The movies returned at something close to full force this year. Covid masks all but vanished from multiplex crowds, and from the audiences at the press screenings I attended (though I kept mine handy). Sundance did cancel its in-person screenings for the second January in a row, thanks to the
Critical praise is great, but what about the weirdo films ignored by audiences, or the unfairly dismissed blockbusters? Here are ten of the year's best.