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...
DFW Film Critics Choose Everything
I voted in the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association poll for the year's best achievements in cinema, and today their results bore out Everything...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 8: King Midas in Reverse
Prior to Game of Thrones’ debut, I remember selling it to a friend with a low threshold for swords and sorcery as “like The...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 6: Dishonesty
After we watched the sixth episode of House of the Dragon, my girlfriend dived into A Wiki of Ice and Fire. The way they’re...
