Ken Bakely’s Top 10 Films of 2020
As we press forward with our 2020 wrap-up we have Ken‘s top 10 movies of the year. If you haven’t checked out this week’s podcast with Ken be sure to give it a listen and click
As we press forward with our 2020 wrap-up we have Ken‘s top 10 movies of the year. If you haven’t checked out this week’s podcast with Ken be sure to give it a listen and click
Mortal exercises commendable ambition in its plot but is ultimately let down by a flat, dour execution; there’s something caught between its potential and its delivery, as if there’s some communication that’s been lost in the stages between the script and the
You Don’t Nomi is a fascinating, if scattershot, examination of the legacy of SHOWGIRLS.
The shortened awards season this year has caused yet more confusion on the always-befuddling road to the Oscars. The chaos of having all of the major guilds and groups vote in such tight, overlapping timeframes has led to much debate on
Continuing with our 2019 list extravaganza, here’s Ken’s top ten movies of 2019. For more thoughts from Ken, be sure to give our year-end podcast a listen here or on your preferred podcast service. To check out everyone’s amazing 2019 lists,
The Blu-ray for THE CIRCUS by Criterion is a stellar, detailed release of Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 film.
You can see the movie that Corporate Animals wants to be, as there are instances when its wild mixture of satirizing capitalism, horror comedy and peculiar banter create some moments that succeed in being uniquely funny.
The Criterion edition of Funny Games restores, and adds more context to, a still-polarizing film.
Wild Nights with Emily poses fascinating questions on how popular understandings in history are formed and often manipulated.
In my introduction to last year’s Oscar predictions, I refer to the 2017–18 awards season as “one of the most tumultuous” in recent memory, a superlative that would almost seem too weak when discussing the events of this year. Each
The Criterion edition of 24 Frames is a fittingly superb tribute to a great artist.
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is formally and aesthetically fascinating, even when its script feels a little incomplete.
Continuing our 2018 wrap-up spectacular is Ken Bakely‘s top 10 films of 2018.
Though the movie is capable, it’s missing the extra push to keep it away from using to the familiar tropes it wants to avoid.
Shebanow’s driving energy is always apparent although sometimes it’s left, frustratingly, just out of reach.