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...
1917: One Shot
Sam Mendes’ war films like Jarhead and the current 1917 have tried to replicate the visceral thrill and horror of combat without glorifying it....
The Best Lead Performances of 2019
It’s official: I am better than the BAFTAs or the Golden Globes. The British voters nominated entirely white actors for their acting awards, making...
