Picking the best of a decade is, let’s face it, mostly an impossible task. This is made all the more ridiculous when choosing among all genres. So to make it somehwat manageable, I’ve decided to break it up in to … Continue reading Top Twenty Foreign Language Films of the Decade (2010-19)
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” Directed by Stefano Sollima Denis Villeneuve’s initial offering in what is now, most definitely, a series, “Sicario,” was not at all the kind of film that lent itself to a sequel. If anything, it came … Continue reading “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”
“Blade Runner 2049” Directed by Denis Villeneuve Extremely pretty to look at, inventive in it’s restructuring of a now 35-year-old, iconic film, and, like “Dunkirk”, more of an experience than a film, Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” has a lot … Continue reading “Blade Runner 2049”
“Arrival” Directed by Denis Villeneuve “Arrival”. Hmm… so… okay… imagine if Terence Malick (in his “Tree of Life” phase) had made “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” but WITH Denis Villeneuve’s attention to tension. This should give you a decent … Continue reading “Arrival”
“Sicario” Directed by Denis Villeneuve I refused to review the second season of “True Detective” because I found the entire season to be an exercise in tedium (and because many others were crushing it with perfect prose). The show was … Continue reading “Sicario”
