Looking at Film Ideologically

I have two new articles for David Horowitz's Front Page magazine. I review Alan Ball's "Towelhead" here and look at the film's ideological content. I also did an overview of the political themes in Clint Eastwood's films here and discuss this mode of film criticism on my blog here.

David's "Coraline" and "Slumdog Millionaire" reviews

Coraline here and Slumdog here.

David's "Frost/Nixon" review

Here.

Thoughts on Oscar Nominations?

So today, the Academy Award nominations were announced. What are your thoughts? Any nominations you agree or disagree with? What about nominations that should have been made?

David's review of "Gran Torino"

Here.

Anthony Reviews "Milk" and "Gran Torino"

I have seen and reviewed the Sean Penn movie Milk and the Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino. Both are good, though I like the latter a little more.

David's look at the politics of director Steven Soderbergh

My newest Front Page piece, focusing on political themes in the films of Steven Soderbergh.

David's review of "The Unborn"

Not a film I cared for all that much.

AFI's Movies of the Year for 2008

One of the annual film awards I like to check out is the American Film Institute's selection of the 10 best movies of the year. I guess I like it because it's an alternative to the Oscars and Golden Globes.

Anyway, these are their selections (in alphabetical order):

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy

Your thoughts on this list? Disagree with the inclusions? Any titles that should have been in this list? :-)

David's review of "Doubt"

One of my favorite films of the year.