Winning an Oscar isn’t only a boon for a director going forward. Just as fresh interest and scrutiny will accompany the filmmaker’s future works, so too will his archive prompt a re-evaluation. This month, Criterion, striking while the iron is hot, released not just the definitive home-video edition of Sean Baker’s 2025 Oscar mega-winner Anora ($27.99 Blu-ray, $20.99 DVD), but … [Read more...]
2017’s Top 10 in film
You would never know it from what the multiplexes were showing in the first 10 months of 2017, but with a November and December delivering a flurry of quality films, this became a top-notch year at the movies. Here are my 10 favorites, with plenty more just barely not making the cut. 1. The Shape of Water – Tapping into the magic realism and political fantasy that fueled his … [Read more...]