It's a minor miracle that, as we get set to turn the calendar to 2022, the country's cinematic state of affairs is as stable as it presently is. Credit for that resilience goes in large part to the insatiable appetite of American cinephiles, as well as the abundance of terrific features that, over the past twelve months, have graced screens both big and small. No matter where they premiered (or were seen), offerings from illustrious auteurs and promising newcomers were everywhere, led by the latest from Joel Coen, Joachim Trier, Roy Andersson, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, whose dramas comprise our top five. Rather than restrict ourselves to a select few triumphs, however, we here at Esquire continue to believe that more is always merrier, and that especially this year, it's only right to celebrate the numerous diverse domestic and international works that chilled, thrilled, amused, excited and inspired us. We're confident you won't find a more eclectic and electric group of gems than those we've chosen as the Best Movies of 2021.
 It's a minor miracle that, as we get set to turn the calendar to 2022, the country's cinematic state of affairs is as stable as it presently is. Credit for that resilience goes in large part to the insatiable appetite of American cinephiles, as well as the abundance of terrific features that, over the past twelve months, have graced screens both big and small. No matter where they premiered (or were seen), offerings from illustrious auteurs and promising newcomers were everywhere, led by the latest from Joel Coen, Joachim Trier, Roy Andersson, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, whose dramas comprise our top five. Rather than restrict ourselves to a select few triumphs, however, we here at Esquire continue to believe that more is always merrier, and that especially this year, it's only right to celebrate the numerous diverse domestic and international works that chilled, thrilled, amused, excited and inspired us. We're confident you won't find a more eclectic and electric group of gems than those we've chosen as the Best Movies of 2021. When the temperature drops, reach for these caps. The Techmaster, an updated riff on the iconic Trailmaster, brings the brand firmly into the 21st century. How would you react if your girlfriend told you that a comet was barreling toward earth, set on an extinction-level collision course and guaranteed to wipe out you and the entire human race? Or, what if your sister called you up to warn you about a deadly pandemic sweeping the globe, saying, "Build a barricade. It's your best chance at surviving"? These are the moments that divide a life into "before" and "after"—moments to which we can't anticipate our response until disaster forces us to rise to the occasion. In a year when many of us had to confront a defcon moment of our own, Himesh Patel had to figure it out again, and again, and again. This December, Patel stars in two stories of devastating, annihilating crises for humanity: HBO Max's Station Eleven and Netflix's Don't Look Up. From laptops to cocktail crafters, smartphones to home workout machines, this is the editor-approved tech that's worth investing in. That puts them under $100. In 19991, Babitz was considered the poet laureate of the 1960's L.A. counterculture scene. Here, she recalled her affair with the frontman, plus everything that Oliver Stone got wrong in his The Doors biopic. |
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