Take one last look at 2012: A year the studios remembered how to make great pictures.
Episode 75 – 2012 in Review
Talkin’ 2012 at the Movies with guests Courtney Small from Big Thoughts, along with Dionne Dornford Small and Lindsay Ragone. Together we close out the year by naming off our top five films.
Hey Man, Nice Shot – 2012 Edition
Sometimes, I think much of what a film wants to say can be embodied in a single image. Other times, I think random individual shots stick in our brain for reasons all our own. Both of these ideas got me starting a little tradition here on The Matinee: a tradition of a post dedicated to…
DJANGO UNCHAINED
Tarantino returns with another piece of revisionist history. Can lightning strike in the same place twice?
Everybody’s Talkin’ 12 – 28 (Year-End Chatter from Other Bloggers)
As we prepare to turn the page on 2012, everyone is summarizing what they saw with a list.
Elsewhere: “It’s a Highbrow Film Snob Christmas!” on The Film Jive Podcast
Hope you haven’t taken down the lights, or put away the decorations just yet. The Film Jive gang and I have a bit more Christmas talk to do.
Blindsided by LA DOLCE VITA
We travel to Italy to close out the 2012 Blindspot List, where a cnematic master gives us a taste of the good life.