Back in November (or was it October?), when I saw the first “Best of the Decade” list online, it came as kind of a shock. The first decade of the new century? Over already? Do I really have to organize my thoughts about films of the new century in a decade-sized bundle so quickly? (More…)

While it’s traditional for critics to assemble lists of the best and worst films of the year, for some reason, I’m a lot more worked up about my list of the worst films. Maybe it’s because there are so many of them that represent everything that’s wrong with movies today.

But let’s start with my list of the 10 best films of 2009: (More…)