Harmony Korine has never been one of my favorite filmmakers, but I absolutely love "Spring Breakers". I was always interested in why spring break was displayed the way it commonly is in film: with hilarity,...
Despite the claims of many, "12 Years a Slave" is not just a History lecture-- it is a powerful portrayal of the subjugation of the human spirit. Without mincing any words, the film is a masterfully acted,...
This small-scale, unassuming tale of an NYC folk musician in the early 60s is, for my money, one of the Coen brothers’ very best films ever. The Coens have done a lot of different kinds of films over...
A very hard choice, but, for my money, Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Theodore in the melancholic Sci-fi flick "Her" is the best acting performance of the year. It is really shame, for this is the second...
With his role as Edwin Epps in "12 Years a Slave," Michael Fassbender gives a ferocious, outsized yet highly believable performance as a Nietzschean superman of the bayous, from whom money, power, lust...
There have been few films that have actively prevented me from breathing the way "Gravity" did, and that is all thanks to cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki.
Honorable mentions: Roger A. Deakins for "Prisoners",...
