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Infinite Hope
I always write with one eye on how history will judge the movies I’m writing about. From that standpoint, I have a sneaking suspicion...
Pot P.I.
Here’s a great matchup of movie director and book. Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel Inherent Vice features the reclusive postmodern giant at his wackiest and...
Best Of Culture 2014
Solo Dance Performance (Female)
Critic’s choice: Carolyn Judson
Judson continues to blossom into one of Texas Ballet Theater’s leading ballerinas, giving memorable opening-night performances as Juliet...
The Best Lead Performances of 2014
In contrast to my list of best supporting actors this past year, my list of best lead actors is so overwhelmingly male that it’s...
The Kimbell Screens “The Red Shoes”
It’s not exaggerating to say that Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s garishly colorful 1948 melodrama The Red Shoes is one of the most influential...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2014
Just like last year, it seems to me like the supporting actresses got the better roles than their male counterparts. This is true even...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2014
If you read this blog regularly, you know that I don’t do a list of breakout talents every year. In 2014, however, I saw...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
National Gallery (NR) Frederick Wiseman (High School) directs this documentary about the inner workings of one of London’s great art museums. (Opens Friday...
Top 10 Movies of 2014
I didn’t put any foreign-language films in my list of the year’s best movies. How the hell did that happen? Did the entire non-Anglophone...
The Best Movie Moments of 2014
I did this feature last year and received enough response to encourage me to bring it back this year. This is my rundown of...
