The best films & series I watched in 2023. A deep-dive into all my new-to-me favorites!

Like a true millennial in 2019, I decided to see this movie based on one small, square ad promoted on Instagram. Look, you put Sir Ian McKellen and Russell Tovey in one movie together, and that’s all I need to know. I’m there. The algorithm clearly knows how to…

Contrary to what the trailer and media outrage may have led you to believe, Jojo Rabbit is not a movie about Hitler. Yeah, he’s technically listed as a character. But does a physical manifestation of how deep toxic nationalism can seep into your psyche and how hard it is to separate it from your true self really count as a character?

There aren’t many movies in which this Florida girl will spontaneously drop everything and fly to New York alone for. But Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, is definitely one of them.

Lost in Translation is the sort of movie that means something slightly different to everyone who watches it. You can watch this and think it’s about love, or about travel, or about Japan. You can watch this and think it’s about a midlife crisis, or about ennui, or about…