1.   Bodied  (2017, Joseph Kahn) 2.   The Beguiled  (2017, Sofia Coppola) 3.   Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets  (2017, Luc ...

When I was 20 and living at the Dustbin in Portland Magnolia  (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson) was my favorite movie. But now that I'm so mu...

There's a poster of Face to Face  (1976, Ingmar Bergman) at the Bleecker St cinema in Annie Hall  (1977, Woody Allen); Interiors  (1978,...

I have one sibling, my brother. He's three years younger than me. There have been times when I had wished I could banish him from this u...

Everyone I know who likes modern foreign arthouse films likes Yorgos Lanthimos. I'm embarrassed to say that I do not. It's like it n...

Todd Haynes has now directed 7 period features and Mildred Pierce  (2011), thus maintaining my assertion that he is the only filmmaker who h...

Among friends and colleagues there have been a few films that I've gotten flack for speaking highly of. And while I'll be the first ...

I love the slasher genre of movies. I have watched a lot. Historically the genre took place between 1978-1986. For me it starts with Hallowe...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the internet has been a net bad for humanity. By allowing glib, superficial access to largely d...

Sometimes, I am a complete sucker. This is the story of one of those times. (The Defy Strapped, sejant.) As should be clear, I do like to ...