Warning: This piece is all about dissecting Flight in and out, so if you haven’t seen the film, go and do that before reading. You’ll thank me later (or not, since it’s a rather divisive film). If you follow this … Continue reading
TOP 20 FILMS OF 2012
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- 1. Oslo, August 31st [Review]
- 2. The Grey [Review]
- 3. The Master [Review]
- 4. Lincoln [Review]
- 5. Amour [Review]
- 6. The Turin Horse [Review]
- 7. Elena [Review]
- 8. Zero Dark Thirty [Review]
- 9. Tabu [Review]
- 10. Beasts of the Southern Wild [Review]
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- 11. The Snowtown Murders
- 12. Flight [Review]
- 13. Magic Mike [Review]
- 14. Holy Motors
- 15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [Review]
- 16. Rust and Bone [Review]
- 17. The Color Wheel
- 18. Looper [Review]
- 19. On the Road [Review]
- 20. The Loneliest Planet [Review]
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My Favorite Oscar Nomination of 2013: John Gatins
Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 1:35 am by Danny King in the Awards Editorials Uncategorized categoryMy Experience with Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’
Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 9:57 am by Danny King in the Editorials categoryAddendum: A few people have brought up the legitimate question of why I went to see The Hobbit in the first place. The answer is that it was a professional-obligation thing: I record a weekly podcast, The Film Stage Show, … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Seeing ‘The Master’ Early, and What It Revealed About the Process of Generating Opinion
Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 3:03 am by Danny King in the Editorials categoryTwo things, before I get going: (1) Yes, I am aware that the title of this piece is wackily long-winded, and (2) If you’re worried about potential spoilers for The Master — which I certainly would be, too, if I … Continue reading
Three Decades of Brad Pitt
Posted on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 4:27 am by Danny King in the Editorials categoryI was glancing through some of the early TIFF reactions to Bennett Miller’s Moneyball — most of which were positive, by the way — and it really got me thinking about how interesting Brad Pitt’s choices as an actor tend … Continue reading
Will 10 Best Picture Nominees Affect the Directing Category?
Posted on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 6:46 pm by Danny King in the Awards Editorials categoryFor me, one of the more interesting things to analyze about any given year’s slate of Oscar nominees is how the Best Picture and Best Director lineups overlap. It seems that more often than not, they match each other completely. … Continue reading