When we speak of our "favorite" movies, books, or music, repetition is the most common metric to measure our enthusiasm. There is an inescapable (if at times embarrassing) logic to that measurement. If I have watched Zoolander a half dozen times and Army of Shadows only twice, does that not indicate that I like the former more than the latter?
It's been eleven long years now since the three long years when the "top of the world came tumbling down," and while the outrage and Natalie Maines's off-hand criticism of President George W. Bush looks retrospectively hyperbolic and affected in the age of Trump, the album that was born from the Chicks' experience in the eye of the hurricane has held up very well.
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!"
Into the Wild is one of the few films I’ve reviewed for this series that has risen significantly in my estimation upon revisiting it a decade after its initial release.
In between when Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled premiered at Cannes and when it opens in domestic theaters Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman managed to become all the rage.
"Genius is not only about sciences."
Some films go down easy. They become personal favorites based on fond memories of entertaining first viewings shared with friends and family. One revisits them with nostalgia or pauses from… Continue reading "Favorite Film Series: In Cold Blood (Brooks, 1967)"
Editor’s Note: In 2017, a popular meme on Facebook asked respondents to list their favorite films for each year of their lives. While I didn’t make a list at that… Continue reading "Favorite Film Series: A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966)"
Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are like a Star Trek universe composed of nothing but red shirts.
An uplifting reminder of the power of art to motivate and sustain us.
