FURMAN ON FILM

A YEAR OF CINEMATIC SURPRISES At the start of this past year, you could have been forgiven for assuming we were in for a down year. The...

THE YEAR OF THE FOUR-ISH STAR FILM It's a frequent debate that my best film buds and I engage in all too regularly these days. It always...

A TOY DOLL, A DESTROYER OF WORLDS, AND THE WHO'S WHO OF AUTEUR RELEASES IN 2023 There is a popular gif circulating around the interwebs...

SKIMMING THE FAT AND THE ART OF SELF-PROMOTION If you've been following along these best of lists for a year or so (or even, gasp, all...

HAUNTED HOUSES, DEMONIC POSSESSION, VAMPS, WOLVES, FOUND FOOTAGE, AND MASKED KILLERS - A 60+ YEAR LEGACY OF TERROR ON CELLULOID...

MOVIES ARE DEAD!!! This echoes (sorta) the refrain of an oft sickly 19th century German philosopher regarding the nature of divinity. But...

Greetings Cinephiles! What a year for film! No, really. I mean it. WHAT A YEAR FOR CINEMA! Still not buying it? Need further convincing?...

Greetings fellow motion picture lovers! Well, looking back today I realized that this is actually the 6th year of me blasting these lists...

“Oh no, he’s not at it again, is he??? We didn’t even like the last four lists. Do we have to sit through another one?” Oh yes, my...

Oh my goodness, it’s late February again! This could only mean one thing. My Seasonal Affective Disorder has reached its full bloom?...

Hello hello, good people! It’s that time again. Oscar weekend, red carpets, fashion police, stodgy old Academy members, annoyingly...

Year number two! *My Top 11 Films or so of 2014 (in some particular order): #1 Boyhood Let me just be clear at the outset here: I wanted...

“I have a voice too.” This is the thought that occurred to me when I began working on this list awhile ago. For years, I had been...