Tag: X:Men: First Class

• Favorite Films of 2011

  I saw a number of fine films in 2011. Here, I talk about the great ones and what I thank them for. Beginners, for Christopher Plummer’s exuberance as a recently-out elderly gay man; for Ewan McGregor’s hopeful melancholia as his perpetual bachelor son, and for this exchange between them: “HAL: Well, let’s say that since […]

  January 8, 2012

  Film, Review

  Attack the Block, Beginners, Marcy May Martha Marlene, Meek’s Cutoff, Midnight in Paris, The Artist, The Muppets, The Tree of Life, Warrior, Win Win, X:Men: First Class