Throughout 2024, our critics maintained “Best Movies of the Year (So Far)” lists. Some of those selections appear above in our Top 10 picks. Below are more of the films (but not all) that stood out to them this year. Movies are listed by U.S. release date, starting with the most recent.
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Edward Berger’s Conclave is adapted, quite faithfully, from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel, and it combines the pulp velocity of a great airport read with the gravitas of high drama. It follows the ritualistic backstabbing that goes on during the election of a new pope as a group of men steeped in tradition try diligently to shut out the modern world —…
