Rust and Bone (Jacques Audiard, 2012) Rust and Bone is a film in which an Orca trainer from one social class meets … More
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A Great Rib: “Arbitrage” Shows Gere’s Still Got It
Arbitrage (Nicholas Jarecki, 2012) I missed this film when it came out. I even had an opportunity to see it … More
Master Weiwei’s Weenie (so sorry, I couldn’t resist): My SHORT Franken-Review of Three Films of 2012 That I Somehow Missed Reviewing Before
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012) How could I have not reviewed this movie? I had such a visceral negative … More
Go Team USA: The Triumphalist Jingoism of “Zero Dark Thirty”
Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) For me, the best part of Zero Dark Thirty, back when I saw it in New … More
Oscars 2013 – My Picks
The 2013 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning. My picks are below. These are the movies that I think should win … More
Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents . . . the Good, the Bad, and the Never-Should-Have-Been-Made Movie List of 2012
Dear Readers, What a year! I started out 2012 as a man who taught filmmaking, film history and film aesthetics, … More
The Iceman Cometh, but the Ice Runneth Away: “Chasing Ice” in the Era of Climate Change
Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski, 2012) This is an important film about an important subject that nevertheless falls far short of … More
Miserable at “Les Misérables”
Les Misérables (Tom Hooper, 2012) Ah, what a journey . . . from the end of Napoléon’s reign, in 1815, … More
“Premium Rush” – A Great Dumb Ride Through the Streets of New York
Premium Rush (David Koepp, 2012) This 90-minute movie is a sharp, muscular little action-packed ride that thrills the viewer as … More
“Django Unchained” – Tarantino’s Pulpy Revisionist Western Is His Best Film Since “Pulp Fiction”
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012) I hope this film ends up on a lot of film critics’ Top 10 lists, … More
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