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2023 Blog Posts
● 'Evil Does Not Exist' is brilliant… until it isn't
● ''Megalopolis' is Francis Ford Coppola's defining artistic statement
● 'The Substance' is a failed mashup of Coralie Fargeat's influences
● Dual Review: 'My First Film' and 'Hundreds of Beavers'
● 'Between the Temples' finds joy in existential dread
● 'Close Your Eyes' shows the power (and limits) of cinema
● 'Dìdi' thrives in the mess of teenage boyhood
● 'Deadpool & Wolverine' is creatively bankrupt
● The real killer in 'Longlegs' is hype
● 'Kinds of Kindness' is Lanthimos devolving as an artist
● 'Hit Man' is fun and sexy, unlike anything else out right now
● 10 years later, 'Boyhood' is Richard Linklater's magnum opus
● 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' is a disappointing evolution
● 'I Saw the TV Glow' is a heartbreaking take on our relationship with media
● 40 years later, 'Paris, Texas' is a masterpiece that drops the ball at the goalline
● 'The Fall Guy' falls flat
● 25 years later, 'Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace' is still bad. Stop trying to reclaim it
● Expect plenty from 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World'
● The pleasures of 'Challengers' bubble under the surface
● 'Civil War' is idiocy and intrigue in equal measure
● 35 years after 'Major League,' life (almost) imitates art in Oakland
● 'Monkey Man' is a mess
● Drop The Needle: How David Lynch uses pop music in 'Mulholland Drive'
● On the Use of Generative AI in Film
● 'Road House' doesn't understand its own appeal
● 30 years later, 'Hoop Dreams' is one of the most complete portraits of America we have
● 'Love Lies Bleeding' is sleazy, grotesque genre fun
● Christopher Nolan: The Greatest Pop Filmmaker Of His Generation
● Who will/should win at the 2024 Academy Awards
● With 'Dune: Part Two,' the series remains impressive but empty
● Highlights from the 74th Berlinale
● 'Origin' shows Ava DuVernay does not understand film as a medium
● Drop The Needle: 'We'll Meet Again' gives 'Dr. Strangelove' the perfect grim punchline
● 'The Zone of Interest' is a bleak, sickening masterpiece
● 30 years later, 'Clerks' is a reminder of what the American independent scene can be
● 'All of Us Strangers' is a raw look at post-pandemic grief and isolation
● Drop The Needle: Top 5 Needle Drops of 2023
● 'American Fiction' is content to play it safe
● Top 5 Performances of 2023
● 'Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros' is as good an argument for cooking as an art as I’ve heard
