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November 2021 Viewing Diary

The Wire, half of Season 3 This is the busiest time of year in re: film-critic-land, so had to stop my re-watch of The Wire to make room for new releases. I’ll get back to it! All Is Forgiven (2007; … Continue reading

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Film Comment Countdown and Live Talk

Last night, I participated in a Film Comment live talk at Lincoln Center, hosted/moderated by Film Comment editor-in-chief Nic Rapold, which involved “unveiling” Film Comment‘s Top 10 of 2018. The other critics there were Michael Koresky, Nick Pinkerton and Molly … Continue reading

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Rogerebert.com: The 10 Best of 2018

All the Rogerebert.com contributors sent in votes, they were tallied up, resulting in a Top 10 for the site. (Our individual Top 10s will be published later). For now, here is our Top 10, each entry written by a different … Continue reading

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2018 Top 10 Movies

To cut off people who want to say “But what about …” or “You forgot …”, let me just say: No. I did not. I did not forget. There will be another list to follow of all of the films … Continue reading

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November 2018 Viewing Diary

Mr. Soul! (2018; d. Melissa Haizlip) The opening night film of Indie Memphis, which already feels like it was 20 years ago. I wrote about it briefly in my recap of the festival for Ebert. It’s a gorgeous film. Supernatural, … Continue reading

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2018 New York Film Critics’ Circle Awards

“Roma,” directed by Alfonso Cuarón After a 5-hour voting session today, we at the NYFCC have announced the winners. I haven’t done as much writing here about current releases this year as I’ve done in the past, outside of my … Continue reading

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August 2018 Viewing Diary

Ballerina (2009; d. Bertrand Normand) I tripped over this documentary on FilmStruck (I love dance documentaries), and it’s really really good. Not only do you get to know a bunch of different dancers, but it’s a portrait of what ballet … Continue reading

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Review: In a Valley of Violence (2016)

A Western starring Ethan Hawke and John Travolta. It’s not perfect, but God, when it works, it works. Here’s my review at Ebert.

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Review: Born To Be Blue (2016)

Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker in Born To Be Blue. We’ve got a couple more biopics coming up (the Hank Williams one opens today, and then comes the Miles Davis one). I reviewed Born To Be Blue for Rogerebert.com.

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Ethan Hawke: “It Didn’t Come For Free.”

Ethan Hawke, the part of the Charlie Rose interview where he discusses Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and River Phoenix.

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