My Top 10 Films of 2023
That’s right! At long last, here are my favorite films of 2023. I watched 156 movies from that year—not my record, but still quite the undertaking. As with the past few years, I’ve counted films […]
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My Favorite Performances of 2023!
It’s time once again for my fashionably late film retrospective, and as always, I’m capping things off with my favorite performances of 2023. These were the actors who dazzled, moved, and haunted me well-nigh two […]
My Top 10 Films of 2022
Here they are, my favorite films of 2022! Overall, I watched 168 movies, my largest total to date thanks to a summer movie club and the benefit of no hard-and-fast deadline (and relevancy be damned!). […]
My Favorite Performances of 2022!
Here we go again! In especially belated fashion, I’m finally getting around to my favorite performances of 2022. Once again, I’ve put myself through the agony and ecstasy of narrowing down a massive list of […]
My Favorite Performances of 2021!
It’s that time again—naming my favorite performances of 2021. Some may be widely regarded; others may be relatively unknown. Regardless, all of them moved me in some way, and I hope I can provide some […]
REVIEW: Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019): Dir. J.J. Abrams. Written by Chris Terrio and J.J. Abrams, from a story by Terrio, Abrams, Derek Connolly, and Colin […]
My Top 10 Films of 2018
At long last, here are my favorite films of 2018! Overall, I watched 152 movies, which is around my typical average as an amateur film critic. I’ve counted films that had an original theatrical or […]
My Favorite Performances of 2018!
Here it is, folks. The performances of 2018 that blew my mind, melted my heart, made me stop and go, “How can they be this good?!?…oh right, they do this for a living.” Just to […]
My Top 10 Films of 2017
Here we go, everyone…my favorite films of 2017! I watched 143 movies in total, fewer than in previous years (though not by much…). If there’s anything my picks make clear, it’s that I love films […]
My Favorite Performances of 2017!
Once again, I’m offering my selections for favorite performances, quite a bit later than seems topical. Call it an unfortunate side-effect of a creative person with interests in many arenas…but I will always bring them […]