The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Drama
Life, Above All (2010)
Oliver Schmitz's Life, Above All is a very touching human drama. It is deeply affective, sad without being maudlin, heartbreaking without feeling phony, and hopeful...
I Am Love (2009)
Tilda Swinton is an actor who possesses a rare quality that many of her contemporaries seem to lack. When she occupies a role, she fills...
Dear John (2010)
I had a certain amount of trepidation going into Dear John, not cynicism, but expectations that were not exceptionally high. It is about two beautiful...
Modern Times (1936)
At a time when the art of filmmaking was rapidly churning toward the future, Charlie Chaplin was still fighting a one-man battle in favor of...
True Grit (2010)
It is almost general principle with me that I usually detest the idea of a remake. They are, from my experience, less a movie experience...
The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter is a boxing movie and family drama in which the central mistake it that it focuses on the wrong family member. Here is...
Black Swan (2010)
Darren Aronofsky is a pure film artist, one of the best of his generation. His specialty comes with exploring characters that are coming apart under...
