Twenty Performances, or The King (and Queen) of Payne
A longstanding Oscar Week tradition continues: Here’s the way I would have filled out an Actors Branch nomination ballot. Continue reading Twenty Performances, or The King (and Queen) of Payne
Category: Film
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number One
Todd Haynes’s best film to date is also the best film of the year. Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number One
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Two
Let it never be said that Wes Anderson is oblivious about the sometimes chagrined reactions to his peculiar, distinctive aesthetic. For me, all those precisely precious shot compositions and loquacious, snappy-patter cascades of dialogue generally give his films an added … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Two
Now Playing — Dune: Part Two
Just when you thought it was safe to go back onto the sand…. Continue reading Now Playing — Dune: Part Two
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Three
Celine Song steps forward with a spectacular feature directorial debut. Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Three
Then Playing — The Quiet Girl; How to Blow Up a Pipeline; American Fiction
Reviews of films directed by Colm Bairéad, Daniel Goldhaber, and Cord Jefferson.
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Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Four
One of our best, most consistent filmmakers turns her attention to the frustration that comes from making art. Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Four
Now Playing — Drive-Away Dolls
O Coen brother, where art thou? Continue reading Now Playing — Drive-Away Dolls
Outside Reading — Blue Cheese edition
This week featuring: Christina Lieffring on Wisconsin Democrats, Delaney Tarr on U.S. gun violence, and Sam Adams on one of the great performances of 2023. Continue reading Outside Reading — Blue Cheese edition
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Five
Alexander Payne has too strong of a filmography to declare that The Holdovers is his best work, but the comedy might be the most caustically concentrated realization of his career-long treatise on the way loneliness delivers a pile driver to … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Five
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