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Top 20 Films (And The Bottom 6) Of 2010
FilmBuff Online contributing writer Michael McGonigle is the film lecturer for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His best and worst films of 2010 may surprise you. [click for more]
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Film Reviews
Review: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
This is a documentary film where the less you know about it beforehand, the better. Directed by the mysterious street artist Banksy, the ostensible story follows a French immigrant to Los Angeles named Thierry Guetta [click for more]
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The 2010 Academy Awards: Michael’s Picks
The Oscar Nominations for the Best Achievements in Cinema for 2009 are a real mixed bag. Consider the many differences between just two of the films with multiple nominations; James Cameron’s technically spectacular film Avatar [click for more]
Features
Worst Of 2009: A Baker’s Dozen
I admit to pangs of guilt whenever I publish my list of least favorite films. Having written and directed films myself, I know the hardships filmmakers face. Anyone who can get any film made has [click for more]
Features
Best Of 2009: A Baker’s Dozen
As we charge into the new year, we’ll be taking a few moments over the next several days to look back at the past year and decade in films. First up is Michael McGonigle’s Best [click for more]
Film Reviews
Review: INVICTUS
False Tension, Bland Drama, Banal Inspiration And The Unforgivable Transformation Of Nelson Mandela Into A Yoda-like Character Mouthing Embarrassing Platitudes I recently celebrated a milestone birthday. As I reflected upon the day, I thought about [click for more]
Film Reviews
Review: THE ROAD
I was looking forward to seeing The Road. I have not read the book by Cormac McCarthy, but then, I have never read The Wizard Of Oz, Gone With The Wind or Twilight and that [click for more]
Film Reviews
Review: (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
This is a thoroughly delightful romantic comedy that is actually romantic and above all funny. Joseph Gordon Levitt is just getting better with each passing year. If this film does not mark some kind of [click for more]
Film Reviews
BRUNO Reconsidered: It’s Not About Homophobia
“You never looked it up? It never occurred to you?”, snipped an exasperated Ann Coulter to Chris Matthews during a 2003 TV interview as reported in the magazine The Nation. What Matthews had supposedly failed [click for more]
Film Reviews
Second Look Review: KNOWING
When Alex Proyas’ latest film, Knowing, was released this past March, it did not fare well with either critics or at the box office. With the film being released on DVD and Blu-Ray today, Michael [click for more]