soul food movies

Compiled from 184 lists

THE GODFATHER has been restored under the supervision of director Martin Scorsese, and it's showing at the VanCity through January 4. I...

An almost Shakespearean tragedy, THE GODFATHER documents the loss of a man's soul against the backdrop of religion, with a climax that m...

I've combined the Movie City News tabulation of year-end critic lists (Dec 25 version) with the indieWIRE Critics' Poll to come up...

For comparison, another tally of critic Top Ten lists. This list tilted in a less commercial direction, consisting of film writers invited b...

Here are the top 50 from the latest Movie City News chart , compiling Top Ten lists from 125 film critics and groups. In total, 193 films ar...

There's a new Movie City News chart. Looks like they got my email (one among the millions pointing out the error, I'm sure): SYNECDO...

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946, USA, Frank Capra, screenplay with Frances Goodrich / Albert Hacket / Jo Swerling / Dorothy Parker / Dalton...

The charts are up at last, the Movie City News compilation of critic top ten lists. They'll keep updating it every few days until early...

HELLRAISER: INFERNO (2000, USA, Scott Derrickson, screenplay with Paul Harris Boardman) This is the life you chose, Joseph. All the people y...

"Sheer discomfort may play an unacknowledged role in recent resistance to the celebration of Ingmar Bergman as a great director. For th...

"Throughout her career, the Polish-born director Agnieszka Holland, who went to film school in Prague, has taken on the turbulent issue...

If you're looking for some real consensus about the films of 2008, it's far too early. Late December / mid-January will see the Movi...

"From director Tatia Rosenthal,  $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature  which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning o...

It has begun. The year-end movie lists are upon us. Presaging that wonderful time of year when the whole city turns into one big Film Festiv...

Heard this from my pal Mike Mason: "I just learned that ACT V (the "This Americal Life" Hamlet/prison piece) is being made in...

They're as old as we are!  (Just a little older, actually. Pacific Theatre is in it's 25th season, but our actual birthday will be n...

PARABLE (1964, USA, Rolf Forsberg) Commissioned by the New York City Protestant Council of Churches for their 1964 World's Fair pavilion...

STALKED (1968, USA, Rolf Forsberg) Flesh. In motion. Flesh. Illogical. Unpredictable. To me, a vastness of fools. Fools to be exploited, not...

ANTKEEPER (1966, USA, Rolf Forsberg) His wife helped found Second City, Rolf made distinctly weird short films for the Lutherans. Here a gar...