The Best New Year’s Eve Movies Ever

Over the years, I’ve formed a makeshift New Year’s Day tradition. In the morning, I wake up, tend to my inevitable hangover, and crawl over to the couch. Then I pop a squat, grab some blankets, and queue up a movie to ring in the new year. This all started in 2018 when a post-New Year’s Eve headache ruined my plans for the day. Instead of embarking on an afternoon of self-care, I was trapped in my house, and in desperate need of something symbolic—but low-key—to do instead. As it turns out, watching a bunch of fictional people celebrate the new year is a great way to prime yourself for another lap around the sun. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [The Best Movies for New Year's Scratch That Aspirational Itch]( [The Best Movies for New Year's Scratch That Aspirational Itch]( Over the years, I’ve formed a makeshift New Year’s Day tradition. In the morning, I wake up, tend to my inevitable hangover, and crawl over to the couch. Then I pop a squat, grab some blankets, and queue up a movie to ring in the new year. This all started in 2018 when a post-New Year’s Eve headache ruined my plans for the day. Instead of embarking on an afternoon of self-care, I was trapped in my house, and in desperate need of something symbolic—but low-key—to do instead. As it turns out, watching a bunch of fictional people celebrate the new year is a great way to prime yourself for another lap around the sun. [Read More](   [The Best Long-Lasting Colognes Will Keep You Smelling Great All Day]( [The Best Long-Lasting Colognes Will Keep You Smelling Great All Day]( Want your scent to stick around? Turn to one of these heroes of longevity. [Read More]( [The Dark Truth of the Best Year in Video Game History]( [The Dark Truth of the Best Year in Video Game History]( 2023 heralded a new frontier for the medium. But thousands of game workers were laid off, while many of their still-employed colleagues say they’re suffering from low pay, long hours, harassment, and discrimination. What happens next? [Read More](     [The Secrets of 'All of Us Strangers,' According to the Director]( [The Secrets of 'All of Us Strangers,' According to the Director]( It was not the easiest day.” This is how the British filmmaker Andrew Haigh sums up the experience of deciding whether to come out to his father, again. “My dad went through a decline into dementia as I was writing and making the film,” he says of 2023’s emotional gut punch All of Us Strangers. “He has a memory of me, but he asked me if I had a wife. I suddenly felt like I was young again, about to have to come out to my dad.” The film is a loose adaptation of Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel Strangers, centering on Adam, a blocked and lonely and Haigh-adjacent 40-something writer played by Andrew Scott, living in a nearly empty London high-rise. As he begins a relationship with the man who seems to be the building’s only other tenant, Paul Mescal’s enigmatic and sexy Harry, Adam finds himself returning to his childhood home, where he encounters his parents, who were killed in a car accident when he was 11 years old. [Read More](   [Tech Sales Have Never Been Better]( [Tech Sales Have Never Been Better]( The end of the year means one thing: huge discounts. [Read More]( [The 15 Best Snow Boots For Winter's Slushiest Days]( [The 15 Best Snow Boots For Winter's Slushiest Days]( The elements are no match for these guys. [Read More](     [The Best Martinis in America, 2023]( [The Best Martinis in America, 2023]( Today you’ll find martinis better reflect the diaspora of American drinkers and drink makers, like the umami bomb that is the MSG martini at Bonnie’s, a Cantonese-American restaurant in Brooklyn, or one with a blend of Korean sojus at Naro in Rockefeller Center. You’ll notice some leaning into the culinary prowess that the best bars possess, like the Old Bay martini at Denver’s Yacht Club, which captures licking your fingers after eating crabs and taking a swig of a gin martini. You may even run into a real curveball, like the tequila martini at the Beverly Hills location of the martini temple Dante. Our reporting team spent the past few years sipping hundreds of martinis across the country to find modern classics and the essential, old-school stalwarts. You'll find our 50 favorite martinis in America below, listed alphabetically by state, kicking off with our Martini of the Year. [Read More](   [Weight Loss After 40]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( [How satisfied are you with the content of this newsletter?]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779