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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
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, historical drama, Mexico, New York, Paul Schrader, Poland, women directors
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Ebertfest Day 2: Belle, with director Amma Asante
I loved this movie so much when it first came out, I became a bit of an evangelical for it. There were people in my life who I knew would LOVE this movie – and nobody goes to the theatre … Continue reading
Films I Loved in 2017
… and if I’ve written about them, I’ll include links. My “Top 10′ is included over at Ebert but I’m honestly not into rankings. Silly to do with art. Here are some of the films I’ve loved. And I missed … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Agnes Varda, Angelina Jolie, animation, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Stiller, comedy, coming of age, Cristian Mungiu, documentary, drama, Dustin Hoffman, Emily Dickinson, England, France, Garrett Hedlund, Georgia, Greta Gerwig, Harry Dean Stanton, historical drama, Ireland, Kristen Stewart, Martin Scorsese, Matthias Schoenaerts, Meryl Streep, musical, Paul Thomas Anderson, religious movies, Romania, sci-fi, Sofia Coppola, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, Tiffany Haddish, Tom Hanks, Turkey, women directors
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The Individual Top Tens of 2017: Roger Ebert
Granted, this list is enormous: everyone who writes for Rogerebert.com submitted their own personal Top 10s. They’re all listed here. Some have commentary (mine does), others don’t. To those who feel baffled as to what to see, what to look … Continue reading
10 Best Films of 2017: Rogerebert.com
From our critics’ poll, the Rogerebert.com editors compiled the 10 Best Films of 2017. I wrote the “blurb” for Personal Shopper, and it was a pleasure to do so. But check out the whole list, plus commentary from all our … Continue reading
More 2017 Movies For Your Radar
Here’s Part 1. Director/Writer: Noah Baumbach U.S. release date: October 13, 2017 U.K. release date: TBD The film is streaming on Netflix now. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel and Grace Van Patten – it’s a true … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Ben Stiller, comedy, drama, Dustin Hoffman, Garrett Hedlund, historical drama, women directors
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2017 Movies That Should Be On Your Radar
These are movies either out now or opening soon. I’ll do a more comprehensive round-up of all the movies later in the year once I’ve seen more. In the meantime: Director: Sean Baker Screenplay: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch U.S. release … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged biopic, coming of age, David Lynch, drama, Gloria Grahame, Harry Dean Stanton, historical drama, Italy
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Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
I sure wish this were a better movie. My review is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: Hidden Figures (2016)
A slightly re-edited post of what I put up on Facebook. Wanted to share here too because I want people to know how GOOD this movie is, and to SEE it, and to PAY MONEY to see it because money … Continue reading
