Recency bias is a tough firewall to fight through, but even if you keep your wits about you when digesting the year that was 2019, curbing your desire to be superlative about things you've just seen, it sure seems like this is a special year and a capstone on a strange, transitional decade of film. … Continue reading My 10 Favorite Movies of 2019

"I know this sounds silly... like this is the scene in the movie where the guy's trying to get ahold of the long-lost son, you know... but this is that scene. And I think they have those scenes in movies because they're true, you know? Because they really happen. See, this is the scene in … Continue reading Goodbye Stranger: MAGNOLIA at 20

The bigger the movie, it seems, the worse the think pieces. It certainly seems to be the case in 2019, with everyone able to voice their opinions on a film at a moment's notice. This fall, once the (mostly positive) Tarantino discourse died down after Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, it was time for … Continue reading Ignore The Bad Takes, Anna Paquin is a Crucial Part of THE IRISHMAN