Here are my top ten films of 2023. I’ve included my Letterboxd-sized reviews as well as the links to my jumbo-sized reviews and the relevant exit surveys. Honorable mention was The Iron Claw. 10. Talk […]
The Barbie Exit Survey Spectacular with Darri, Fatima, and William
Last week, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie officially became the first film directed by a woman to gross over $1 billion at the global box office. To help unpack this complex aesthetic-experiment-meets-branding-exercise, the BPoFD editorial board has assembled some […]
The Strawberry Criterion: OPPENHEIMER
An American flag isn’t seen in Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s three-hour bio-epic about the embattled physicist who led the Manhattan Project, until well after the first atomic bomb has been theorized to the nth degree, its […]
BPOFD PODCAST EPISODE #28: OSCARS 2023 WITH WILLIAM
In Episode #28 of the BPoFD podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio again sits down with playwright and Oscars historian William Glick to discuss the 2023 Academy Awards. Highlights include predictions for the eight major categories, reflections on […]
The BPOFD TAR EXIT SURVEY SPECTACULAR WITH VINCENT, CARMEN, FATIMA, and WILLIAm
This past weekend, American moviegoers were treated to the wide release of TÁR, the director Todd Field’s first feature film in more than 16 years. To help unpack this complex and divisive study of the […]
The Strawberry Criterion: NOPE
Though claims of its existence are still subject to debate, there remains a small but vocal community of diehard genre fans that continues to assert, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Jordan Peele once […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Blonde
In the climactic scene of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Andrew Dominik’s since-canonized arthouse western, a potent collection of American iconography is simultaneously laid to rest and reanimated: a […]
William’s Almost Instant Reactions to the 2022 Academy Awards
After the shocking events at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, the BPoFD editorial board held an emergency vote to authorize a follow-up interview with Oscars historian William Glick. Following more than 12 straight hours of […]
BPOFD PODCAST EPISODE #27: OSCARS 2022 WITH WILLIAM GLICK
In Episode #27 of the BPoFD podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio again sits down with playwright and Oscars historian William Glick to discuss the 2022 Academy Awards. Highlights include predictions for the eight major categories, Carmen’s best […]
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