Two Months of Consumption: Why We Need Daredevils and the Problem with Pixar
Movies I’ve watched 18 movies in 62 days. If it was up to me, I’d be watching a movie a night, but two a week is not bad for a house...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Jan 18
Must Great Be Bleak?
Every ten years, the British Film Institute (BFI) revises its list of the greatest 100 movies ever. A month ago, the BFI published its...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jan 7
My favorite films, books, and shows - 2022
Movies The White Ribbon (Germany, 2009) - Director Michael Haneke may be making the case that Germany’s descent into 20th Century...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 28, 2022
What I’ve consumed: November ’22
Movies I have a highbrow list of movies to watch almost five hundred movies long. In the last month or two I’ve consumed — with the help...
Ken Ilgunas
- May 2, 2021
Movie Review: Nomadland
When I saw The Rider (2017) by Chloe Zhao (now 39), I was amazed that a young Chinese person (with less than 20 years of experience in...
Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 29, 2020
Best Films I watched in 2020
I'm doing a better job cataloging the media I consume, so I have a better idea of all the films I watch from year to year. Here are my...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 8, 2020
"The Good Lord Bird" TV Review
I give the first episode of Showtime's The Good Lord Bird a C+. I've been patiently waiting for fifteen years for a John Brown...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jan 8, 2020
Movie Reviews: "The Two Popes" and "Thunder Road"
During the first 45 minutes of The Two Popes, I thought I was watching a classic-to-be. That should have been the whole movie: two great...
Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 21, 2019
Movie Review: "Marriage Story"
Is there a psychological term for when critics band together to fawn over perfectly forgettable and mediocre movies? Delusional...
Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 1, 2019
Movie Review: "The Irishman"
I’m okay calling The Irishman a good movie. I won’t roll my eyes if it gets an Oscar nomination. I’m just not sure why the filmmakers...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 15, 2019
Who has less taste: us or the cineplex?
[T]he fact is that the screens in most multiplexes are crowded with franchise pictures. And if you’re going to tell me that it’s simply a...
Ken Ilgunas
- Sep 3, 2019
Movie reviews from this week
I had a nice 5-for-5 movie binge this week. Rapid-fire reviews…. American Factory (available on Netflix) is a documentary that juxtaposes...
Ken Ilgunas
- May 6, 2019
Game of Thrones Reviews
My pal David and I have now done reviews for each episode of the final Game of Thrones season. (We're done with four of six.) Here they...
Ken Ilgunas
- Apr 12, 2019
Game of Thrones preview (and reviews)
With friend and fellow blogger David Dalton, I'll be, for the next couple of months, co-writing blog posts at the Into the Woods blog to...
Ken Ilgunas
- Apr 8, 2019
"Us" is not a good movie
[I watch a lot of movies, and I dislike many of them, but I only feel provoked to publicly review them when reviewers seem to have their...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jan 13, 2019
What I'm Consuming #4
Listening Joe Rogan Podcast with Jonathan Haidt - Here's a good talk on giving kids the freedom to roam in their neighborhoods, make...
Ken Ilgunas
- Aug 23, 2018
What I’m consuming #3
Listening The Wilderness – Jon Favreau the former speechwriter for President Obama, gives a history of the Democratic party, a diagnosis...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jul 19, 2018
What I’m consuming #2
Listening Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin? Seasons 1 & 2 – This podcast is full of good, practical relationship advice. (One helpful...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jul 2, 2018
What I’m consuming #1
If I can find the self-discipline, I’m hoping this will become a regular blog series that’ll give me a place to record, reflect on, and...
Ken Ilgunas
- Mar 11, 2018
Movie Review: “The Post”
The story of the Pentagon Papers is important and timely, but, as with many of Spielberg’s films of the last twenty years, I sense that...
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