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

Donate: Because Film Matters

I’m a film geek. As we film geeks know, The Criterion Collection sets the bar when it comes to distributing good movies and has done so since the days of Laserdisc. I purchased my first Criterion DVD when I was 15 (Robocop [1987], spine #23) and I’ve been hooked ever since. Currently, I own about 75 Criterion DVDs and Blu-rays. A few months back, I wrote on a friend’s blog: I’ve always said that if I came into some money I’d... Read More