Fin de cinéma

Vicky Cristina Barcelona – dir. Woody Allen No film last year glued a glimmering smile on my face as strongly and thoroughly as Woody Allen...

Otto; or Up with Dead People – dir. Bruce LaBruce Partially a remake of his own brilliant Super 8½ , Bruce LaBruce’s Otto; or Up with Dead ...

Rachel Getting Married – dir. Jonathan Demme [There's going to be quite a few reposts and/or brief write-ups coming soon on The Decade ...

Happy-Go-Lucky – dir. Mike Leigh It’s not often we’re graced with a cinematic performance as incandescent as Sally Hawkins’ turn as chipper...

Tony Manero – d. Pablo Larraín [I wrote about this earlier this summer, so here's a slightly edited version of that.] Like Taxi Driver ...

La mujer sin cabeza [ The Headless Woman ] – dir. Lucrecia Martel Of all of the decade’s notable directorial debuts, no other director foun...

Julia – dir. Erick Zonca [Edited from a previous “ defense ” of Julia , which was written before a number of US critics got on board with t...

I've likely spoken at some length on the majority of these awards, seeing as how most of them were given out this year... which means th...