Ethan Hawke Leads One of the Best Films of the Year
DIRECTOR: PAUL SCHRADER/2018
In college, I suffered from an acute depression. I’m not sure if tha...
The Best of a Bleak Year
Confession time: I dragged my feet writing my Best Of list this year. The reasons are threefold:
This is one of my favorite ...
Prep for Awards Shows, a Collector's Show, and Oscar Micheaux
A peek behind the curtain: I'm wrapping up the piece the night before I head out on a cross-co...
Star of TV Comedy and Major Director, Dead at 75.
I confess, I’m still getting to know Penny Marshall.
In my defense, I missed her during her career’...
Mary Poppins Returns With a Marvelous, Mystical, Classical Musical
DIRECTED BY ROB MARSHALL/2018
I suspect many others will call Mary Poppins Returns “practi...
You've Already Read This Review Because You've Already Seen Mortal Engines
DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN RIVERS/2018
(Insert attention-grabbing opener here.)
I usu...
It's a Jarmusch-y World; We're Just Living in it.
When someone asks me who some of my favorite directors are, I forget to include Jim Jarmusch. What, I ask, i...
An Amazing Collection of Colossally Movie-Loving Shows
Oh, hey! *Taps microphone* Is this thing still on?
Please pardon the interruption of your regularly s...
Taylor Blake has been hooked on film ever since she saw The Lion King in theaters at age two—initially on every stuffed Simba and Nala she could find, later on any great movie she could find. St. Louis Film Critics Association member. Follow her on Letterboxd.
