Category Archives: 2017

1. LADY BIRD Greta Gerwig’s vignette-driven directorial debut, through its haphazardly headstrong heroine, is the most infatuating and resonant of journeys through American teenage self-actualization to ever grace our screens.  In every fully realized character, you see so much of yourself and so much of may have been ignored or forgotten: the mother-daughter battle of wills,Continue reading “THE AUTHORITATIVE TOP NINE FILMS OF 2017”