Just in case you found my recent list of the best films of the past year was all TL/DR, here’s an audio option for you: my appearance on CBC Information Morning speaking with host Portia Clark about my picks.

Click here for the audio.

Or, if you do prefer to read, go here. My blog post includes my honourable mentions, like a couple of the biggest and most critically adored movies of the year, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon. I explain why I’m thrilled to see those pictures earning plaudits, so well deserved, but also why they didn’t quite fit onto my list.

And here’s the posters from the full list:

Thanks for reading and listening!