So, as you very probably know – this is but a little station of the film blogosphere, after all – Sight & Sound published its seventh decennial list of the Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time the other day. Thereby ruining the plan I had to do a fun “let’s predict the S&S list!” post about halfway through this month, since I would swear up and down that the […]
By turns triumphant and obnoxiously opaque, My Joy is at once terribly difficult to come to grips with, and impossible to shake, and it’s both of these things for very much the same reason. There are two halves to the film, which is not the least of the reasons it’s so wholly inscrutable, and the plot of the first part goes a little something like this (very little, but I […]
For the posts expanding on these choices: Introduction #1-10 #11-20 #21-30 #31-40 #41-50 #51-60 #61-70 #71-80 #81-90 #91-100 See also: Honorable Mention, Other Worthwhile Films, The Worst of the Decade 1. In the Mood for Love (Wong, 2000) 2. Moolaadé (Sembene, 2004) 3. INLAND EMPIRE (Lynch, 2006) 4. Yi yi (Yang, 2000) 5. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001) 6. Grizzly Man (Herzog, 2005) 7. Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann, 2001) 8. Werckmeister Harmonies […]
Introduction 10. Talk to Her AKA Hable con ella (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002, Spain) Contemporary cinema’s grand master of fucked-up sexuality and gender relationships topped even himself with this story of two men and the comatose women they love: would any other filmmaker even think of presenting an act of rape as a gesture of true love from a tragic hero? But focusing too much on the melodramatic excess, while always […]
Tomorrow night, at 8:00 EDT, the American Film Institute will unveil the second edition of their list of the 100 best American movies of all time. This 10th anniversary edition of a nine-year-old list has been given the name “100 Years, 100 Movies,” despite the fact that they’re dating from 1895, which would make it “112 Years, 100 Movies,” and their 400 film longlist of candidates starts with The Birth […]
William H. Macy is in INLAND EMPIRE for one shot lasting less than twenty seconds, and his single line ends with this phrase: “Hollywood, where stars make dreams and dreams make stars.” That’s probably not true, and it ignores a question near and dear to David Lynch’s heart: what about nightmares? Certainly, the film seems like it might all be the nightmare of Nikki Grace, an actress played by Laura […]
Any awards aficionado knows that the Golden Globes are a bit of a joke. They are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – a mysterious organization that has not only been accused of having bad taste but of being willing to trade votes for special attention and/or gifts. The truth is that it is a relatively small organization (about 90 members) for the standards of most televised award shows, […]
