The year 2018 will be my first full year living in Scotland, and I have recognized that film culture and releases differ here. Films like Lady Bird and Phantom Thread are technically 2018 releases in the UK, and both would certainly top my list (Lady Bird might have been my #1 … [Read more...] about Top 6 Films From the First Half of 2018
Transpositions – Motion Pictures, Mary Magdalene, and #MeToo
For Transpositions, I recently wrote on Garth Davis' 2018 film Mary Magdalene, the #MeToo movement, and the filmic depictions of Mary Magdalene throughout cinematic history: I find it sadly ironic that Garth Davis’s exquisite 2018 film Mary Magdalene became an unexpected … [Read more...] about Transpositions – Motion Pictures, Mary Magdalene, and #MeToo
The 2018 Cinemayward Oscars
Every year, the Academy Awards get some things wonderfully right (La La Land! Moonlight!) and some things horribly wrong (La La Land? No, Moonlight!). Though Crash beating Brokeback Mountain in 2006 is often the most cited Worst Best Picture win of recent years, I am still … [Read more...] about The 2018 Cinemayward Oscars
Top 20 Films of 2017
For many, 2017 was a stressful and anxious year due to the person presently in the Oval Office and all the political divisions and frustrations this has both caused and brought into the light. I share those anxieties and frustrations, although I won't allow myself to be consumed … [Read more...] about Top 20 Films of 2017
Top 17 Favorite Scenes from 2017
My top films of 2017 list will arrive after Christmas; for now, here are 17 scenes which stood out for me from cinema over the past year, listed in alphabetical order of film title: A Quiet Passion - The Time Lapse Photo. In Terence Davies' filmic depiction of Emily … [Read more...] about Top 17 Favorite Scenes from 2017