Review: The Dead Don’t Die, 2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch

A movie about zombies by one of the coolest filmmakers out there, starring a ton of people I like, should be a slam dunk, but then…what if it isn’t? Continue reading →

“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, April 2019”

I think its strange, he’s friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
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Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan Come on Jackie Chan
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The Boston Online Film Critics Association’s 2016 Awards

You’re aware, I imagine, that I am a member of BOFCA, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, and if you are aware of that, then you are also likely aware that every year, we vote, as critics groups do, to determine with authority which movies of the last 365 days were, in a word, “best.” … Continue reading →

My Cinematic Alphabet

I don’t typically participate in blog memes, mostly because deadlines aren’t really my thing– this is a leisurely blog, updated when I deign fit to update it, after all, and I have so many other things to do with my time that setting dates for myself generally doesn’t work out. But some memes are just … Continue reading →