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Silence: Word of God
My other duties at the Weekly kept me from seeing Martin Scorsese's Silence before I made out my list of the year's best films....
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The Bad Kids (NR) The directing team of Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (Lost in La Mancha) direct this documentary about schoolteachers in the...
Live by Night: Rum Reasons
Okay, now I'm worried about Ben Affleck, the director. You can understand why Warner Brothers might have been excited to put out his latest...
A Monster Calls: I’ll Call on Yew
Whenever I watch Juan Antonio Bayona's supernatural movies, I always get this sense of a lively guy who came late to the party. The...
R.I.P., Om Puri
I had to take a break from my recapping of the films of 2016 to report on some sad news out of India. The...
Hidden Figures: Fuzzy Math
Mathematics seems to be one of the hardest subjects for filmmakers to tackle. It's relatively easy to show the audience that a character is...
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Arsenal (R) This thriller stars Johnathon Schaech as a man who must rescue his brother (Adrian Grenier) from the mob. Also with John Cusack,...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2016
Another of my favorite movie posts of the year is my annual list of the best showings by first-time directors. As usual, this means...
Top 10 Documentaries
I saw Donald Trump appear in at least 10 documentaries that I watched this year, and that number only figures to trend upward in...
The Best Lead Performances of 2016
Having just posted my picks for the past year's best supporting performances, it only makes sense that I follow it up with my best...
