This Is ‘Thirty': A Bittersweet End To The Darkest Tale Of Our Times
Kathryn Bigelow has been directing for a few decades now, but it took a long time for us to really notice her. That happened with The Hurt Locker, 2009’s Oscar-winner for Best Picture and,...
View ArticleIn What World Is ‘Argo’ A Better Movie Than ‘Zero Dark Thirty’?
In what world is Argo a better movie than Zero Dark Thirty? This isn’t a response to Ben Affleck’s Golden Globes win for Best Director and Argo’s triumph as Best Drama. The Globes are the Globes, and...
View ArticleThe Tens: Best Of Film 2012
It’s Oscar time! As usual, the Academy Awards are poised to make some very wrong decisions this year. So as usual, I am prematurely correcting them by releasing my Top Ten of the year. That year is...
View ArticleNot-Oscars 2012: The Year’s Best Performances
(Originally published at JustinPlusSeven on January 10, 2013.) You, dear reader, have the honor of reading this in the future, after the Oscar nominations have been announced. But I am writing from...
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