Dec 24, 20202 minBrazil (1985)| Review92/100 More often than not, films riddled with production issues tend to either be failures or box-office bombs. Most film buffs know...
Dec 5, 20204 minMank| Review82/100 In preparation for Mank, I rewatched (approximately for the 3rd time) the masterpiece known as Citizen Kane. And while I could go...
Nov 24, 20205 minMcCabe and Mrs. Miller| Review 97/100 When I sit down to watch a Robert Altman film the first thing that comes to mind is how will it reflect some aspect of America....
Nov 12, 20204 minWhite Heat (1949)| Review89/100 I've only seen a few gangster films since I became a film lover. That being The Public Enemy, The Godfather films, and Angels With...
Nov 10, 20201 min25 Favorite Directors| ListWill continue to update as I experience more films and because my opinion rapidly changes. Nicholas Ray Stanley Kubrick John Cassavetes...
Nov 1, 20203 minRaiders of the Lost Ark| Review95/100 The French New Wave touched every aspect of cinema. From camera movements to editing, its influence is unparalleled. There's no...
Oct 20, 20203 minPeeping Tom| Review: My Favorite Horror Movie100/100 I've already written a review for a Michael Powell film, that being A Matter of Life and Death. I thought that I tried my best to...
Oct 4, 20203 minSherlock Jr.| Review: My Second Favorite Film100/100 I never really understood why people compare Charlie Chaplin to Buster Keaton. Undoubtedly both are masterminds in the art of...
Sep 3, 20203 minTouch of Evil| Review98/100 Every film class teaches Citizen Kane. It really is an undisputed masterpiece and quite possibly the greatest film of all time....
Sep 1, 20201 minMy Zoom Call With Francis Ford Coppola| Blog PostOn 8/27/2020, I was fortunate enough to join a private Zoom call with Francis Ford Coppola. I was not the only one in the call as there...
Aug 23, 20202 minThe Thin Blue Line| Review 96/100 An Errol Morris film is like no other. He has a style all his own but still manages to feel familiar, perhaps due to his wide...
Aug 5, 20202 minGoldfinger| Review 89/100 Every franchise has its own definitive masterpiece. Indiana Jones had Raiders of the Lost Ark, Terminator had The Terminator, and...
Jul 29, 20202 minCity Lights| Review 99/100 Around the time City Lights released, 1931, sound in film had been widely used for at least three years. It started with 1927's...
Jul 20, 20201 minThe Manchurian Candidate (1962)| Review 94/100 Around the time that The Manchurian Candidate released, American politics and international relationships became extremely...
Jul 8, 20202 minOnce Upon A Time In the West| Review98/100 For many years, primarily from the 1940s-60s, the "American Western" remained extremely popular among both national and...
Jun 29, 20202 minMan With A Movie Camera| Review Out of all the film movements in the history of cinema, "Soviet Montage" is one of the most revolutionary and groundbreaking. Most of the...
Jun 26, 20202 minL'Atalante| Review 99/100 Before dying of tuberculosis in 1934, Jean Vigo left behind one of the most interesting and influential film careers of the 1930s....
Jun 16, 20202 minThe Night of the Hunter| Review 99/100 Upon release, The Night of the Hunter flopped both financially and critically. Most critics found the film to have an uneven tone....
Jun 11, 20202 minM (1931)| Review 99/100 Throughout the years, film movements, like "The French New Wave" and "The Golden Age of American Cinema," have all received praise...
Jun 8, 20202 minBrief Encounter (1945)| Review 85/100 In a 1999 poll of "The Best British Films of All Time" David Lean's film, Brief Encounter, placed 2nd. David Lean's mostly known...