List of Film Reviews/Analyses
Plus The Three to See: The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, and 12 Years a Slave
49th Parallel (AKA The Invaders)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Family Affair (see Quick Takes on Four Recent Rom-Coms: Anyone But You, The Idea of You, A Family Affair, and Hit Man)
Stars Are Born: A Comparison of the Five “A Star is Born” Films
All the Light We Cannot See (mini-series)
Anatomy of a Fall (see Sandra Hüller: The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall)
Anyone But You (Quick Takes on Four Recent Rom-Coms: Anyone But You, The Idea of You, A Family Affair, and Hit Man)
Around the World in 80 Days Two ’50s Films That “Shouldn’t Have Won” Best Picture
Avatar: Fire and Ice and Mercy
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (AKA, Birdman)
Plus The Three to See: The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, and 12 Years a Slave
Charles Boyer (see Algiers, Liliom, and Love Affair)
The Butler (see Lee Daniels’ The Butler)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Diary of a Country Priest (French, 1951)
Quick Takes: Disenchanted and Spirited
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Encounter: Quick Takes on Some Streaming Films
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fall (2006, or -07, or -08, depending)
Ford v Ferrari Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
The Goddess (see Three Films Worth Seeing for at Least One Performance)
The Three to See: The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, and 12 Years a Slave
The Greatest Show on Earth Two ’50s Films That “Shouldn’t Have Won” Best Picture
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Hayley Mills (see Tiger Bay)
High and Low An Unfortunate Remake: High and Low (1963) / Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Highest 2 Lowest An Unfortunate Remake: High and Low (1963) / Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Hit Man (see Quick Takes on Four Recent Rom-Coms: Anyone But You, The Idea of You, A Family Affair, and Hit Man)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Sandra Hüller: The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part Two
The Idea of You (see Quick Takes on Four Recent Rom-Coms: Anyone But You, The Idea of You, A Family Affair, and Hit Man)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
The Invaders (see 49th Parallel)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Knives Out Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Little Women (1949) Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
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A Man Called Otto/A Man Called Ove
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Marriage Story Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
A Matter of Life and Death/Stairway to Heaven (1946)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Avatar: Fire and Ice and Mercy
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The More the Merrier (see Three Films Worth Seeing for at Least One Performance
Nights of Cabiria (see Three Films Worth Seeing for at Least One Performance)
Of Mice and Men (1939) Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
One Way Passage: A Tour Through Yesterday
Parasite Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
Red Notice: Quick Takes on Some Streaming Films
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Quick Takes: Disenchanted and Spirited
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Three Films Worth Seeing for at Least One Performance
Tick, Tick…BOOM! Quick Takes on Some Streaming Films
Tiger Bay (1959) and Hayley Mills
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)
The Two Great Film Anniversaries You Probably Didn’t Hear About
The Two Popes Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
Uncut Gems Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
The Zone of Interest (see Sandra Hüller: The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall)
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2012 Oscar Predictions
2012 Oscar Report: Warm Fuzzies and Nostalgia
2013 Oscar Predications, Part One
2014 Oscar Report–First Thoughts
2016 Oscar Nominations—Best Actor
2016 Oscar Nominations—Best Actress
2016 Oscar Nominations—Best Director
2016 Oscar Nominees—Best Supporting Actor
2016 Oscar Nominations—Best Supporting Actress
2016 Oscar Nominations: The “Minor” Sure-Thing Awards
2020 Golden Globes http://quick
First Thoughts on 2023 Oscar Nominations
An Open Letter to Christopher Plummer
An open letter to the creators of Exodus: Gods and Kings
A couple of thoughts on the 2012 SAG Awards
Five More Supporting Performances that Don’t Get the Attention They Deserve
Five Supporting Performances that Don’t Get the Attention They Deserve
Let’s Look Over the Fence: A Necessary Correction
Omissions from A to Z: Oscar Nominations for 2012
Quick thoughts on the Golden Globe Awards (2017)
2014 Oscar Noms: Scattered Thoughts
Second Thoughts and Two Laments: Philip Seymour Hoffman and “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Surprises/Happy/Sad: Response to the 2012 Oscar Nominations
Thoughts on the 2013 Golden Globes
