Nathan Robertson
Inspired by the recent release of Amazon’s Daisy Jones and the Six series, I decided to make a list of the many earworms that movies and television have given us over the years.
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by Nathan Robertson
The film world seems to be slowly returning to form since the pandemic just about ended the industry as we know it. In many ways, it will be forever changed. While 2022 didn’t offer up any enduring masterpieces, it certainly produced some excellent additions to the 21st-century canon.
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by Nathan Robertson
Nope begins with a blank screen and the words of Nahum 6:3:
“I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.”
The verse, like many others, makes a strong impression when taken out of context. Whatever we are about to witness will be a horrifying spectacle.
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by Nathan Robertson
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, first arrived on the scene in 2010. Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate created the future viral star after Slate started using the voice as a joke when hanging out with friends. Neither thought Marcel would become the viral sensation that resulted. Having seen the original videos, I was not fully prepared for the emotional roller coaster Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
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by Nathan Robertson
Station Eleven is one of the most exciting things on television in a long time. A show that easily fits into a list with shows like Breaking Bad, The Leftovers, and Twin Peaks as shows that pushed our expectations of what TV can be and the worlds it can transport us to.
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by Mitch Wiley
Two recent highly-anticipated films just arrived at your local theater. Both are by acclaimed writers/directors and are a bit of an offspeed pitch from their usual tones and lanes. The first is Edgar Wright's psychological thriller, Last Night in Soho; the second is Kenneth Branagh's heartwarming autobiographical Belfast. And finally, both are deeply British films about a longing for a specific time period and area of the United Kingdom.
Mass understands a pivotal aspect of forgiveness, that it is not only about showing grace to another, but similarly showing grace to ourselves for the hatred we’ve carried.
The film finds us in the middle of an unimaginable situation, two couples grieving over the same event under completely different circumstances. The reveal of why these couples are meeting is a slow burn, but when it comes, this tiny room in a local episcopal church is transformed into an emotional battlefield with no one leaving unscathed.
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by Nathan Robertson
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?
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