Author: Jonathan Eig
Review: La fille inconnue (The Unknown Girl)
You know that old saying “Lesser Dardennes is still better than most anything else?” OK, it’s not an old saying because I just made it up. But it should be. Because with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes, movies that fall several notches down on their list of achievements are significantly better than the vast bulk of…
Movie Review: Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
About ten years back, I went to a play at one of my local rep theatres. If I remember right, it was an American premiere, but I suppose that doesn’t really figure into the story. The next day, I was inspired to send a $100 contribution to the theatre, with the accompanying note. “I saw…
The best and worst movies featuring seasons in their title
The theory was sound. And then I came to February. I once had a dream. A trilogy of blogs. The first would feature movies with numbers in their titles. The second – a movie for each day of the week. And finally, one with each month of the year in its name. I wrote the…
Days of the Week: From Saturday Night Fever to His Girl Friday
Sunday, Monday, Movie Days Tuesday, Wednesday, Movie Days Thursday, Friday, Movie Days Saturday, what a day Writing this blog for you…. I know a good thing when I see one. So when my blog on numbers in movie titles scored double digit comments (11, to be exact, about half of them from me), I knew…
The 25 greatest films of the 21st Century… Thus Far
Blame Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott. They drew first blood. A couple of weeks back, the NY Times critics published an essay called “The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century…So Far.” It was a pretty good list, but cineastes and film fans that despise the word “cineaste” the world over began compiling their own,…