Oh, dear God. What can I even eliminate here? Well, Seven (still think of it as an action movie, head-in-box be damned) and Eternal Sunshine (fundamentally sweet, hopeful about love). I’ll also chuck out Breaking …

And we end the prelims on a doozy. So many worthwhile votes! So many multiple-nomination entries!
So, let’s start with the popular contenders. Boys Don’t Cry is almost flawless as a film; I can’t think of …

What is film fiber? It’s the movies I feel it’s necessary to have watched in order to participate in the cultural conversation. Canon, in other words, and whether it’s good or enjoyable isn’t the point. …

So, I started rewatching The X-Files from the beginning — or, really, “watching it,” because during the series’ run, I came in late and only watched casually. It holds up pretty well almost 20 years later, despite …

My esteemed colleague Couch Baron, blowing off The Artist with the combined force and economy of that air-puff glaucoma test you get at the eye doctor, described the film as, among other things, “so up …

Fringe. Weird season so far. I went into last season thinking they’d have trouble making the two-universe storyline work, but they totally did. This season, I had no doubt that they’d make it work, and …

Thanks to the IFC Film Center, I managed to knock off five movies in two hours last night — and pull ahead in the Death Race.
The live-action shorts, in screened order…
Kavi. The credits note that …