Criticism in the Year 2014

Before 2015, I want to highlight some online film criticism that left an impression on me in 2014.  Again and again, I find myself thinking about or reading these pieces because of the prose and the ideas expressed in them.  This is writing that more people should read and more people should write.  So, I would like to share it.  Hopefully, they are as meaningful to you as they are to me.  

Favorite (U.S. released) Films of 2014 (Part 2)

Heli

10. Gebo and the Shadow (Manoel de Oliveira, 2012)

9. Maidan (Sergei Loznitsa, 2014)

8. Jealousy (Philippe Garrel, 2013)

7. Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013)

6. Heli (Amat Escalante, 2013)

5. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)

4. Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, 2013)

3. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)

2. Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)

1. The Immigrant (James Gray, 2013)

Favorite (U.S. released) Films of 2014 (Part 1)

Daredevils

20. American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, 2014)

19. It Felt Like Love (Eliza Hittman, 2013)

18. National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman, 2014)

17. Daredevils (Stephanie Barber, 2013)

16. Listen Up Philip (Alex Ross Perry, 2014)

15. Soft in the Head (Nathan Silver, 2013)

14. Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014)

13. Story of My Death (Albert Serra, 2013)

12. The Strange Little Cat (Ramon Zürcher, 2013)

11. What Now? Remind Me (Joaquim Pinto, 2013)

Scary Movies 8

On Film Comment's blog, I wrote about some of the highlights in the Film Society's annual horror series, "Scary Movies."