The 2016 Academy Awards: Predictions and Thoughts
It’s important to know while watching the Oscars that the nominees and the winners don’t necessarily represent the best of 2015. In fact, as I finish my Top 50 list […]
Category Archives: Foreign
Victoria (2015)
“Show me what you’ve got.” 134 minutes in length. One continuous shot. Three attempts to get it right. Traveling through the clubs and streets and rooftops of Berlin, zooming around […]
The Top 50 Films of 2014
2014 was an outstanding year for cinema. From the blockbusters to the little indies, there were some truly exceptional films. I saw as many as I could, but you can’t see […]
Force Majeure (2014)
“He got so scared that he ran away from the table.” Force Majeure is a family film, just not in the conventional sense. It’s not for families to hunker down with […]
Bird People (2014)
“How does it go in fairy tales?” In the Western world, among other geographic locations, quitting is considered an indecisive and thoughtless act of cowardice. You decided to do this, […]
The 2015 Academy Awards: Predictions and Thoughts
Every year, my alarm is set to wake up and watch the Oscar nominations through a live stream early in the morning. This year was a bit cringeworthy and just […]
The 10 Best Christmas Movies You Haven’t Seen
It gets harder every Christmas season to turn on the TV and find something new to watch. To discover a movie you haven’t seen or even heard of. You’re bound to […]
Ida (2014)
“God is everywhere, I know.” Let me be upfront; Ida is one of the best movies released this year, and I’m confident it will stay that way once 2014 comes […]
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
“You need to do something, sweetheart. Things can’t go on like this.” Foreign films, for whatever reason, seem to be able to achieve some semblance of artistic achievement clearly lacking […]
