In his latest opus, Martin Scorsese takes us on a dark and bloody ride through the heartland of America in Killers of the Flower Moon, a film that blends the spirit of his signature crime drama into the Western epic. Based on the chilling non-fiction book by David Grann, the film plunges us into the 1920s Osage Nation, where the discovery of oil beneath the land ignites a sinister conspiracy fueled by greed and murder.
Hollywood needed some good news in 2023. It came last summer, summed up by one portmanteau: Barbenheimer. The year also saw some finely crafted franchise films, while small-budget independent films continued to find ways to flourish.