Film

A Look Back at Our AotYs and MotYs: 1963-2012

by Greg W. Locke January 2, 2013

To follow up the big year-end bash we had a couple of weeks ago, we have compiled a list of our Albums of the Year and Movies of the Year for the past 50 years, making for a list of 100 essential works we hope you’ve seen/heard. And, if you haven’t seen/heard them all, we, [...]

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The 100 Best Films of 2012

by Greg W. Locke December 21, 2012

As usual, there are a number of films I’ve not yet seen this year. In fact, I’ve yet to see many of the year’s biggest American critical darlings. That said, I have seen 126 of 2012′s films, and I liked quite a few of them. Seventy-three, to be exact. Not a bad year. Of those [...]

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Top 10 TV Series of 2012

by Greg W. Locke December 20, 2012

I watched as much television in 2012 as ever. (Disclaimer: I also slept fewer hours than ever before.) It feels as if most of the great shows are slumping a bit and the bulk of new shows hitting the digital airwaves are, well … kinda mediocre. Or just lousy. Or flawed. Or over-produced. Or device-heavy [...]

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The 10 Worst Films of 2012

by Greg W. Locke December 18, 2012

I’m a firm believer that cinephiles, filmmakers and anyone generally interested in filmmaking should watch bad movies from time to time. Maybe even lots of ‘em. Me, I watch all kinds of movies. Bad ones, good ones and everything in between. Truth be told, I think that most movies are good. Knowing what I do [...]

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ScreenTime No. 167 :: 2012′s Forgotten Films

by Greg W. Locke December 12, 2012

As the movie year heats up with with the release of many of the most anticipated awards season films, we thought we’d take a week to plug a few of the lesser known movies from 2012. You’ll find 10 of those picks below. Be sure to check back next week for our annual year-end list [...]

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Our Favorite Film Stuff of 2012 (So Far)

by Greg W. Locke October 31, 2012

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Fifteen Little-Known Facts About Director Terrence Malick

by Greg W. Locke August 11, 2012

While putting together a recent story about Terrence Malick, we discovered quite a few little-known facts about the man, the myth, the legend behind such classics as Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World and The Tree of Life. Add those new facts to the ones we already knew and, BOOM, [...]

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Director Samuel Fuller’s 10 Favorite Films

by Greg W. Locke July 20, 2012

American auteur Samuel Fuller (1912-97), known mostly for the films The Big Red One, Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss and Pickup on South Street, was one of the great American Renaissance Men of his time. After spending years as a World War II infantryman, Fuller went on to be a pulp novelist, a screenwriter, a [...]

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ScreenTime No. 146 :: Criterion’s Finer Plugs

by Greg W. Locke July 19, 2012

In last week’s ScreenTime column I teased the future, promising to write about Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, out everywhere this weekend. I had planned to talk about the incredible cast; how I consider The Dark Knight to be one of the only recent films I’d call an all-time [...]

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