Sundance is truly the mark of a new year for me each January: I head from generally favorable weather conditions in New Orleans to the snowy mountains of Park City, Utah, and spend… Continue Reading
To open our second season of Full Aperture, we present the work of an influential American filmmaker who in a sense can barely be called a filmmaker, such was the breadth of his… Continue Reading
AC: While some continue to ring in the death of cinema (I enjoyed A.O. Scott’s take on the matter), I found 2016 to be filled with a plethora of transformative work in both… Continue Reading
TB: Perusing this list, I notice how many more narrative films I enthusiastically included. After recent years in which it seemed that documentary film was somehow ascendant, this year contained so many great… Continue Reading
Three of the best American dramas I’ve seen this year – Arrival, directed by Denis Villenueve; Manchester by the Sea, directed by Kenneth Lonergan; and Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins – have been… Continue Reading
Now that the new President-elect has Found A Job, whether your response to this week’s election was Thank You For Sending Me An Angel! or whether you’re worried about Slippery People eroding the… Continue Reading
