The Best Films of 2021 (Scott's List)
The year of Ryusuke Hamaguchi also included triumphs by favorites like Ashgar Farhadi and Paul Thomas Anderson. Plus: Best performance, reasons for hope/despair and the dreaded "age gap" discourse.
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Best to Worst: The Summer Blockbusters of 2001
Some retrospective snap judgments on the movies playing multiplexes 20 summers ago
In Review: 'Licorice Pizza,' 'The Matrix Resurrections,' 'Parallel Mothers,' and 'Don't Look Up'
A holiday review-a-palooza with ambitious new films from big-name directors: Paul Thomas Anderson, Lana Wachowski, Pedro Almodóvar, and Adam McKay.
The New Cult Canon: 'Speed Racer'
In 2008, I gave The Wachowskis' super-charged eyeball-stabber a "C." I wasn't yet ready for the future.
Dialogue: 'Macbeth and the Movies': Part 3
Our 'Macbeth' project comes to a close with Joel Coen's new 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' a few words on 'Scotland, PA,' and the esteemed Macbethie awards.
48-Hour Holiday Season Flash Sale!
It's the last flash sale of the year (and for the foreseeable future), so act now.
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