The 10 Best Films of 2021 (Plus A Few More)

To say that 2021 has been an interesting year for cinema would be a gross understatement. Many of the year’s biggest releases were pandemic-delayed holdovers from last year (No Time to Die, A Quiet Place: Part II, the entire slate of Phase IV Marvel films), while theater closures, virtual film festivals, and direct-to-streaming releases (or the “day-and-date” model favored by HBO Max) continued to fundamentally change the way the majority of us consumed cinema. Even still, I found certain themes repeating. Was it my desire for escapism that drew me, a noted late-in-life Musical Theater Gay, deep into the throes… Read Full Article