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Tag Archives: Paul Schrader
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
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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Tagged Coen brothers, comedy, documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, Mexico, Paul Schrader, Poland, sci-fi, South Korea, Spike Lee, women directors
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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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Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, documentary, Ethan Hawke, Japan, John Huston, Nicolas Cage, Orson Welles, Paul Schrader, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, women directors
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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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Tagged documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, historical drama, Mexico, New York, Paul Schrader, Poland, women directors
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