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This post serves two purposes in essence: one it serves to highlight a great young talent in animation (Gints Zilbalodis) and second to steer you towards a great Twitter account. I would not have seen this if I didn’t follow @ShortOfTheWeek, which is a great resource if you want to discover sh read more

Erika Bók in The Turin Horse (Cinema Guild) NOTE: A film like this warrants discussion beyond a typical review. While some relevant plot details are discussed they are not what I’d deem spoilers. Béla Tarr. Perhaps one of the most daunting things to contend with when writing about him or his read more

This can be considered a general call to attention for several entities. Firstly, to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, you will be asked in the course of this article to un-retire an award. Now several categories have been scratched from the list of Oscars handed out annually many of read more

Harrison Ford and Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Paramount) Owing to the fact that I have decided to honor Steven Spielberg this year with my version of a Lifetime Achievement Award I figured it was an appropriate time to dust off some old reviews I wrote when I took a course on read more

In recent years there have been nationwide screenings of the Oscar-nominated short films, which is a great thing for many reasons: clearly it promotes the filmmakers but also as a filmmaker and Oscar spectator you’d like to have an informed opinion based on more than just the title and/or the read more

On occasion on these posts I think it would make sense to feature a filmmaker who excels in the short film form. Therefore, I figure who better to start with than Guy Maddin. This is not to say Maddin’s feature work isn’t brilliant, it certainly is. I have not yet seen all of it but I s read more

A recent comment, which for the purposes of this piece will remain unnamed and unspecified, brought to my attention that when critiquing a movie whether positively or negatively there are certain buzzwords and catch phrases that are bandied about haphazardly and in essence they are meaningless. The read more

While with each year the hype and price surrounding Super Bowl commercials grows one other aspect that becomes increasingly significant is the advertising of films during the game. A Super Bowl ad for a film is the biggest opportunity of the year for simultaneous impressions that a movie has and whi read more

The 100th Job (Micki Mihich) NOTE: Sadly, this film is not available to view online at current. If and when it is I’ll update this post. The 100th Job does something that is very hard to do for a short film – it tells not only a complete tale but a completely satisfying tale. While other read more

Disco (UK Film Council/ Virgin Media Shorts/ 2 AM Productions) Below you will find video links to two short films by Luke Snellin. The first, Mixtape, proves just how little time you need to tell a complete and affecting tale and that’s part of why it was nominated for a BAFTA award. The seco read more

Academy Awards (AMPAS) Below you will find not only the list of Academy Award Nominees but also how frequently they matched my own nominations what I would like to win and what I expect will win. More commentary will follow as we approach the awards, likely in my live blog of the festivities. Best M read more

Charles Butterworth and Bobby Breen in Rainbow on the River (RKO) These are articles wherein I’ll profile a black-and-white film or films worth looking out for. I couldn’t rightly tell you now how it was I discovered the films of Bobby Breen. It may well have been through Movies Unlimite read more

Short films are an artform in and of themselves. Sadly, there are rarely avenues for these films to be displayed. While the platform I can offer is not a large one I do hope that by featuring short films on the weekend you’ll be encouraged to look for more that you do like or perhaps even wor read more

The Critic (Gracie Pictures) In many ways it’s more important that people read the following than My Rating Scale for it will allow you to understand my philosophy on film criticism: Anyone who claims they have nothing else to learn is a liar. Part of why I have found my time film writing valu read more

Sign at the Avon Theater Warning People about The Tree of Life and the no refund policy Attention to All and Sundry: Sign at the Avon Theater Warning People about The Tree of Life and the no refund policy After hearing about people seeking refunds for disliking The Tree of Life because it was too ar read more

Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya in The Skin I Live In which is not Spain's entry therefore ineligible for the Oscars (Sony Pictures Classics) The official submissions for Best Foreign Language Film are now in and the nominees, like those for all other categories, will be announced on January 24th, read more

Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) I worked in 1 World Trade Center from 1999 to 2001- to September 11th, 2001 to be precise. My story about that day isn’t all that dramatic really. There are details I could divulge but suffice it to say I wasn̵ read more

With almost as many release paths as there are films now it’s more important than ever to explore all possible avenues of viewership to see as wide a variety of films as you can. It is this way you will most likely find films you like. Movie Theatres Clearly this is the first option, however, read more

The previous two entries in this series offered one connected stream of consciousness. You can read them here and here. In this installment I break from that narrative and take a look at how comics could benefit from emulating the better parts of the imperfect and once standard studio system that fi read more

I like any and all kinds of movies. I think that looking through my top 25 of 2011 posts you’ll see a rather good illustration of that. However, if asked I would cite horror as my favorite genre. Yet I recognize that even good horror is hard to find and the truly special ones are even more rar read more