My 10 favorite films of 2023: 10. All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh) 9. The Holdovers (Alexander Payne) 8. Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman) 7. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) 6. May December (Todd Haynes) 5. Priscilla (Sofia Coppola) 4. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson) 3. The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki) 2. Pacifiction (Albert Serra) 1. Afire (Christian Petzold) Two films that would’ve topped this list had they had a U.S. release in 2023: Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast and Víctor Erice’s still-undistributed Close Your Eyes. Honorable mentions: Showing Up, The Killer, R.M.N., Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., A Still Small Voice 10 favorite first-time watches of 2023: Blissfully Yours, Lost in America, Trust, The Terrorizers, The Puppetmaster, A Confucian Confusion, Mahjong, Bug, One Way Passage, and My Little Loves. See my write-ups for the top 10 at the link in bio.