Features
Wednesday, January 12 2011
The Best Films of 2010
Among this year's winners include a fake documentary, a comedy about Jihad, a vampire story NOT dealing with tacky tween romance, a haunting hillbilly noir, and an elegant tale about clones. Not necessarily the usual cinematic suspects.
Wednesday, January 5 2011
The Best Male Film Performances of 2010
Heroes and villains, criminals and crazed creative types: the 20 best male performances of 2010 definitely run the dramatic/comedic character topography... with a few unusual turns tossed in for good measure.
Wednesday, September 1 2010
Part Three: November 2010
Things slow down considerably in the rush to Turkey Day, including the latest from Danny Boyle, the House of Mouse, and the always formidable Harry Potter.
Reviews
Wednesday, March 30 2011
In a Canyon Fissure, No One Can Hear You Scream: '127 Hours'
Lost in God’s Country: Danny Boyle gets trapped in the Utah Desert.
Friday, November 5 2010
'127 Hours': Heading Out
At the start of 127 Hours, Aron is headed out, a direction, he reveals in voiceover, he perceives as a moral and philosophical imperative.
Blogs
Tuesday, January 25 2011
Finally Getting It? The 2011 Oscar Nominations
The 2011 Oscar Nominations, with indications that, for once, the Academy might have figured out what truly was/is the Year's Best.
Wednesday, December 15 2010
G(OMG)lden Gl(OMG)bes: Thoughts on the 2011 Nominations
The 2011 Golden Globe Nominations have been announced and with them comes another bout of jaw dropping at the expense of The Hollywood Foreign Press Corps.
Monday, December 6 2010
Critical Confessions: Part 24 - Awards Season Workhorse
Coming up with a Top Ten is difficult enough...but because of such arguably unimportant factors as timing, publicity, legitimacy, and that always persnickety concept of being first out of the online gate, my fellow film writers are constantly pushing for earlier and earlier reveals.
Wednesday, November 24 2010
Survival of the Fittest: '127 Hours'
127 Hours is not a perfect film, but it's a death defying feat of motion picture magic to be sure.
News
Tuesday, November 2 2010
How do you keep the audience engaged when a movie plot is already well known?
How do movies based on real events wrestle with a preordained ending?
Monday, November 1 2010
Some viewers faint during '127 Hours', but is that a marketing nightmare or dream?
LOS ANGELES — Two at the Telluride Film Festival, three at the Toronto International Film Festival and one at the Mill Valley Film Festival. If…
