The Best of a Bleak Year
Confession time: I dragged my feet writing my Best Of list this year. The reasons are threefold:
This is one of my favorite ...
Haikus for Hollywood's Hits
Oh, Hollywood! You are such a wonderful storyteller! You made me want to visit all of Asia, (Isle Of Dogs, Crazy Rich Asians...
2018 was an outstanding year in film, but I have to start by saying that it was also an outstanding for me as a film viewer. I saw more new films this year than ever before: 101, to be exact. I prioritized seeing movies, and the effort paid off in a big way.
This year was a great year for film, and as the year progressed, I looked back and found that most of the films I loved weren’t the ones necessarily making much at the box office.
Whether Alfonso Cuarón is taking us to Mexico City or Frederick Wiseman is taking us to Monrovia, Indiana or Debra Granik is taking us into the woods or Ali Abbasi takes us right up to the Border, there has been no shortage of special trips at the movies in 2018.
ZekeFilm Writers Share Their Midyear Film Picks
Once again, we present our humble collective listand individual lists of our picks for ourannual “Best Films of...