My Favorites of 2024

I’m not a big fan of these “best of” lists, but of all the new(ish) arts entertainment (or edutainment, as KRS-One would say) I consumed these past twelve months, here’s what helped me most in surviving (and contemplating) the relentless horrors of 2024.

FILMS

No Other Land, co-directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor (Independent)

Dahomy, directed by Mati Diop (Les Films du Losange)

Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross (Amazon MGM Studios)

Demon Mineral...