“The 25 Best Movie Performances of 2018”

For your consideration: A whole heapin’ helpin’ of real good performances in real good movies. My picks here: Brady Jandreau, Joaquin Phoenix, Kiki Layne & Stefan James, and Ben Foster & Thomasin McKenzie. Maybe the last two feel like cheats, and in a way they are. But in a totally different way they’re not, because … Continue reading →

Review: You Were Never Really Here, 2018, dir. Lynne Ramsay

A note: I rarely, if ever, use the word “masterpiece” in any material I output about films either recently released or yet to be released, because in most cases that’s a bullshit word used in bullshit contexts for bullshit reasons by bullshit people. Most often, you hear about masterpieces on the festival circuit before the … Continue reading →

There Will Be Phoenix: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” Teaser

Paul Thomas Anderson has unleashed a hypnotic, attention-grabbing, evocative teaser for his latest, The Master– and if you haven’t guessed already, it really made an impression on me. Continue reading →