By the time you're reading this, there's a strong chance I'll already want to adjust my year-end list, but I'm confident of at least four truly exception...
Perhaps one of the best pleasures to be had in doing any "best of the year" list -- regardless of the medium -- is getting the opportunity to pore over just h...
Top 10 lists from critics groups usually have a tendency to eliminate oddities and mellow out the field. But when you have personal selections, like many of m...
With each passing year, I lose less and less sleep over new releases. As of this writing on Dec. 30, I have logged 447 films on Letterboxd in 2014; the number...
God, I hate this. Listing my 10 favorite films of any year turns into a kind of swirling existential nightmare faster than returning to my old high-school tow...
The one thing I'll state about the year overall: I found it notable that, despite being in the "digital" era, over half of my list was shot on 35mm or 16mm. W...
On average, moviegoers paid $8.12 to see a film in 2014. Those of us living in major cities, however, have grown accustomed to handing over $12.50 or mor...
In order to make the rote activity of yearly list-making more interesting, there seems to be some need to frame it around a greater narrative. Take your pick:...
After singling out the great breakthrough performances of the year, it's time to turn our eyes to the ensembles. Whether it's a small supporting role or the l...
"A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist - moving an audience through a movie ... making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark." - Gordon Willis....
