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!

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

OSCARS 2019: Of Fathers and Sons (2017)

Unfortunately, as long as the wars there rage on, documentary filmmakers will be drawn to the Middle East. Of course, a war zone is going...

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

OSCARS 2019: First Reformed (2017)

Paul Schrader knows what he's doing but rarely gets credit for it. You'd think having classics like “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bul...

OSCARS 2019: RBG (2018)

The documentary continues to make in-roads into the mainstream in 2018. If one documentary can be said to truly connect with a broader au...

Monday, February 18, 2019

OSCARS 2019: First Man (2018)

For all the bitching I do about how predictable the Oscars are, the truth is you never really know what movies they'll love and what ...

OSCARS 2018: Hale County This Morning This Evening (2018)

As an amateur film critic, it can sometimes be difficult to see some of the Oscar-nominated films every February. While studios are incre...

Sunday, February 17, 2019

OSCARS 2019: A Quiet Place (2018)

Even though it's all cinema, my horror movie fandom and my love/hate relationship with the Oscars do not crossover very often. Yes, t...

OSCARS 2019: Minding the Gap (2018)

I still have so many mixed feelings with the wealth of content being produced by various streaming companies. However, the boom has cer...

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