The Best Picture Nominees: Joker
The 92nd Academy Awards are just days [...]
The Best Picture Nominees: Joker
The 92nd Academy Awards are just days away, so this week I am taking a look at each of the nominees individually. Are they worth it? Let’s take a look. Joker is catnip for the average film critic. It is one of those deep and difficult films that is easier to write about and analyze […]
The Best Picture Nominees: Jojo Rabbit
The 92nd Academy Awards are just days away, so this week I am taking a look at each of the nominees individually. Are they worth it? Let’s take a look. Let’s face it, there are worse things that Taika Watiti could have done with the money that he made from Thor Ragnarok. To make an […]
The Best Picture Nominees: The Irishman
The 92nd Academy Awards are just days away, so this week I am taking a look at each of the nominees individually. Are they worth it? Let’s take a look. It has been 30 years since Martin Scorsese made Goodfellas and it is curious to now arrive at a movie like The Irishman which bookends […]
The Best Picture Nominees: Ford v Ferrari
The 92nd Academy Awards are just days away, so this week I am taking a look at each of the nominees individually. Are they worth it? Let’s take a look. I swear, I do have good things to say about James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari, but I must preface this by observing that this is […]
Little Women (2019)
What a wonderful, immersive experience is Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women. What a vibrant and alive and innovative work of art has she brought to us. And what a gifted filmmaker she’s proving to be. After directing the wonderful Ladybird two years ago and writing the 2012 dramedy Frances Ha, I am convinced that […]
The Best Films of the Decade: #1. O.J. Made in America
The old decade is gone, and so my thoughts turn to the ten best films of the decade. Today, #1! The best of the best . . . according to me. When I saw the documentary, O.J. Made in America three years ago, I declared it one of the most important documentaries of our time, […]
The Best Films of the Decade: #2. Inside Out (2015)
The old decade is gone and, with that, I look back at the 10 best films of the 2010s. Today, my #2 choice! This movie made me happy. I mean, genuinely and wonderfully happy. As much as I complain about the state of American films as we press further into the 21st century – an […]
The Best Films of the Decade: #3. A Ghost Story (2017)
The old decade is gone and, with that, I am looking back at the 10 best films of the 2010s. Today, my #3 choice! If you see enough movies, you will eventually find one that you imagine was made just for you. David Lowery’s A Ghost Story feels like it was made just for me. […]
