This article explores the uniqueness and value of critics' individual movie lists, particularly focusing on the significance of 'outlier' films chosen by critics who see something special in them that others may miss.
A few paragraphs down, you’ll find my list of The Best Movies of 2024. I won’t feel bad if you don’t get that far. Some critics spend all year thinking about their Top 10, arranging and rearranging it until it feels like a perfect reflection of their taste, and, more importantly, their personality.
But by the time those lists start to appear at the beginning of December, printed in major publications or recorded as ballots or simply posted on Letterboxd, it can be hard to tell one arbitrarily delimited collection of titles from another, especially as the trickle turns into a flood. The internet has proven that none of us are as distinctive as we might have thought in a pre-online world, which can be a source of comfort when seeking out likeminded souls but tends to quash the notion that any critic’s taste is all that singular.is the movie of the year, and I’m happy to lend my voice to the chorus, especially since it’s exactly the kind of movie that critics should be advocating for. But was it slightly more exciting last year, when the movie I found atop my list, Ira Sachs’, was one virtually no other critic rated so highly? I’d be lying if I said otherwise. I don’t put movies on my list for the sake of novelty, but there’s a special charge when I survey the field and realize I’m an outlier, the sole champion (or at least one of only a few) of a movie that eminently deserves it. When I scan others’ lists, I’m drawn to the odd films out, the ones that a critic sees something in that no one else does. I’m not always convinced—there’s usually a reason they’re out there all by their lonesome—but it’s the rare opportunity to think about movies in a different way, one I wouldn’t have if I only paid attention to those whose tastes cluster around mine. A list tells me what you like. An outlier tells me who you are.The more lists there are, of course, the fewer true outliers remai
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