The Best Films of 2014
1. Boyhood The experience of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is an immersion within time itself. We’re used to movies utilizing time as an easily manipulated element, cutting from scene to scene […]
1. Boyhood The experience of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is an immersion within time itself. We’re used to movies utilizing time as an easily manipulated element, cutting from scene to scene […]
[8.4] Directed by Steve James CNN Films Rated R, 116 min. While reading Roger Ebert’s memoir in 2011, my imagination spawned endless possibilities of how a cinematic adaptation could be […]
[7.1] Directed by David Michôd A24 Rated R, 102 min. Post-apocalypse and bleakness may seem to go hand in hand, if not for the faint glimmer of hope that ordinarily […]
[8.6] Directed by Steven Knight A24 Rated R, 85 mins. Tom Hardy’s lone night drive may essentially be yet another retread of the fixed-location, cinematic experiment, but not unlike 127 […]
[6.8] Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Rated PG-13, 136 mins. I can’t help but write about the latest addition to the on-screen Marvel universe without a […]
[8.8] Directed by Wes Anderson Fox Searchlight Pictures Rated R, 99 mins. There are certain expectations of a new Wes Anderson film, among them eccentric storybook imagery, extensive tracking shots, […]