"The Holdovers" is one of the funniest, most touching and more enjoyable films of 2023, and a high point of Alexander Payne’s career.

"Killers of the Flower Moon" is another late-period masterpiece from Martin Scorsese, who weaves a gripping true epic of racism, greed, guilt and murder.

Gareth Edwards "The Creator" is a visually stunning bit of science fiction and world-building that is let down by a story that's too thin and familiar.