
Top 20… err 23 movies of 2012 part 1
#’s 21-16
As the year comes to a close the steady stream of “best of the year” lists have already started and will continue well into the first part of 2013. We in the film criticism business are not exempt in this practice; in fact a lot of the most read and regarded critics will be adding their opinion to the arena or already have. While this critic is still relatively new to the game and hardly expecting to battle it out with the heavy weights, my opinion is humbly offered regardless. The list will be made up of films seen in the calendar year of 2012, whether during a regular theatrical release or the film festival circuit.
Just a quick preface, there will be a handful of films that will not appear on this list simply due to the lack of being able to see them before this list was made. These include critical favorites Argo, The Imposter, Lincoln, Life of Pi and The Impossible. Now on to the list.
#21 – [Tie] My Father and the Man in Black and Ping Pong (more…)
January 2, 2013 | Categories: Editorials, Lists | Tags: Amour, Barbara, Best Movies of 2012, Chronicle, Film criticism, Graceland, Josh Trank, Michael Haneke, My Father and the Man in Black, Nina Hoss, Ping Pong, Ruby Sparks | 2 Comments

This past Monday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the short list of 15 finalists for nominations in the best Feature Documentary category. The Feature Documentary award is frequently the cause of heated debate and controversy as the sheer amount of possible nominees ensures that hard hitting critic favorites will be left off.
The final 15 are: (more…)
December 8, 2012 | Categories: Documentary, Editorials, Lists | Tags: 5 Broken Cameras, Academy Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, Bully, Chasing Ice, Detropia, Ethel, How to Survive a Plague, Marley, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Ping Pong, Searching for Sugar Man, Tchoupitoulas, The Central Park Five, The Gatekeepers, The House I Live In, The Imposter, The Invisible War, The Queen of Versailles, The Waiting Room, This Is Not a Film, West of Memphis | 1 Comment