True/False 2024

True False this year was a real banger. Everything we saw was something special. 

Usually Sallie and I are bumping shoulder to shoulder, trying to get a spot at Top 10 Wines or Flatbranch, but the festival admittedly didn't feel as attended as it did in past years, which is great for me, more room at the theater and in the restaurants. But it does make me worry about the future of the festival. 

Weather is always a question at True/False. We've been there for two blizzards. We're talking over a foot of snow. We've been there for tornados. We've been there for the most perfect spring weather. This year was a bit of a mix. It was really warm during the day, sort of cold at night, and rain seemed to be looming constantly. 

Top Movies of the Year

As temperatures are more regularly pushing against 100+ degrees in St. Louis, Sal and I have been looking for ways to be in buildings with air conditioning instead of sitting at home and running ours hard. 

We got a movie pass with Alamo Drafthouse this past summer. Every month, we pay about $18 a person to see unlimited movies. If you see two movies, it's paid for itself. 

Separate from Alamo, I had a goal to try and see an average of a movie a day in 2023, and I was able to hit that mark on December 28th. Three days before I had to. I was flipping through the stats and realized that this year was an incredible year for movies. It felt like things finally were back on track post Covid. 

Here are my top movies of 2023.