Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

The Academy Awards are on Sunday. You know that. But what you might not know is that, for Best Picture, the Academy uses a "preferen...

Some years, you feel part of the critical consensus. Other years, you see eye-to-eye on some picks while at the same time championing a f...

Next week, I reveal my top movies of 2013. But right now, here's a quick, snotty rundown of the five worst I saw this year. Ugh, Get...

There is a very good chance you've never heard of C.O.G. Premiering in Sundance's U.S. dramatic competition, it was mostly overl...

Whoops, the picture gave it away, huh? Well, you might as well read on to see what I thought of Gravity 's stunning opening.

This week's Criticwire Survey asks the question, "What's the best piece of non-2013 culture you discovered in 2013?" Th...

For Backstage , new Executive Editor Mark Peikert and I wrote about the strongest ensemble films of the year. How is that different than...