Film Thoughts

Welcome to the film-related musings, complaints, and comments of Zack Clopton, an amateur film-critic, scholar, and screenwriter. Featured here are Director's Report Cards, essays, and other reviews. Enjoy!

Saturday, February 17, 2018

OSCARS 2018: I, Tonya (2017)

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A while ago, for reasons now I can't exactly recall, I looked up Tonya Harding on Wikipedia. I was six years old in 1994 when the en...

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

OSCARS 2018: Call Me by Your Name (2017)

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Last year, “Moonlight” pulled off a surprise – in a really very literal sense - win for Best Picture. It was a major win for progressive...

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Director Report Card: Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)

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8. Phantom Thread Just the announcement of a new Paul Thomas Anderson movie is an event. That's the level of anticipation that gree...

Monday, February 12, 2018

OSCARS 2018: Faces Places (2017)

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You'll have to excuse me but I'm not very familiar with the work of filmmaker Agnes Varda . The French New Wave is a major blind ...

Sunday, February 11, 2018

OSCARS 2018: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017)

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One of my favorite things about Oscar season is that it gets me to watch movies I otherwise wouldn't see. The Documentary and Foreign...

Friday, February 9, 2018

OSCARS 2018: Get Out (2017)

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(Around last summer, buzz starting to build that Jordan Peele's "Get Out" might be an Oscar contender . Despite the film bein...

Thursday, February 8, 2018

OSCARS 2018: Darkest Hour (2017)

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So much of Oscar Season is driven by narratives. The critical body makes up their mind about something early in the season and hold on to...

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