TV Glow: Pink Opaque
Who do we have in the way of trans filmmakers? We’ve had the Wachowski siblings, and now we have Jane Schoenbrun, who’s transfeminine and...
Roger and Me
Planning to make a nice Mother’s Day meal for my wife, Patrice, and my mother, Kathy Flories, I went early to the local grocery...
Fall Guy: Take the Plunge
We don’t appreciate stunt performers enough, and I say that as a guy who will spend an idle five minutes watching movie and TV...
The Most Overlooked Movies of All Time*
* according to me and 838 other film critics
Right, so here’s how it all went down. In 2022, Sight & Sound magazine ran its...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
To answer your question, I do think it’s weird that Barbie missed out on the Best Director and Best Actress categories. However, since the...
The Best Movies of 2013: A Look Back
As Howard Cosell once said, "Let us reflect back nostalgically upon the past." (Thus repeating himself four times in one sentence.) Awards season always...
The Best Lead Performances of 2023
Whether they’re actually new faces or just new to this list, it’s good to see some people on this feature of mine who haven’t...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2023
I had a hard time coming up with women to put on this list, and sadly, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2023
I’ve been hoisted by my own self-imposed rules this year. Because my annual list of best first-time feature directors doesn’t include documentarians, I can’t...
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2023
No matter how swamped I am during the Christmas holidays, I always enjoy transcribing stretches of dialogue that I think are particularly good. Is...
