Film on the Disc: THE LOBSTER
Yorgos Lanthimos‘s The Lobster succeeds by totally committing to its own strangeness. It’s a film…
Film on the Disc: THE DISH & THE SPOON
One of the (many) great things about Greta Gerwig’s meteoric rise in the last year…
Film on the Disc: EDEN LAKE
[Note: My Google Drive did not sync, so instead of a well-considered appreciation of Miss Pettigrew…
Film on the Disc: ROCKY / LADY BIRD
While the Academy professes to reward vision, they’re a bit dismissive of personal visions. There are four…
Film on the Disc & in the Theater: SPOTLIGHT / THE POST
[from the society page of the newsletter for the future hypothetical Best Picture winners reunion]…
Film on the Disc: The King’s Speech / An American in Paris
The Darkest Hour impresses the other attendees of the hypothetical future Best Picture winners reunion.…
Film On the Disc & In the Theater: TITANIC / THE SHAPE OF WATER
In hindsight, it wasn’t such a surprise that film like The Shape of Water became an…
Film On the Disc: ON THE WATERFRONT / THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
On the Waterfront is a strong demonstration of director Elia Kazan at the height of…
Film on the Disc: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES / DUNKIRK
Dunkirk arrives at our hypothetical Best Picture Winners reunion in the future. There’s plenty of…
Film on the Disc and in the Theater: MY FAIR LADY / PHANTOM THREAD
A hypothetical win for Phantom Thread would find a lot of superficial company in the list…