The Best Films Of 2018… So Far
2018 has been an odd year. The days churn by with grueling intensity, draining you emotionally with every single blow. Yet, you blink and suddenly, it’s June. How did that happen? Regardless of how 2018 has tre...
‘Thoroughbreds’ & ‘Flower’ Subvert Female Tropes, But One More Memorably Than The Other [Adjust Your Tracking Podcast]
Nihilism loves consequences, even if a movie does not... On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I discuss "Thoroughbreds" and "Flower," a pair of new smaller release films led by strong young femal...
12 Films To See In February
At face value, February is looking pretty grim. With films such as the finale to a much derided trilogy "50 Shades Freed" (what even is that title) and the embarrassment that looks to be "Peter Rabbit" both com...
The Best Films Of 2018…We’ve Already Seen
We've done just about as much coverage of the 2017 year as we can and, while we've already managed to hit some bumps in the one week of 2018 we've plowed through, we're ready to look ahead. Over the course of t...
The Best Films Of 2017 You Didn’t See
2017 might be done with us, but we’re not exactly done with it. In traditional Playlist form, it’s never quite clear if the world has moved on from the last year during the early days of January, but regardless...
2018 Best Foreign Language Film Oscars Predictions
Winner Prediction: 1. "A Fantastic Woman" (Chile) 2. "The Square" (Sweden) 3. "Loveless" (Russia) 4. "The Insult" (Lebanon) 5. "On Body and Soul" (Hungary) Current predictions: Best Picture Best...
Angelina Jolie And ‘BPM” Snubbed As Oscar Reveals Its 2018 Foreign Language Film Shortlist
Los Angeles members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have screened all 93 foreign language submissions. The foreign language committee has met, reviewed the tabulations and added three "saves"...
‘The Square’ Sweeps European Film Awards
There was another big event last night besides the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." While everyone was freaking out about porgs (or whatever), the European Film Awards were handed out in Berlin. An...
‘Loveless’ Trailer: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Searing Oscar Contender
When you poke the sleeping dragon that is the Russian government, you might get burned. Andrey Zvyagintsev has managed to find a balance, critiquing the state, while making films like "Leviathan" that gain crit...
The Best Cinematography Of 2017
On a heath, a startled hare looks up. In its eyes are reflected the lights of a ferris wheel, in whose neon glow Armie Hammer dances to an 80s tune. A little girl with ice-cream sticky fingers runs past and nea...