The Lodge: Dead Snow
Five years ago, the filmmaking team of Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz captured the world’s attention with Goodnight Mommy, a horror movie they made...
The 30 Best Korean Movies of the 21st Century
I promised myself that if Parasite won the Best Picture Oscar, I’d run this listicle of the best Korean films I’ve seen since the...
Marriage Story: Split
Oh, Noah Baumbach, you magnificent bastard. This highly literate filmmaker often writes about scabrous divorces, and you’d be hard pressed to find one more...
Irishman: Made Man
In the end, The Irishman’s winless fate at the Oscars was probably down to a surfeit of woe-is-me tales about aging white guys like...
Birds of Prey: Harley Har Har
Here’s a modest prediction: I don’t think Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) will be nominated for the Best...
Odds and Ends
Since the Oscars are happening early this year, so is this annual piece of mine in which I write miniature reviews for movies from...
Clemency: Death Row Blues
This Oscar season, there has been a devoted contingent arguing for Clemency (ooh, I stumbled into that one!), the death penalty drama that plays...
The Best Movies of 2009
I used to do this feature on a regular basis, looking back on my Top 10 list from 10 years earlier, but that temporarily...
Best Documentaries of ’19
What’s the deal with documentaries made up only of found footage? Apollo 11 and Amazing Grace have been on a great many lists of...
The Second 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
Would you believe it? This is only the second full decade I’ve been employed as a film critic. Other people have done lists of...
