Director: Terence Young
Year of Release: 1962
Should you watch it? Of course. It is the first James Bond.
Author: Michael Thomas
Ranking the Deadpool Films
For the first two entries in the series, I am going to track what Matt Waters and I wrote about the films over the year.
Other previous X-Men Articles:
Top 10 Performances in the X-Men Films
5 Takeaways from Re-Watching X-Men [2000]
8 Takeaways from the “The X-Men Adventure” in Spider-man and his Amazing Friends
7 Takeaways from the Juggernaut Episode of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
11 Takeaways from the Pryde of the X-Men Pilot
7 Takeaways from The New Mutants
Top 7 Villainous Sidekicks in the X-Men Cinematic Universe
Ranking the Wolverine Films
With a new Wolverine film (a team-up with Deadpool) unexpectedly coming out, it seemed time to properly organize a Wolverine film rankings list. We are going to do something a little different with this list. We are going to include the various write-ups we have written over the years for these films when ranking X-Men films AND include new write-ups. We will update the list as needed
Other previous X-Men Articles:
Top 10 Performances in the X-Men Films
5 Takeaways from Re-Watching X-Men [2000]
8 Takeaways from the “The X-Men Adventure” in Spider-man and his Amazing Friends
7 Takeaways from the Juggernaut Episode of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
11 Takeaways from the Pryde of the X-Men Pilot
7 Takeaways from The New Mutants
Top 7 Villainous Sidekicks in the X-Men Cinematic Universe
Review: Behind Every Good Man [1967]
Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Mark Gardner recently published their book, Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema. First of all, it is a fantastic book and you should buy it. Secondly, one of the films that they discussed that stood out to me the most was Nikolai Ursin’s Behind Every Good Man.
Maclay and Gardner explain in their book: “Ursin…shot a hybrid of documentary and scripted fiction to depict the everyday life of a trans woman…[the film] is a stunning eight-minute document focusing on a trans woman of color that, in 2022, was added to the National Film Registry in the United States.”
Reading that, I could not help but feel like this was a truly historic text that needed to be watched as soon as possible. Thankfully, Maclay and Gardner also explained that the film had recently be restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, so it was rather easy to find the film and watch it myself. Continue reading Review: Behind Every Good Man [1967]
Ranking the Federico Fellini Films
Films to Still Watch; Fellini’s Casanova, Orchestra Rehearsal, City of Women, Ginger and Fred, The Voice of the Moon
Federico Fellini is one of the most iconic filmmakers of all time. I was introduced to 8 1/2 in my teenage years but it took me two decades to finally go and dig deep into his work. He clearly deserves his reputation for many reasons. He is though a classic example of an artist that struggles with writing anything but what he knows most dearly. That is not really a knock but worth noting. Here is how I have his films ranked so far in my exploration.
Ranking the Agnès Varda Films
Agnès Varda was one of the great artists of the last 100 years. Her natural and practiced curiosity allowed her to make interesting films right up until the end of her life – a time when the vast majority of artists seem unable to keep the fire alive.
Agnès Varda Articles on The Reel World
Ranking the Agnès Varda Films
Thoughts on the Agnès Varda Documentaries and Short Films
Thoughts on the Agnès Varda Documentaries and Short Films
Agnès Varda made dozens of short films and documentaries in addition to her celebrated feature-length fiction films. These are my thoughts on them.
Agnès Varda Articles on The Reel World
Ranking the Agnès Varda Films
Thoughts on the Agnès Varda Documentaries and Short Films
Continue reading Thoughts on the Agnès Varda Documentaries and Short Films
Ranking The Chronicles of Riddick Films
The Riddick franchise released 3.5 films for fourteen years and supposedly still has a plan to release one more. It is the ugly step-child in the family of Vin Diesel franchises. It is no less interesting as a Vin vehicle though and worth examining in full.
Ranking the Sergio Leone Films
Still Need to Watch: The Colossus of Rhodes
Sergio Leone is one of those filmmaking legends that for some reason feels larger than life. He popularized the spaghetti western. He is as responsible for the onscreen persona of Clint Eastwood as anyone. He made some of the most iconic films in the history of cinema. Thankfully, he was also very fucking good at making movies.
“You see in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns and those who dig.”
Ranking the Mad Max Films
The Mad Max series of films is fascinating for so many reasons, The reason I care about the most though is how it represents the vision and growth of George Miller, one of the true modern geniuses of cinema.
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