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The AU Review’s Best Films of 2023
- December 24, 2023
- Features
- Film
- Film & TV
- Air
- All of Us Strangers
- Barbie
- Ben Affleck
- Celine Song
- Christopher Nolan
- Cillian Murphy
- emerald fennell
- Emily Blunt
- Emma Stone
- Greta Gerwig
- Greta Lee
- John Wick Chapter 4
- Keanu Reeves
- Margot Robbie
- Mark Ruffalo
- Matt Damon
- melissa barrera
- Mission Impossible dead Reckoning
- Oppenheimer
- Past Lives
- poor things
- Ryan Gosling
- Saltburn
- Scream VI
- talk to me
- Viola Davis
- Willem Dafoe
In a year that was ruled by Barbenheimer and mortally wounded the once-unstoppable superhero genre, 2023 definitely saw audiences shift their minds (and money) towards more original content. Perhaps an indication as to where the industry should place its focus, The AU’s best of list similarly echoes the sentiment that bigger doesn’t always mean better,…
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