A best list for 2024 in no order, with notes on “important” movies.

A Japanese film from 2002 about the internet so prescient, it’s still relevant

Why the "how" is more important than the "what" when it comes to the "end of the world".

Notes on a gorgeous and humbling Irish anti-biopic from 2017

Titles 3 -10 on my Best Of The Year list for 2023

Some words about criticism and assessment, and the first two of my 10 best list for 2023….

A Nietzschean take on a 90’s Sci-Fi action flick that offers a revealing peak into current right-wing fears

a public art piece housed in a Chicago commuter train station teaches us about the enduring power of moving pictures

The final scene in French master Jacques Tati’s twilight feature about performance and spectatorship implores a new generation to discover the joys of Play and Creativity.

My notes on a cross section of releases for 2022

A few thoughts on cinema in other places, the wonderful voodoo of independent theaters and a cinema of pleading its case

The Flickering Knight’s best list for the year - with a cautionary introduction.

A look at the changing nature of representational empowerment.

Just a few examples of the top-down rethinking of Cinema's potential from its most brilliant innovator, who passed away this year at 91.

The difficulty of categorizing the trailblazing Writer/Director/Actor Elaine May, one of the most overlooked figures in American movies.

The ending of John Carpenter's Lovecraftian nightmare tells a rather stinging joke.

A breakdown of what I saw, what I observed, and what it suggests

A new Flickering Knight feature looking at memorable or noteworthy finales kicks off with a Three Stooges short that laughs all the way up to the clouds.

An examination of the increasing overlap between movie thrills and real life violence.

A fresh take on a familiar story and the value of older actors.