My “Top 10 Movie List” (Plus, a New Project)

My top ten films If you’re a film buff, you know that Sight & Sound polls film experts every ten years to create “the list”–actually, two lists, one for critics’ picks, the other for directors’–of the greatest films of all time. If you know me and have any idea what kind of film elitist I can be, you know that you’ll never really get a straight answer to the question: “What’s your favorite... Read More

Badlands (1973)

As a reminder, Movie of the Moment is a film review that doesn’t necessarily cover the best movie or the worst, but one that I find interesting at the time. I rarely discuss plot in my reviews. I’ve never been a fan of westerns. I could never get into the “frontier myth”. It’s tough when you’re from Texas. Yeah, I came from the suburbs, but I’ve been all over this state and I know what it feels like in most... Read More

Solaris (1972)

This week, Criterion announced its upcoming May releases, including films from directors like Bergman (Smiles of a Summer Night [1955]) and Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques [1954]). Most interesting to me, though, was the announcement of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris (1972). Tarkovsky fits the mold of the “pretentious director” stereotype, at least on the surface, so not everyone loves his work. Those who do enjoy his limited oeuvre... Read More