Tag: best of

• Revisiting my top films of 2008

  Ten years ago I ranked my top 10 films of 2008. (I also started filmlogging.) Since last year’s revisit of my top films of 2007 was so fun, I thought I’d make this an annual tradition. Here’s my original 2008 list: WALL-E Happy-Go-Lucky Man on Wire In Bruges Rachel Getting Married Shotgun Stories The Dark…

  September 10, 2018

  Film

  best of, film, lists

• Favorite Books of 2017

  Goodreads tells me I read one less book this year than last. Though always tempted to read ever more and more, I’ve become less concerned about hitting arbitrary reading quotas, so I’m able to better enjoy the books I do read. Here are the 2017 books I enjoyed the most, with links to reviews I…

  January 4, 2018

  Books

  best of, dictionary, Goodreads, Kory Stamper, lists, Merriam-Webster, reading

• #SheToo: Favorite Films of 2017

  The overarching theme of the year in film, to me, was Wonder Women. Not only was the Wonder Woman film good, but in a year when badly behaving men dominated the news, I’m grateful there were so many richly drawn female protagonists who ran the gamut of strong, vulnerable, funny, and complicated, and who made…

  January 3, 2018

  Film

  A Ghost Story, best of, California Typewriter, Coco, Columbus, Dunkirk, Get Out, MeToo, Obit, OscarsSoWhite, The Florida Project, The Lego Batman Movie, TimesUp, Wonder Woman