TOP 20 FILMS OF 2012
[#1-10]
- 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]
[#11-20]
- 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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Movie Review: ‘Killing Them Softly’
Director: Andrew Dominik | Writers: Andrew Dominik, George V. Higgins (novel) | Cast: Vincent Curatola, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt | Rating: R | Runtime: 97 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | … Continue reading
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Let’s Cut the ‘Oscar-Nominated Jonah Hill’ Crap
Allow me this final brief observation before we do indeed put the recent awards season completely behind us. I can’t tell you how many times over the past couple of weeks — from friends, from other bloggers, from the guy … Continue reading
Follow the Car
After watching the underwhelming Golden Globes telecast, I naturally turned to what’s been a major constant for me this season: Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. No, Brad Pitt didn’t win Best Actor, and no, the Aaron Sorkin-Steven Zaillian duo didn’t take home … Continue reading
Fincher’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Included in AFI’s Top Ten of 2011
The American Film Institute has announced their list of 2011′s top ten films. The Bridesmaids train continues to steamroll, and I have no idea why. It’s somewhat reassuring, meanwhile, to see David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on … Continue reading
Precursor Roundup: Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Online Critics Chime In
As far as precursor awards goes, today has been an absolute whirlwind, with three major critics groups chiming in with their year-end winners: Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and New York Film Critics Online. There’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, Awards, Boston Society of Film Critics, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Drive, Hanna, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Moneyball, New York Film Critics Online, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, The Chemical Brothers, The Tree of Life, Win Win
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‘The Artist,’ ‘Moneyball,’ ‘Tree of Life’ Earn Multiple Citations from NYFCC
As irksome as the New York Film Critics Circle’s desire to shoot the first bullet of this year’s awards season often was — they didn’t even bother to see Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close prior to the vote … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Albert Brooks, Awards, Brad Pitt, Drive, Emmanuel Lubezki, J.C. Chandor, Jessica Chastain, Lou Lumenick, Margin Call, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Moneyball, New York Film Critics Circle, Steven Zaillian, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Tree of Life
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Movie Review: ‘Moneyball’ (2011)
Moneyball is an unlikely sophomore feature for director Bennett Miller, who last planted his name on a feature film with 2005′s mesmerizing Capote. His latest, an adaptation of Michael Lewis’ 2003 book, shares very few surface similarities with Capote, including … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: What We’ve Learned from Venice, Telluride, and Toronto
The fall festival season is undoubtedly one of the most informative periods of the year in terms of forecasting the Oscar game, so with Venice and Telluride behind us — and Toronto closing up shop within the next few days … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dangerous Method, Aaron Sorkin, Alexander Payne, Awards, Bennett Miller, Blue Valentine, Brad Pitt, Carnage, Christoph Waltz, David Cronenberg, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Jodie Foster, Jonah Hill, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Moneyball, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Roman Polanski, Shame, Steve McQueen, Steven Zaillian, The Artist, The Descendants, The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Up in the Air, Viggo Mortensen, Warrior
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Three Decades of Brad Pitt
I 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
First-Half Contenders: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’
While Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris — whose Oscar prospects I delved into just the other day — may be a more consensus critical favorite than The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick’s film is without a doubt the more polarizing … Continue reading