Category: Film & TV

The Top 10 Movies for 2022

In most years, the problem with assembling a Top 10 list is in finding enough titles that I would deem to be excellent. In 2022, the exact opposite problem arrived: I had to cut an additional 10 or so superb features. In my line of work, that’s a good problem to have. ‘Corsicana’ With a…


Michael Clark’s Top 10 Movies of 2022

In most years, the problem with assembling a Top 10 list is in finding enough titles that I would deem to be excellent. In 2022, the exact opposite problem arrived: I had to cut an additional 10 or so superb features. In my line of work, that’s a good problem to have. ‘Corsicana’ With a…


Christmas Oratorio

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio …


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for Dec. 22–Jan. 5

This week, we feature a peppy animated adventure about a fearless feline and a charming coming-of-age tale about a child of deaf parents. New Release ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ In this action-packed, animated adventure (under the Shrek franchise’s umbrella), we follow the titular-hero Puss on his latest daring enterprise. Puss’s previous perilous escapades…


The Plague Dogs (1982)

Two dogs escape from a British government research lab. As the authorities hunt down the canine fugitives, the two dogs search for their original master and for a place where they’ll be free from the iniquities and cruelties of mankind. Credit: Public Domain Movies …


The Bill Collector

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. While working at a bill collection agency in Norfolk, Virginia, an old debt of his own suddenly comes due when Frankie Gutierrez, an L.A. loan shark, shows up at his door. With less than three…


The Accident

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. A broken-spirited Charlie meets someone who changes his view on life. Destiny keeps telling him this love won’t work and that it’s too much of a gamble. …


Film Review: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’: Mostly Outstanding

PG-13 | 3h 12m | Fantasy, Action, Adventure | December 16, 2022 The biggest cinematic mistake I made this year was getting impatient, and watching “Avatar: The Way of Water” in 2D. Do not do this! I need to watch it again, in its natural habitat of 3D and IMAX. And if I feel compelled to see a…


Rouff

Three-legged dog sketch Rouff is sad and lonely. To escape his loneliness, he folds a new friend, Pete, from the paper he is drawn on. This film is available globally except in Russia and Belarus. …


Profiles in History: Lee Mendelson: The Man Behind ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’

Lee Mendelson (1933–2019) was the man behind the scenes. He preferred it that way. The Californian had run into success as a local documentarian, winning a Peabody Award and producing a documentary on Willie Mays. Soon he decided to shoot a documentary on another California legend: Charles Schulz. In just six months “A Charlie Brown…