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mylifeincinema · 3 months

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My Best of 2023: Cinematography

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

I'm missing a couple of the big ones, this year, including two on Netflix, but don't feel like squeezing them in or (in the case of The Zone of Interest) waiting for them to reach my culturally dead part of the state/country. So we're going with what we've got. Despite my issues with the pacing and length of Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, it was so incredibly well shot that it was a no-brainer for first place. Robbie Ryan's work on Poor Things was a straight-up fever-dream. Hoyte Van Hotema's turned Oppenheimer from a biopic into a nightmare of a paranoid thriller. Yeoman once again created an eye-popping feast for Wes Anderson's Asteroid City. Messerschmidt, Sandgren and Laustsen filled their respective films with intense atmosphere. Then Prieto once again wows with his colorful, dazzling work on Barbie, and Messerschmidt returns with fantastic period work on Ferrari. Finally, speaking of period work, Bryld brilliant transports us back to the '70s with his work on The Holdovers. Work that legitimately makes the film feel as though it very well could've been made in the '70s.

My Top 10 Achievements in Cinematography in 2023!

1. Rodrigo Prieto for Killers of the Flower Moon

2. Robbie Ryan for Poor Things

3. Hoyte Van Hoytema for Oppenheimer

4. Robert Yeoman for Asteroid City

5. Erik Messerschmidt for The Killer

6. Linus Sandgren for Saltburn

7. Dan Laustsen for John Wick: Chapter 4

8. Rodrigo Prieto for Barbie

9. Erik Messerschmidt for Ferrari

10. Eigil Bryld for The Holdovers

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeinfiction · 4 months

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My Best of 2023: My Top 10 2023 Books

1. Boys in the Valley (Philip Fracassi)

2. The Ferryman (Justin Cronin)

3. Don't Fear the Reaper (Stephen Graham Jones)

4. Small Mercies (Dennis Lehane)

5. Black River Orchard (Chuck Wendig)

6. Spin a Black Yarn (Josh Malerman)

7. The Night House (Jo Nesbø)

8. Sister, Maiden, Monster (Lucy A. Snyder)

9. The River We Remember (William Kent Krueger)

10. How to Sell a Haunted House (Grady Hendrix)

Note: This is out of the 42 2023 releases that I read throughout the year.

Thank you all so much for reading/sharing/etc. Here’s hoping 2024 is full of good things and great books!

Happy New Year!!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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throughdigitaleyes · 4 months

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Best of 2023: My Top 10 Albums!

1. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan

Just a killer collection of songs, including two of my favorites of the year, period: Smaller Acts & Hey Driver (Feat. The War and Treaty). I Remember Everything (Feat. Kacey Musgraves) is an absolute beast, as well.

2. Dispatch - Live from the Boston Woods

I don't usually include live albums, but I was at this show and it was my first time seeing Dispatch in over nine years and they were every bit as amazing as they ever were. Their opening with Passerby was so, so good. And, naturally, hearing their newer songs live for the first time was special, even if the old favorites still stole the show.

3. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

Damn... they still got it. What a rockin' album. Bite My Head Off is a blast!

4. The War and Treaty - Lover's Game

I've been a fan since catching their set at the Newport Folk Festival some years back, but damn did they have an amazing 2023. Love this whole album, but mostly Dumb Luck, which is surely My Favorite Song of 2023... period.

5. boygenius - the record

The talent on display here stops me in my tracks every time. Favorite tracks are Satanist and Cool About It, but they're all damn good.

6. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

I've always wanted more of Dave Grohl on the drums, but I never wanted it to happen this way. An emotionally devastating album that still rocks so f*cking hard. Taylor's out there somewhere with this on repeat.

7. Chris Stapleton - Higher

Can't wait to see more from this album live. Crosswind was fantastic, last summer, but White Horse and Think I'm In Love With You are going to tear the f*cking roof off the joint, and Mountains Of My Mind will most definitely be something truly special.

8. The Milk Carton Kids - I Only See the Moon

The Milk Carton Kids out here destroying me with their harmonies, once again. Opening with All of the Time in the World to Kill just floored me.

9. K.Flay - MONO

This is only so low because I haven't listened to it nearly enough, yet. Yes I'm Serious is so f*cking fantastic, though.

10. Zach Bryan - Boys of Faith

Only so low because it's an EP. Damn these songs are good. Especially that title track. Seriously, damn.

Note: I hardly listened to music this year, unless it was live. These are in Loose Preferential Order and were chosen out of an absurdly low and unknown number of albums I actually listened to in their entirety throughout 2023. I do most of my listening while writing, editing photos or working out, and once again all that shit was a scarcity in ‘23. I’m also once again positive this is missing some albums I’d go wild about, but I either haven’t heard them yet or wasn’t in the right mindset when I initially gave them a go. Oh well. Where it stands, these are the ones I found myself going back to when I did spend time on Spotify. And I’ll stand by each and every one of them.

I'm probably not posting My Top Photos of 2023, seeing as I photographed so few shows. But if you go check out my coverage of Lindsey Stirling's show last month, you'll immediately see My Favorite Photos of 2023. As always, Thank You for reading!

Happy New Year!!

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mylifeincinema · 4 months

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My Best of 2023: Posters

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

My Top 10 11 Posters of 2023!

I'm just gonna let these speak for themselves. I'm kinda wild about the Top 5, but the rest are still all shades of great.

Note: As always, these picks have nothing to do with my thoughts or the quality of the films, only the posters themselves and how they sold the films to me.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeincinema · 4 months

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My Best of 2023: TV

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

These were My Top 10 TV Shows of 2023…

Drama/Comedy:

Loki: Season 2 (Disney+) The Bear: Season 2 (FX on Hulu)

The Last of Us: Season 1 (HBO) Ted Lasso: Season 3 (Apple TV+)

Fargo: Season 5 (FX) Poker Face: Season 1 (Peacock)

Succession: Season 4 (HBO) Shrinking: Season 1 (Apple TV+)

The Mandalorian: Season 3 (Disney+) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5 (Prime)

Note: These are not anywhere near in any sort of solid order. I admittedly shifted things around a bit so posters would match better, but everything here belongs here… somewhere. Even if Shrinking is definitely a better show than Poker Face. Also, I'm cheating a bit with Fargo, but it'd have to get seriously awful in its final episodes for it not to make the list, so here it is. I've stuck with distinguishing between Drama/Comedy, but not Limited/Anthology Series. I’ve still had trouble keeping up on a lot and/or finding the interest/energy to even commit to many, and therefore completely missed out on a bunch, I might've had enough to do full Top 10s in each genre, but it would've been tight, and I didn't want to feature anything that wasn't wholly worthy of the honor? I did love several other shows this year, though, including (but not limited to) Season 7 of Rick & Morty, Season 2 of Ghosts & the Final Season of Barry.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeincinema · 3 months

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My Best of 2023: Lead Actor

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

These Top 2 are basically tied and I could've rolled a dice for the order of the following three. Beyond that, they are in order (except maybe 10, which should probably be - at least - few spots higher), but they're still very tight. Cillian brings Oppenheimer's inner-turmoil and moral dread to life so well that I was sitting in the cinema muttering to myself, "oh my god... what did we do?", despite being born ~40 years after it was done. Giamatti embodies The Holdovers' Paul Hunham so completely that each emotional and comedic beat knocked the shit out of me. Bradley Cooper so completely transforms into Bernstein throughout long stretches of Maestro, and wholly understands his artistic drive, making the rest work just as well. Leo's performance in Killers of the Flower Moon is a bit of a one-note performance, but it's a hell of a note, and works to not only drive the narrative forward, but also in helping to make clear the complexities of these events. In Rustin, Colman Domingo embraces Bayard Rustin's soul without restraint, turning a mediocre Netflix movie into a must-see biopic. Efron was heartbreaking in The Iron Claw, turning in a performance I quite honestly didn't think he had in him. In American Fiction, Wright is downright hilarious in his stubborn artistic integrity and revulsion of trends in mainstream publishing. What Joaquin achieves in Beau is Afraid is singular in its affecting strangeness. Fassbender's disciplined yet fumbling titular assassin in The Killer is steeped in impressive focus and calm. And Schwartzman delivers a perfectly balanced exploration of grief in Asteroid City. It's a performance that could only be found in a Wes Anderson film, by a Wes Anderson regular.

My Top 10 Performances by a Lead Actor in 2023!

1. Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer

2. Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers

3. Bradley Cooper in Maestro

4. Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon

5. Colman Domingo in Rustin

6. Zac Efron in The Iron Claw

7. Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction

8. Joaquin Phoenix in Beau is Afraid

9. Michael Fassbender in The Killer

10. Jason Schwartzman in Asteroid City

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeincinema · 3 months

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My Best of 2023: Lead Actress

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

We had some powerhouse actresses delivering powerhouse performance all over the place in 2023. Emma Stone never disappoints, but with Poor Things she delivers a uniquely layered, absolutely batshit crazy performance that I have no doubt will wind up near the top of my favorite performances of the decade. Lily Gladstone, who I'd only seen before (in a role I don't remember, honestly) in First Cow turns in an emotional whopper in Killers of the Flower Moon. It's a nuanced performance that so naturally and completely conveys her character's sadness, anger, exhaustion and fear, and it carries the film through even its most never-ending stretches. Natalie always knocks 'em out of the park, and much like the movie itself, her performance in May December is a chameleon-like display that keeps us guessing until her highly disturbing final lines. I'd never even heard the name Cailee Spaeny before Sofia Coppola cast her in Priscilla, and she went on to deliver one of my favorite performances of the year. Her Priscilla is full of immature love and naive hope, and her transition from that to the knowing and experience in the second half is so well calculated. Margot was perfectly cast as Barbie, and brings to life the shattered optimism that personifies the symbol that is this Barbie makes the film's most emotionally resonant moments hit home perfectly. Annette wowed with her understanding of Nyad's stubborn strength and dedication. Carey showed us the weight of being the woman behind Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. Sandra Hüller was absolutely impossible to read in Anatomy of a Fall, and I loved every second of it. Greta Lee made me long for a lost love I most definitely never had in Past Lives. And Sophie Wilde embodied her desperate and terrified character so effectively that I still find myself thinking about Talk to Me, months after seeing it.

My Top 10 Performances by a Lead Actress in 2023!

1. Emma Stone in Poor Things

2. Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon

3. Natalie Portman in May December

4. Cailee Spaeny in Priscilla

5. Margot Robbie in Barbie

6. Annette Bening in Nyad

7. Carey Mulligan in Maestro

8. Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall

9. Greta Lee in Past Lives

10. Sophie Wilde in Talk to Me

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeincinema · 3 months

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My Best of 2023: Director

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

I think 2023 was just a weird year for me. Here's another list where I kinda just got lost after the Top 5 or so, and tossed the rest in all willy-nilly. There's some really great work on display here, though. Nolan outdoes himself with Oppenheimer, taking a 3-hour prestige biopic/courtroom drama and turning it into a heart-racing, disquieting philosophical horror film. While I have major issues with the film as a whole, it's undeniable that Scorsese's directorial work on Killers of the Flower Moon is as patient and angry as it is bold and technically amazing. Lanthimos takes the world of Gray's book and turns Poor Things into a visually stunning, brilliantly acted coming-of-age fever-dream. Gerwig understands the core of what Barbie is, and through this understanding was able to deliver a singular piece of cinema that both skewered and celebrated the universal symbol that is Barbie. Glazer patiently and unflinchingly studies the banality of evil in the devastatingly haunting The Zone of Interest. Wes knocks another one out of the solar system with the hilariously weird Asteroid City. Sofia Coppola once again showcases her unmatched understanding of the weight of celebrity with the damning Priscilla. Fincher nails the philosophical complexities of The Killer with his emotionally detached technical prowess. Triet's cinéma vérité approach to Anatomy of a Fall explores the intricacies of the truth in a manner as neutral as it is intellectually riveting. And Mann's balance between the intimacies of the personal drama and technical precision of the racing sequences carries Ferrari across the finish line.

Here they are...

My Top 10 Directors of 2023!

1. Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer

2. Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon

3. Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things

4. Greta Gerwig for Barbie

5. Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest

6. Wes Anderson for Asteroid City

7. Sofia Coppola for Priscilla

8. David Fincher for The Killer

9. Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall

10. Michael Mann for Ferrari

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

Next Up: Lead Actress; Lead Actor

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mylifeincinema · 3 months

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My Best of 2023: Supporting Actor

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

This is usually my most difficult category… and almost always my favorite. This year's different. Yeah, Mark Ruffalo delivered one of my very favorite performances of the year, period. But the rest - aside from 8-10 - aren't really in any locked order, despite all delivering great, scene-stealing performances. Both Roberts turned in phenomenal, complex, villainous performances. Downey honing in on his character's ego, and De Niro nailing his character's evil entitlement. Gosling was an absolute blast in Barbie. But he was just Ken, so.... Willem Dafoe was wonderfully weird, but should've gotten more screen-time. Same goes for Cage, whose Dracula really should've been onscreen for every single second of Renfield's running-time. I'm not super familiar with Sterling's work, but I didn't know he had such impeccable comedic delivery. And the final three are all young actors who - much to my surprise - show little to no ego in the way they brought these characters to life. Again, all of these are truly great performances, it's only the order that - for once - has me completely lost (Okay, the Top 4 or so are pretty solid, but after that? Forget about it.)... but I guess this is close enough. Oh, and I have this gut feeling I'm completely forgetting someone I absolutely loved. There's that, too.

Anyway, here they are…

My Top 10 Performances by a Supporting Actor in 2023!

1. Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things

2. Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer

3. Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon

4. Ryan Gosling in Barbie

5. Willem Dafoe in Poor Things

6. Nicolas Cage in Renfield

7. Sterling K. Brown in American Fiction

8. Jacob Elordi in Priscilla

9. Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers

10. Charles Melton in May December

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeincinema · 4 months

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My 15 Most Anticipated Films of 2024!!

These are far from definitive, and quickly thrown together just right now. I'm missing a bunch that I'm legitimately excited over as opposed to some of these that I'm just kinda looking forward to, but I'm blanking on them, right now, so y'all get these, instead. Enjoy!

Madame Web (S.J. Clarkson, 2024) – 2.14.24 Meh... kinda looks garbage, but Sydney Sweeney as Spider-Woman, so... yeah.

Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve, 2024) – 3.1.24 Part One felt too incomplete to not be excited for this. Hopefully the pacing is better.

Mickey 17 (Bong Joon Ho, 2024) – 3.29.24 Thoroughly enjoyed the book and I love Bong Joon Ho.

Civil War (Alex Garland, 2024) – 4.26.24 The scope of the trailer sold me.

Challengers (Luca Guadagnino, 2024) – 4.26.24 Zendaya + Guadagnino has me sold.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (George Miller, 2024) – 5.24.24 Haaave you seen Fury Road?!?

Ballerina (Len Wiseman, 2024) – 6.7.24 Ana de Armas in a John Wick spinoff... yes, please.

Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann, 2024) – 6.14.24 The first was so emotionally rich. I want Pixar to make me cry again.

The Bikeriders (Jeff Nichols, 2024) – 6.21.24 Love Nichols' previous films. Excited to see what he delivers with this cast.

Deadpool 3 (Shawn Levy, 2024) – 7.26.24 Wade + Logan Forever.

Alien: Romulus (Fede Alvarez, 2024) – 8.16.24 Huge fan of the franchise, won't ever not be excited for an Alien movie.

Beetlejuice 2 (Tim Burton, 2024) – 9.6.24 God, the first is just perfection, skeptical but excited to see what Burton has up his sleeves for this one.

Joker: Folie à Deux (Todd Phillips, 2024) – 10.4.24 First was meg, overall, but Phoenix was fantastic, and I'm looking forward to seeing what Lady Gaga does with Harley Quinn.

Gladiator 2 (Ridley Scott, 2024) – 11.22.24 Meh... this is here because of Ridley and Denzel.

Nosferatu (Robert Eggers, 2024) – 12.25.24 My actual most anticipated film of 2024. Hate that Anya isn't attached, but the promotional stills have killed any doubts I might've had.

There they are!

As for My Best of 2023, once again all of the major lists will not be getting posted until mid-January, but I’m going to try to get some of the early lists – such as Posters & TV – sorted and posted over the next week or two. Please Feel Free to Follow Along So You Don’t Miss Anything!

Stay Tuned!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeincinema · 3 months

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My Best of 2023: My Top 10 Films!

Finally! It’s time for My Top 10 Films of 2023! 2023 was another weird year for me in terms of film. As usual, I had a few I championed, but, yet again, a lot of the big guns didn't land the way I'd expected or hoped. As a quick reminder - My Top 10 Films isn’t necessarily a list of the ‘best’, or ‘my favorite’, but rather a mix of the two that takes both sides of the A&E into as equal consideration as humanly possible. Definitely keep that in mind, especially the fact that how re-watchable each film is weighs in significantly. So, in terms of all that, this list nails my 2023.

First, here are some Honorable Mentions (in no real order), most of which spent at least a little time in the Top 10: Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest (which really deserves that 10 spot, but it's about as far from re-watchable as it gets); David Fincher's The Killer; Sofia Coppola's Priscilla; Kelly Fremon Craig's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.; and Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One. Any of these could easily claim that 10 spot on another day. As for Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon? Sorry, y'all, but it barely cracked my Top 20. No matter how incredibly well-made it was, it was still a solid hour too long. And worst of all, it felt it!

Okay, without further ado, here they are…

My Top 10 Films of 2023!!

10. Danny & Michael Philippou's Talk to Me

Damn. This was fantastic. I’m still really pissed I missed it in cinemas. Such a super creepy, perfectly executed premise fueled by surprisingly good performances and genuinely terrifying moments, throughout. I especially love that it never heavily relies on jump-scares and just how brutal these spirits get. The desperation and hopelessness of the third act is just the cherry on top.

9. Greta Gerwig's Barbie

Hilarious. Bold. Heartwarming. And not at all subtle. Margot is perfection, which doesn’t always work in the film’s favor, but it knows and acknowledges that, and becomes more interesting by doing so. Gosling is hilarious and interesting and delivers one of the most absurdly audacious performances of the year. Gerwig’s vision, here, is dazzling not only in its use of practical effects, but also its brazen approach to the film’s message.

8. Christopher McQuarrie's Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1

Tom Cruise is out here doing the important work in a time when said important work is more essential than ever. This is a big-screen spectacle of an action film with exciting fights and chases and stunts that get more and more impressive, wild and outlandish throughout. As to be expected from the franchise, the cast all deliver rock-solid performances, and McQuarrie’s work behind the camera is every bit as good as Fallout, despite Fallout still probably being the better of the two films, overall. The plot, action, and editing here are all perfectly intense, working beautifully together to create a truly jaw-dropping piece of action cinema. Once again Cruise and friends prove decisively that popcorn flicks can be art, too, folks. Big, loud, crazy, fun art. So damn good.

7. James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3

Loved it. Every single moment is earned. The needle drops get better and better and build up to a joyous, cathartic, downright amazing moment at the end. James Gunn directs the hell out of his pitch-perfect script, allowing these characters to evolve in a manner as interesting as it is entertaining as it is organic. The Winter Soldier is still the best single film in the MCU, but this trilogy is its heart and soul. Finally… Cosmo is such a Good Dog.

6. Wes Anderson's Asteroid City

There’s good reason why Wes Anderson is one of my very favorite living directors. Asteroid City is a fine example of pretty much all of them. It’s visually stunning (How the f*ck did that production design not get nominated?!) , superbly acted, and written with as much quirky humor as it is raw emotion as it is perfectly balanced existentialism. I may still not quite be fully sold on the framing device, but all-in-all, this is a purely Andersonian oddity, and I loved every minute of it. Plus, I really want to be friends with that roadrunner.

5. Alexander Payne's The Holdovers

Genuinely hilarious and sneakily heartfelt. The tender moments play out so naturally that they pack an emotional wallop, then the brilliant Paul Giamatti or Da'Vine Joy Randolph lets out a perfectly delivered line that’ll absolutely floor you. And I just love the look of it, every single piece of this film looks and feels like it’s straight out of the ‘70s. So good. Probably my favorite Payne?

4. Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things

Despite being significantly overlong, Lanthimos' Poor Things is still just so damn good. I hate that Emma Stone’s odds are going down, as she delivers what will likely remain a favorite ‘til the end of the decade. Mark Ruffalo is also a blast, and is very much the upset I'm hoping for most come March 10. I honestly didn’t think he still had a performance like this in him. Dafoe is magnificently weird, and every time he graced the screen was a treat. Yorgos went off, here. This is probably his best work yet. It’s also one of the most visually interesting films of the year. I absolutely loved how this movie was shot. And it’s very easily better than the book. So, y’know, there’ that too.

3. Dos Santos, Powers & Thompson's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

A masterful amalgamation of animation styles, narrative ideas and next-level voice performances. As visually breathtaking as it is emotionally ambitious as it is structurally exciting and entertaining. This is the exact type of comic book movie that still has me excited for comic book movies.

2. Wes Anderson's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Three More

I'm kinda cheating, here, as this is technically a collection four individually released short films, and not the originally planned anthology feature. But I don't care. These are all fantastic; masterclasses in adaptation, blocking, production design and acting, the lot of 'em. I want so badly for Wes Anderson to just adapt Dahl's entire bibliography. Head HERE for my full thoughts.

And The Best Film of 2023 is…

1. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

A truly staggering achievement. As ambitious and bold a biopic as we’ve gotten in a very long time. Nolan understands the mechanics of this man and his story in a way that's so philosophically nuanced, and directs scene-after-scene of characters discussing physics and politics in a that makes it edge-of-your-seat shit.

Thank you for reading!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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My Best of 2023: Supporting Actress

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

Da'vine blew me away. I loved her on Only Murders in the Building and that Breakout performance in Dolemite Is My Name, but this was next level. Emily carried so much in Oppenheimer, and her late deposition scene lays it all on the table so effectively. Rachel is now in her mom era, and absolutely killing it. The only thing keeping this from being my favorite of her performances was time travel (Go Watch About Time). Flo always wows... so no surprise she stole every scene of Oppenheimer she was in. Jodie is a legend for a reason, and the friendship and determination with which she fills this character is the best part of Nyad. Anne is a seductive mystery in Eileen, and I wanted so much more of her. Mia is f*cking scary... always... but especially in Infinity Pool. The shifts in Juilanne Moore's character in May December brilliantly shift the film itself; it's campy, it's disturbing, it's utterly hypnotizing. ScarJo got that Wes Anderson delivery down perfect, and created something special in her odd chemistry with Schwartzman. And America got the 10 spot because she got the Oscar nod, honestly. That spot very easily could've gone to Tilda, Maura, Penolope, Kathy or Rosamund.

Here they are…

My Top 10 Performances by a Supporting Actress in 2023!

1. Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers

2. Emily Blunt in Oppenheimer

3. Rachel McAdams in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

4. Florence Pugh in Oppenheimer

5. Jodie Foster in Nyad

6. Anne Hathaway in Eileen

7. Mia Goth in Infinity Pool

8. Julianne Moore in May December

9. Scarlett Johansson in Asteroid City

10. America Ferrera in Barbie

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeinfiction · 4 months

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My Best of 2023: My Top 5 Non-2023 Books

1. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)

2. No Country For Old Men (Cormac McCarthy, 2005)

3. Britt-Marie Was Here (Fredrik Backman, 2016)

4. In the Miso Soup (Ryū Murakami, 2003)

5. The Storyteller (Dave Grohl, 2021)

Note: These were chosen from the 10 Non-2021/Non-King books I read in 2022. (Low, I know, but once again I got caught up in new releases.) Same as previous years, Stephen King gets his own Top 5. The only Classic I managed was The Count of Monte Cristo, which was epic and took up pretty much my entire January. My first two reads for 2024 are Lonesome Dove and Don Quixote, so hopefully I'll get in the trend of reading more Classics throughout the rest of this coming year.

Thank you all so much for reading/sharing/etc. And please follow for My Top 5 Stephen King Books of 2022 & My Top 10 2022 Books, Coming Soon!!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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My Best of 2023: Assorted (Editing, Screenplays, Stunts, Score & More)

My Best of 2023 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2023, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2023.

I've barely even started to compile most of my major lists, so far. (Most are solid in my head. But there's a lot that I'm blanking on, I'm sure.) This will likely be the only post this week, as I’m wrapping up a book and will be trying to see a few of my final ‘should see’ films of 2023 throughout the rest of the week, but I might try to squeeze Cinematography in before the weekend, as well. Anyway, follow along for plenty of lists coming over the next couple weeks!

This one’s pretty similar to other years. I've added Non-2023 Films, here, seeing as I didn't see enough first-timers for a full list of their own. And I - yet again - didn’t see any Docs, so none of those - yet again - either. Anyway, here are the ‘misfits’…

Production Design:

Poor Things (Runners Up: Asteroid City & Barbie)

Editing:

Oppenheimer (Runners Up: Poor Things & The Killer)

Ensemble:

Killers of the Flower Moon (Runners Up: Oppenheimer & Barbie)

Animated Film:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Runner Up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)

Foreign Film:

Godzilla Minus One (Runner Up: Anatomy of a Fall)

Breakthrough Performance:

Cailee Paeny in Priscilla (Runner Up: Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers)

Original Screenplay:

The Holdovers (Runners Up: Asteroid City & Anatomy of a Fall)

Adapted Screenplay:

Oppenheimer (Runners Up: Poor Things & Barbie)

Stunts:

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Runners Up: John Wick: Chapter 4 & Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3)

VFX:

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (Runners Up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & Oppenheimer)

Costume Design:

Poor Things (Runners Up: Barbie & Killers of the Flower Moon)

Makeup Design:

Poor Things (Runners Up: Maestro & Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3)

Sound:

Oppenheimer (Runners Up: Maestro & Ferrari)

Score:

Oppenheimer (Runners Up: Killers of the Flower Moon & Poor Things)

Song:

"I'm Just Ken" from Barbie (Runners Up: "What Was I Made For" from Barbie & "Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven)" from Asteroid City)

And... since I just didn't get very many 'new to me' Non-2023 Films in this past year...

Non-2023 Films:

Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave (Runners Up: Ron Shelton's Bull Durham & John Wells' Burnt)

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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mylifeinfiction · 4 months

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My Best of 2023: My Top 5 Stephen King Books of 2023

1. The Outsider (2018)

2. Finders Keepers (2015)

3. Mr. Mercedes (2014)

4. Night Shift (1978)

5. Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)

Note: This is, again, out of the 9 Stephen King books that I read for the first time in 2023. (I know, I really need to bump these numbers up in 2024.) For more on my journey through the works of Stephen King, CLICK HERE.

Thank you all so much for reading/sharing/etc. And please follow for My Top 10 2022 Books, Coming Soon!!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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