Top Ten Films: 2001

This is it. This is my final retroactive Top 10 list, because it is my first.

The One I Love Is Strange: Two Movie Marriages Put To The Test

It’s official. 2014 is the year of the doppelganger. I said it before, and I’m saying it again. I may even say it again a time or two before the end of the year, if the trend continues. Two significant films this year dealt with misanthropic men encountering suaver, smoother versions of themselves in trippy, […]

The Dicks: Bromances & Mantagonists Of 2011

(Films discussed in this post: A Dangerous Method, 50/50, Cedar Rapids, Margin Call, The Perfect Host, The Guard, The Ides Of March, Horrible Bosses, Warrior.) In my post on “The Chicks,” I reflected on the ups and downs for females in film last year, from the ribald shenanigans of Bridesmaids to the slightly-less-ribald racial politics […]

Writer, Lawyer, Soldier, Spy: 2011 In Suspense

(Movies discussed in this post: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Point Blank, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Source Code, Unknown, The Adjustment Bureau, Limitless.) Admit it: the suspense is killing you. You’re just dying to know what I thought of the year’s thrillers, aren’t you? Well, wait no longer. The mystery is unearthed below.