MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

Academy Award statues standing in front of posters for the Best Picture nominees (American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest))
FILM REVIEWS

2024 OSCAR PICKS & PREDICTIONS

My choices for who will win, who should win, and who must not be allowed to win at the 96th Annual Academy Awards.

2018 Oscars
MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

2018 OSCAR PICKS AND PREDICTIONS

My choices for who will win, who should win, and who must not be allowed to win at the 90th Annual Academy Awards.

Best Films of 2017
MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE BEST FILMS OF 2017

In a very good year for cinema, I'm naming my top-five films in six categories: Drama, Comedy, Action, Horror, Animation, and Documentary.

The Bad Batch, The Little Hours, A Ghost Story, and Lady MacBeth
MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE BAD BATCH, THE LITTLE HOURS, A GHOST STORY, LADY MACBETH

In my attempt to see and review every new movie this summer, I've fallen a little behind. Here are shamefully quick takes on films that didn't get full reviews, including The Bad Batch, The Little Hours, A Ghost Story, and Lady Macbeth.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

2016 OSCAR PICKS AND PREDICTIONS

My choices for who will win, who should win, and who must not be allowed to win at the 88th Annual Academy Awards.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

2014 OSCAR PICKS & PREDICTIONS

My choices for who will win, who should win, and who must not be allowed to win at the 86th Annual Academy Awards.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE BEST FILMS OF 2013

The Unaffiliated Critic's choices for the 20 Best Movies of 2013.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

2013 MOVIE ROUNDUP – Part Two

Continuing my round-up of 2013 movies—the ones I didn't get around to reviewing—I cover the worthy failures, near-misses, mixed-bags, and the ones that utterly mystified me.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE BEST FILMS OF 2012

If you'd asked me six weeks ago, I'd have told you 2012 was a mediocre year for movies. This is, of course, partially the fault

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE MOST OVERRATED FILMS OF 2012

They are not, necessarily, bad films; some of them may even be good films. They are films, however, that deserve to be brought down a peg or two, and I'm just the unlicensed internet hack to do it.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

2012 OSCAR PICKS & PREDICTIONS

I hear you: the Oscars are too long, utterly predictable, scandalously commercial, culturally insignificant, and almost guaranteed to be—as they are every year—a gigantic disappointment. But you know what, Sachean Littlefeather? I could give a rat's ass: I still like 'em.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE BEST FILMS OF 2011

Let's agree to call this list what it is: a highly subjective, necessarily limited, soon-to-be-revised list of what have been, to date, my 15 best film experiences of 2011.

MOVIE LISTS & ROUNDUPS

THE MOST OVERRATED FILMS OF 2011

Every year the critics and voters embrace a few films or performances that leave me scratching my head, shaking my fist, or venting my bile, and this year is no exception. The only thing that makes 2011 different is that now I have a blog, and may therefore vent my bile at innocent readers like yourself.