http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2013/10/2013-best-year-at-movies
One recurring obligation for film critics is griping about the current state of cinema. Woe be to Hollywood, perpetually stuck between the rock of cynical blockbusterdom and the hard place of middle-brow Oscar bait! But I hereby break character to declare that 2013 might possibly be one of the greatest movie years ever. Yes, “might possibly be” are weasel words, but it’s only October. We could still fall off a movie cliff—Anchor Man 2 could be the most disappointing sequel sinceThe Two Jakes. Be that as it may, however, I will always treasure a year that has brought not one but two first-rate apocalyptic comedies, in This Is the End and The World’s End. And at some point in the last couple of weeks, it occurred to me: I’ve seen a lot of good-to-great movies this year. I hope you have too.
