1933
Drake2020-10-01T13:09:57+00:00best film: King Kong. It is a weaker year at the top- I’ll get to it in the overrated section but there is no masterpiece in 1933. Still, King Kong is not a film to
The Scar – 1976 Kieslowski
Drake2020-09-30T18:28:11+00:00The feature debut for the great Krzysztof Kieslowski at age 35. He had made a ton of documentaries prior and this is certainly made with that background in mind- realism It is a study of
Felicia’s Journey – 1999 Egoyan
Drake2020-09-25T13:34:24+00:00It is a disappointment coming off of Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter from Egoyan (and gets lost a bit in 1999’s incredible year)-- but certainly much stronger than the average film made by anyone else
The Social Network – 2010 Fincher
Drake2020-09-24T19:12:35+00:00It’s a film that may combine the best work of both David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin Hard to top Travers: “The Social Network lights up a dim movie sky with flares of startling brilliance. Director
7th Heaven – 1927 Borzage
Drake2020-09-23T19:32:45+00:00One of the great romance dramas of the silent era- Frank Borzage’s 7th Heaven is indeed moving—but also features several stunning cinematic highpoints Opens on the streets of Paris just before the breakout of World
Young Ahmed – 2019 Dardenne
Drake2020-09-22T13:46:23+00:00It is a B-side, lesser work in the decade-spanning career of major auteurs – the Dardenne brothers The brothers are social realists—THE social realists of the last 20-30 years – a stripped down style, handheld
Timbuktu – 2014 Sissako
Drake2020-09-21T14:16:39+00:00It is really a film about an occupation of a town– that’s Sissako’s message. In a way it isn’t much different from Shane or Rio Bravo (or say German films made during the occupation like
The Sweet Hereafter – 1997 Egoyan
Drake2020-09-21T13:46:06+00:00An emphatic follow-up to 1994’s Exotica—Egoyan proves himself to one of cinema’s finest directors during this stretch of time in the mid-1990’s—compiling now twin achievements of pain and loss Like Exotica, this starts with a