The Best Picture Nominees: Ford v Ferrari
The 92nd Academy Awards are just days away, [...]
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. […]
The Best Films of the Decade: #4: The Tree of Life (2011)
The old decade is gone, and 2020 is upon us. Still, I persist in my journey through the best films of the decade. So, this week, my top ten. At the end of 2011, I placed Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life at the top of my year’s 10 best list without a second thought, […]
Bombshell (2019)
I might be blamed for gross misogyny if I decline a film with as noble an agenda as Bombshell, but I assure you that there is a larger reason why I give the film a less-than-stellar rating. Here is a sometimes hard-hitting, but mostly featherweight retelling of the 2016 scandal that rocked FOX News when […]
The Best Films of the Decade: #5. The Irishman (2019)
The old decade is gone, and welcome 2020. And with it, here are my 10 favorite films of the last 10 years. When it made the rounds of the festival circuit early in 2019, a major block of professional critics had announced with a fanfare that The Irishman was not only the best film of […]
