The Best Horror Films of 2023
The horror genre continues to impress in terms of quality and financial performance at the box office. In 2023, fans of the dark and twisted savored many high-concept original pictures, [...]
2013 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2013
At the end of 2013, an old friend said 2013 was a year that reflected our cultural crossroads. It was exactly a year after President Obama won re-election that the [...]
2008 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2008
It was an election year with a terrible recession. After eight years of the Bush Administration, the public grew very tired of cronyism, corruption, and war. Reflecting back, we had [...]
Fall Movie Preview 2023
by Robert Joseph Butler and Bart Woinski Summer 2023 was quite an unusual summer movie season. As SAG joined the WGA for the strike, we saw so many films underperform [...]
The Best Films of 2023 so far…
With half of the year already gone, it's now becoming standard for many publications and film buffs to share their choices midway through the year. It opens the gates for [...]
1998 Retrospective: The Best Films of 1998
Even in 1998, people were claiming cinema was dying. As I recall, I was told this as I had a VHS copy of The Big Lebowski in my hand, and [...]
1993 Retrospective: The Best Films of 1993
1993 was a remarkable year, a year where Schindler's List dominated the conversation and held a critical consensus of being the film of the year that went on to win [...]
5th Annual Defacto Film Awards
To celebrate Oscar weekend, we are pleased to announce the 5thAnnual Defacto Film Awards. This year, we did things a lot more democratically as opposed to doing separate ballots in [...]
95th Annual Academy Award Predictions
Oscar Predictions 2023 Oscar night quickly approaches, taking place this Sunday, March 12. The ceremony will be hosted for the third time by the affable Jimmy Kimmel. Following a [...]
2003 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2003
It's now been twenty years since what I consider the golden year of 21st century filmmaking. While there have been many great years so far this century with 2001, 2002, [...]