The Class of 2020: My Favorite Movies
The Distracted Boyfriend meme is nowhere more applicable than in the life of a cinephile. Whatever movie I plan on seeing next, the thought will always occur to me before […]
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Notes on the Nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards
Lucy pulls the ball away once again! What’s amazing about the Oscars is that, for movie fans, Lucy can do this twice in the span of a month or two. […]
My Most Anticipated 2020 Movies
Scanning the horizon for next year’s crop of movies yields the usual mix of excitement and despair. Some things haven’t changed much; franchise sequels continue to suck most of the […]
Uh … 3 ½? — The Other Side of the Wind
The Introduction Now that we have it, what do we do with it? Thirteen months ago, The Other Side of the Wind was released to the public, just like that — […]
The Class of 2019: My Favorite Movies
“How does he do it?” asked no one. According to my painstaking records, I’ve maintained roughly the same pace in watching movies that were new to me during the last […]
Notes on the Nominees for the 91st Academy Awards
Like Christmas morning, the announcement of a given year’s Oscar nominees is all about anticipation. The ultimate results will be uneven at best, but allowing oneself hope for a pleasant […]
Uh … 3 ½? — Like Someone in Love
The Introduction In the words of Jean-Luc Godard, “Cinema begins with D.W. Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami.” I’m fairly certain this quote had nothing do with my planning when, […]
Uh … 3 ½? — Lola Montès
The Introduction In the fall of 2013, I set about to watch a few of the major films by a master filmmaker who had previously been unfamiliar to me: Max […]
Uh … 3 ½? — Napoleon Dynamite
The Introduction I didn’t see this movie from start to finish until March 2008, on a Netflix DVD. At the time, that felt like a major oversight. Jon Heder’s Napoleon […]
Announcing My Next Movie Retrospective: The French New Wave
In the 1950s, a cadre of critics associated with the French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma decided that their ideas about movies as an art form were strong enough to put […]
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