The Cat’s Meow: 2023

If you’ve seen my annual wrap ups before, you know I’m often playing catch up. Case in point, Nope (2022), Jordan Peele’s brilliant homage to blockbuster creature features that holds up a mirror to society – it’s no coincidence a character dubs aliens ‘Viewers’. Nope has more in common with Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake than Jaws due to their shared interest in the exploitation of animals for entertainment, but a grizzled cinematographer’s straight-faced recitation of “The Purple People Eater...