For me, Ex Machina (2014, Alex Garland) is one of the best AI movies (and one of the best science fiction films) ever made. I say that because Garland does…
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…
I have to confess that I wrestled with what to say about the wonderful Blue is the Warmest Color (2013, Abdellatif Kechiche); that is, I knew I wanted to write…
Reality (Matteo Garrone) is one of those films that stayed with me after my first viewing of it, grew in potency as I thought about it more, and, then, after…
To my mind, Brokeback Mountain (2005, Ang Lee) is a landmark film, a film that utterly deconstructs the “cowboy” (hypermasculine, patriarchal, phallocentric) ideology, while also revealing how horribly destructive such…
The Hunt (2013, Thomas Vinterberg) is one of those disturbing films that depressingly reveals something seemingly fundamental about the human condition, e.g., just how easily “good” people can be reduced…
Philomena (2013, Stephen Frears), one of the most important films of 2013, is one in a long line of powerful contemporary films (Spotlight, The Magdalene Sisters, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence…
When I first watched this neglected gem of a film, I was really taken by how well it captured the potential damage to a young child by extremely dysfunctional (abusive…
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…
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…
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