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TOP 24 NEW FILMS OF 2024
MY OLD ASS
CHALLENGERS
INSIDE OUT 2
WOMAN OF THE HOUR
PROBLEMISTA
THE SUBSTANCE
WILL AND HARPER
BABES
WICKED
UNFROSTED
HIT MAN
EMILIA PÉREZ
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
THE FALL GUY
TRAP
JUROR #2
CIVIL WAR
MEAN GIRLS
TWISTERS
MADAME WEB
TOP FILMS MADE PRIOR TO 2024 THAT I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2024
ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023)
POOR THINGS (2023)
THE DEAD DON’T DIE (2019)
OFFICE SPACE (1999)
ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023)
ANYONE BUT YOU (2023)
MILK (2008)
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003)
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS (2023)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023)
AMERICAN FICTION (2023)
PROZAC NATION (2001)
WONKA (2023)
WORST NEW FILMS OF 2024 (DISHONORABLE MENTIONS)
SCOOP
HOT FROSTY
MEGALOPOLIS
NOTABLE 2024 FILMS I HAVE NOT SEEN
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, ANORA, A REAL PAIN, BABYGIRL, CONCLAVE, GLADIATOR 2, HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, I SAW THE TV GLOW, LONGLEGS, SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 5, SING SING, THE PIANO LESSON, THE WILD ROBOT, QUEER, WE LIVE IN TIME
BEST PERFORMANCES
*CYNTHIA ERIVO, WICKED*
*DEMI MOORE, THE SUBSTANCE*
GLENN POWELL, HIT MAN
TILDA SWINTEN, PROBLEMISTA
BEST LAUGHING MOVIE
*BABES*
HIT MAN
THE FALL GUY
UNFROSTED
BEST CRYING MOVIE
*INSIDE OUT 2*
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
MY OLD ASS
WILL AND HARPER
BEST “I INVOLUNTARILY UTTERED ‘HOLY SHIT’ MOVIE”
CHALLENGERS
INSIDE OUT 2
*THE SUBSTANCE*
WOMAN OF THE HOUR
TELEVISION
BEST NEW SHOW OF 2024
BABY REINDEER
*HACKS S3*
BEST SHOW PRE-2024 SHOW SEEN FOR FIRST TIME
*HACKS S1*
HACKS S2
MUSIC
STREAM ALL SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINEES ON “BEST OF 2023” FROM THE NOAH FRIEND POWER HOUR, EXCLUSIVELY ON SPOTIFY.
SONG OF THE YEAR
BED CHEM, SABRINA CARPENTER
BLUE OVER YOU, MASON RAMSEY
BODYGUARD, BEYONCÉ
DIRTY WORK, KING PRINCESS
FEMME FATALE, G-EAZY, COI LERAY, KALIII
GOOD LUCK BABE!, CHAPPELL ROAN
JUNO, SABRINA CARPENTER
LIGHT AGAIN, CHRISTOPHER MORUCCI
NOT LIKE US, KENDRICK LAMAR
PSILOCYBAE, CHILDISH GAMBINO, 21 SAVAGE, INK, KADHJA BONET
ROMANTIC, CHRISTOPHER MORUCCI
SANCTIFIED, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, TOBE NWIGWE
*SPAGHETTII, BEYONCÉ, LINDA MARTELL, SHABOOZEY*
SQUABBLE UP, KENDRICK LAMAR
TV OFF, KENDRICK LAMAR, LEFTY GUNPLAY
TYRANT, BEYONCÉ, DOLLY PARTON
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
BRAT, CHARLI XCX
*COWBOY CARTER, BEYONCÉ*
GNX, KENDRICK LAMAR
SHORT N’ SWEET, SABRINA CARPENTER
HYPE SONG OF THE YEAR
*NOT LIKE US*
SANCTIFIED
TYRANT
SAD SONG OF THE YEAR
*BLUE OVER YOU*
DIRTY WORK
LOVE SONG OF THE YEAR
*BED CHEM*
BLUE OVER YOU
BODYGUARD
BOOKS
TOP 12 BOOKS I READ THIS YEAR
KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER (2005), GENE WILDER
COMEDY BOOK (2023), JESSE DAVID FOX
A LITTLE LIFE (2015), HANYA YANAGIHARA
LOVE LIFE (2024), MATTHEW HUSSEY
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE (2014), BESSEL VAN DER KOLK
KINDFULNESS (2018), PADRAIG O'MORAIN
THE OFFICE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE GREATEST SITCOM OF THE 2000S (2020), ANDY GREENE
OF MICE AND MEN (1937), JOHN STEINBECK
WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL: A HISTORY IN 50 MOMENTS (2023), JOE POSNANSKI
THE TOOLS (2012), PHIL STUTZ & BARRY MICHELS
HOW TO BE HUMAN: THE MANUAL (2018), RUBY WAX
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (1949), ARTHUR MILLER
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COMEDY SPECIAL OF THE YEAR
*ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US*
JACQUELINE NOVAK: GET ON YOUR KNEES
HASAN MINHAJ: OFF WITH HIS HEAD
NIKKI GLASER: SOMEDAY YOU’LL DIE
PODCAST OF THE YEAR
*BASEBALL BAR-B-CAST*
GOOD ONE
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF YOUR 20S
THE 7
YOUTUBE CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
BASEBALL DOESN’T EXIST
*GABI BELLE*
JARVIS JOHNSON! GOLD
LIVE SHOW OF THE YEAR
ZACK ZUCKER, JACK OFF BROADWAY AT SOHO PLAYHOUSE
*JON BATISTE, UNEASY TOUR AT BEACON THEATRE*
DANIEL SLOSS, CAN’T AT BEACON THEATRE
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NOMINEES
*ALMOND MILK (DRINK)*
AMC A-LIST (ENTERTAINMENT SUBSCRIPTION)
CITI BIKE (BIKE SHARE)
*KENDRICK LAMAR (MUSICIAN)*
MCDONALD’S SHAMROCK SHAKE (DRINK)