BEST 2023 MOVIES
Showing Up
Master Gardener
May December
The Killer
Saint Omer
Earth Mama
Godland
Return to Seoul
Killers of the Flower Moon
Beau Is Afraid
And a few more: Stonewalling, Orlando My Political Biography, RMN, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros, Ferrari
BEST MOVIES I SAW… THAT COME OUT NEXT YEAR
La Chimera, another sublime one by Alice Rowrwacher
The Feeling that the Time for Doing Something Now Has Passed
The Beast, life in the midst of screens, love in the midst of robots
Free Time, existential millennial discomfort transmuted into mischievously astute comedy
OTHER LISTS
My favorite first viewings and discoveries for Screen Slate
My entry for Mubi’s annual fantasy double feature poll
On what sustained me throughout the year for Bomb Magazine
The GOAT Issue for Cup of Jo’s
THE BEST THINGS I ATE
Burdock ice cream, Moono
Jambon beurre, Pavé
Sweet & savory schiacciata, Talbott & Arding
Smoked ham, Stissing House
The octopus, the tuna tostada, and all else, Contramar
All manner of breads, Tatiana
The pastas, Foul Witch
Gratis continental breakfast spread, I Sodi—a mountain of butter, ginger lime tea, 8-minute fennel eggs, fish salads, left untouched by the fashion girlies at a design preview, and so shamelessly devoured by me
Roasted chicken and rice, Hainan Jones
Rotisserie chicken and fried rice, Peking BBQ
Chicken liver monaka, Kono
Indian fried chicken, Rowdy Rooster
Sacrilegious ragu bolognese (it has garlic!), Foodheim cook book
Multiple fruit-laden dacquoises,
PatisserieRoasted caraflex cabbage and lentils, Raf’s
Pelmeni in broth, Urgut Tandir Express
Lebanese shawarma burrito, Fatima’s Grill