A personal fave rave from 1996. Just a killer soundtrack across the board (why aren't the Kristin Vigard tracks readily available?), and some great performances.
20 March 2024
The 2023 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll.
The latest incarnation of the annual Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll, where we survey a bunch of film freaks, critics, and production folk to talk about the year in cinema.
The Best Films and Performances of 2023.
I do love my superlatives. This is the big one (from my perspective).
The Best Physical Media of 2023.
My first piece of 2023 superlatives, herein focused on physical media.
Films discussed include: Dr. Caligari, Flowers of Shanghai, Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby, Georgia, Goodbye Dragon Inn, Invaders from Mars, Irreversible, Messiah of Evil, Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle, The Others, The Outwaters, Please Baby Please, Robot Monster 3D, The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle, The Servant, Showgirls
At the movies: Aquaman 2
Another day, another Aquaman. Which I kinda dug. Needed more of the ladies, and I missed the drum-playing octopus. But this one has a new octopus who is a delight.
At the movies: Napoleon.
Ridley Scott is at it again, and the results are messy but reliable, and Vanessa Kirby is EVERYTHING.




