It was a great year in film, which featured the “Barbenheimer� phenomenon that shattered box office records, as well as new films from such luminaries as Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott and Wes Anderson. Wild and surreal projects like “Beau Is Afraid� and “Poor Things� pushed the boundaries of cinematic storytelling, and old-school feel-good movies like “The Holdovers� and “Air� reminded us why ...

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If it’s not one multiverse, it’s another. Coming hot on the superhero heels of the mind-blowingly multidimensional animated work of art that is “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,� “The Flash� is an almost-as-excellent universe-hopping live-action extravaganza. Almost always moving at what feels like the speed of light (but, ironically, not in theaters until next week), this first feature ...