Now, while I have never thought the Academy Awards are a legitimate barometer of the “best” films of the year (most films that go on to be considered the most…
If you read my “About” blurb, you know that part of my project for this blog is to relate my thoughts as I try to prioritize screening the most important…
So, for two projects I’m doing, I re-watched The Witch (2016, Robert Eggers) and I must say that my response to it was much different than when I first watched…
(In light of what is going on in Gaza right now — at best a crimes against humanity ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, at worst outright genocide — I…
So, I finally screened Avatar: The Way of Water (2022, James Cameron). I must confess that I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it. To be more precise,…
First of all, let me stress that I love the Black Panther franchise and the world that has been created for it. I especially love the characters and their organic…
Every year I devote October to watching a lot of horror films. I love the horror genre even if I don’t like most of the horror films I watch. This…
Seldom does a horror film come along that really disturbed me and left me a little shaken. (Of course, that may be because I don’t really watch “torture porn” horror…
Don’t Look Up (2021, Adam McKay) has gotten a lot of buzz in recent days and for good reason, it is that rare fiction film that actually addresses climate change…
A Brief Thought on Sofia Coppola To my mind, Sofia Coppola is one of the most underrated contemporary filmmakers creating films today. Excepting the highly lauded Lost in Translation, my…