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Although 2024 may have been a mediocre year for films, the best film performances of the year listed below were outstanding and deserve recognition. I include some under-the-radar work that you won't find on many other Year-End Lists. You'll see a few box-office bombs, a couple of ultra-low-budget experiments, and a substantial number of horror. In fact, some of these performances - particularly by women - were in horror, which made me very happy, given it's my favorite genre

By Revista Panorama Número 297 de Enero, 1973. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=125206575 With the release of Luca Guadagnino's outstanding  film version of William S. Burrough's novella "Queer, " we're seeing wonderful, renewed interest in Burroughs and his connection to cinema and art. BURROUGH'S INFLUENCE Like many of my generation, I discovered William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) when I was around 18 or 19, in the early 1980s. From the moment