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Film Feature: Chad’s Top 20 Films of 2024

It’s been an odd year for movies, partly due to the lasting effects of labor strikes. There are very few masterpieces, and just as few disasters. Instead, 2024 featured a lot of solid 3-3.5 out of 5 star films, a healthy selection of entertaining fare that enabled the theater industry to finish the year far ahead of what many analysts had feared (box office-wise). Well, without further ado, here’s my ranked Top 20 best films of 2024 (and don’t forget to check out Carrie’s Top 10 Films of 2024 as well):  Continue reading “Film Feature: Chad’s Top 20 Films of 2024”

Film Review: “Nosferatu”

Eggers takes Nosferatu for a chilling, seductive spin

Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU, a Focus Features release.

In his films, Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) loves to explore ancient rituals and antiquated language. Remaking Nosferatu, director F.W. Murnau’s 1922 German silent film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, seemed like a perfect fit due to the story’s gothic style, devilish rituals, and old-fashioned dialect. Eggers’ Nosferatu is a darkly seductive version of the classic horror story, with enough theatricality to make it the director’s most widely accessible film to date. Continue reading “Film Review: “Nosferatu””