1. BOYHOOD The twelve-year production cycle is not a gimmick, as many have accused, but an ingenious mechanism that empowers this film to accomplish something truly original in a world where true originality is often nowhere to be found. Boyhood is a stark exploration of the unabated passage of time, a potent inducement of the awareness ofContinue reading “The Authoritative Top Ten Films of 2014”
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The Authoritative Top Ten Films of 2013
1. HER At first glance, the basic premise of the film is pretty ridiculous: a man in the near-future falls in love with his operating system. In the hands of almost any other director in the world, Her would come off as campy, melodramatic, absurd, corny, or spurious. However, Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Where the WildContinue reading “The Authoritative Top Ten Films of 2013”
The Authoritative Top Ten Films of 2012
1. The Master Director Paul Thomas Anderson has, through his career, become an increasingly complex and difficult storyteller, but his genius cannot be understated. From Boogie Nights and Punch Drunk Love to There Will Be Blood and now The Master, Anderson has become a director who unapologetically marches to the beat of his own drumContinue reading “The Authoritative Top Ten Films of 2012”
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