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I want to close out the year by listing, in no particular order, some of the performers who got my attention in 2023. This is, as the saying goes, just the tip of the iceberg. Following that will be a selection of film posters I’ve been saving to use some day. This is that day!
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Emma Stone in Poor Things.
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Carey Mulligan in Maestro.
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Matt Damon in Air and Oppenheimer.
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Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer.
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Gary Oldman in Slow Horses.
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Keanu Reeves as John Wick.
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Michelle Williams in Showing Up.
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Lily Gladstone in The Unknown Country and Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers.
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Virginie Efira in Revoir Paris
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Margot Robbie in Barbie.
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Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall.
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Brie Larson in Lessons in Chemistry.
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Nicola Walker in anything.
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They don’t make film posters like the ones below anymore. These are stunning and quite beautiful to varying degrees.
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Directed by Howard Hawks, 1934.
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Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933.
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Directed by William Wellman, 1931.
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Directed by Orson Welles, 1942. Poster illustration by Norman Rockwell.
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Directed by Michael Curtiz, 1936.
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Directed by Richard Boleslawski, 1936. This might be fitting for New Year’s Eve.
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That about wraps it up for this year. Fingers crossed for 2024. Stay tuned for my picks of the best feature films and documentaries for 2023. Meanwhile, I’ll let Buster take us out. — Ted Hicks
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Films etc. 
Most enjoyable !
It’s been a good year for good performances in spite of the strike!
It’s New Year’s Eve morning ~
Thank you for your list of performers! Must get to the ones I have not!
And the posters! The posters! Great art. To see Norman Rockwell’s signature on Orson Welles’ poster made me smile. Thank you for posting the posters. Love them.
Onward to 2024. Sounds like an address I must have had somewhere somewhen some time ago.
🤓♥️ Shar
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