The Best Films Of 2024
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In another year when it seems like the same four movies have been praised myriad times, this list includes some of the unsung gems that fell under the radar.
A great thing about having an inclusive team of journalists (a rarity in this industry) get together to discuss the best movies of the year is that that list will include many that the broader media (read: white mainstream) routinely overlooks. While some movies have popped up on lists so many times that it’s easy to become brainwashed by popular opinion, there is something to be said about considering some of the ones that too often fall under the radar.
They’re the indie horror films, the actually complex celeb doc about a Black female superstar, the lesbian crime drama and the riotous pregnancy comedy where a character actually shits while pushing out a baby. The coming-of-age drama about a Taiwanese American teen struggling to survive the late aughts, the beautifully tender drama that centers incarcerated Black men and the quiet Mumbai drama that follows women on journeys toward independence.
Some of the titles on our list might be familiar to you, as they’re certainly too good for us to forget as well. But others, ones that are woefully less discussed, haven’t left our minds since the day we watched them. And they deserved just as much attention.
“All We Imagine As Light”
I love a slice-of-life movie set in a city. Payal Kapadia’s gorgeous and tender drama starts from a bird’s-eye view, opening with documentary-style footage of the bustling streets of Mumbai and voiceovers of various residents talking about the dreams versus reality of living in a city with vast inequities. The film then zooms in on the stories of three characters who work at a hospital. Nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti) rents a room to her younger colleague Anu (Divya Prabha), who is in a forbidden romance with a Muslim man. Prabha also helps her older colleague Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam), who is being forcibly evicted from her apartment because a real estate developer is demolishing it to build a high-rise. While the stories of each woman are tinged with yearning and sorrow, they’re also connected through the joy and power of finding sisterhood. — Marina
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