Ken Ilgunas
- Jul 26
Mission Impossible kinda sucks, so consume this stuff instead…
Films Daughters of the Dust (1991, USA) This is one of the most surprising movies I’ve ever watched. It's about a group of...
Ken Ilgunas
- Feb 8
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...
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...