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...
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...
