I recently posted the first fifteen films in my top 20 of 2014 - find them here. Below are the final five of that list, the films I both enjoyed above all and found the most critically compelling. I've mentioned I didn't find it a banner year in releases, but I suppose that's not entirely true; ...
2014 [in films]
I saw a headline recently that the domestic box office fell 5% in 2014, the lowest number of tickets sold since 1995. It's not terribly surprising, what with the myriad ways one can see a film these days that don't involve heading out to a theater. But more, I have to wonder if the dip in ticket ...
197 hours on screen. Or so.
Welp, after a slow start in early 2014, I managed to end the year having seen seven more films than I did in 2013. I'm honestly not sure how I did it, especially when you factor in all the television series I fit in there, the travel and work and, you know, generally having a life. Before I get to ...
Listen to This: Christmas 2014
I know very little about music. While friends share playlists of the latest indie acts, my knowledge can be summed up in three categories: show tunes, John Mayer and Christmas music. It's easy to give me a hard time about any one of those, I understand. Who's still a John Mayer fan? You willingly ...
Coming Soon: December
The last month of the year sees a lot of movies hitting the big screen in order to qualify for Awards recognition after the new year. Some of them are already winning awards, too. Which is good news, indeed. December 5 Wild - The "memoirs that get adapted to the big screen" genre is alive and well ...
Watch This: Gilmore Girls
I lost a couple weeks in the real world recently, and I'd like to blame it on this bitch of a cold I've been fighting - it knocked me out from work for half a week, and two weeks after the first sneeze my ears are still blocked and I can't kick this cough*. But if I'm being honest, what's kept me ...
Coming Soon: November
So many movies, so little time. November proves another busy month of high-profile releases, and here's what I'm looking forward to seeing: November 7 Interstellar - Christopher Nolan returns with his Next Big Thing, and buzz about this one is surprisingly mixed. I've heard some people say ...
Watch This: Citizenfour
I love a good documentary. And a good documentary, like any other film genre, is hard to come by. Last year's heavy-hitters like Blackfish and The Act Of Killing stood out in a pack of less-than-worthy non-fiction pics. This year, Citizenfour snuck up on me. As in, I hadn't heard anything about it ...
A Golden Weekend
Last week marked the 50th iteration of the Chicago International Film Festival, making it one of the oldest film festivals in the country (NYFF hit 52 this year; San Francisco is already at 57!). For growing up a stone's throw from the city, I only really attended the festival once I'd moved away ...
Coming Soon: October
The best movie time of year rolls on. Here's what I'm seeing in October. October 3 Gone Girl - one of the most anticipated films of my year (and everyone else's) is David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian ?'s wildly popular dark novel. Like Fight Club and Girl With The Dragon Tattoo before it, ...
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