Catching Up With the Critics (Part I)
Turning to the professionals to seek out the great, unseen movies of the last nine months.
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Catching Up with the Critics—12 posts
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part II
The top of the charts offers another wide range of experiences, though three films, including the best of the best, deal sympathetically with women in high-stress situations.
The Best Films of the Year (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part I
My annual mid-ish year round-up of acclaimed films I missed includes two dramas about green energy coming to rural Spain and a heartrending doc about Alzheimer's.
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part II
A plea for critics to stop overpraising issue docs, plus two excellent films from Germany and a stellar debut feature from Jafar Panahi's son.
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1
Catching up with the most acclaimed films of the past eight months.
The Best Films of the Year (*According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1
In which a humbled critic binges the woefully neglected great films of 2021.