DFW Film Critics Hold Out for “The Holdovers”
It's that time of year once again, as the DFW Film Critics Association voted on 2023's best movies and wound up choosing The Holdovers...
Streaming Review: BS High
I am perversely, ineluctably drawn to documentaries like BS High, where people who have done something really bad confidently sit down in front of...
R.I.P., Vernon Fisher
All the obituaries for Vernon Fisher are using the words “blackboard” or “chalkboard.” It is true, many of the artist’s works feature an off-black...
Odds and Ends
I didn’t do this feature last year because I didn’t have enough entries to make a whole article about it. It’s returning with a...
The Best Movies of 2012
I discovered something quite distressing while prepping for this annual listicle. I made an initial pass through a list of movie titles from 2012...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2022
Anna Rose Holmer made this list when she directed The Fits on her own, but this year she was part of a team with...
Best Documentaries of 2022
In the year’s best fiction film, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On describes a documentary to his grandmother: “It’s like a movie, but nobody...
The Best Lead Actors of 2022
I’ve got more women than men in this year’s list. That isn’t anything new — in some years, the men dominate the lead roles,...
The Best Supporting Actors of 2022
Not for the first time, I’m stuck for something to write as a prelude for this annual feature that I do, so I’m just...
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2022
I found more good material than usual for this annual feature that I do, and I’m posting this early to see if I get...
