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 […]
BPOFD’s Top Ten Movies of 2021 WIth Zero Explanations
Top Ten Movies of 2021 1. Red Rocket 2. Can’t Get You Out of My Head 3. Last Duel 4. Titane 5. French Dispatch 6. Benedetta 7. Stillwater 8. The Green Knight 9. DUNE 10. Together, Together
Joe Biden & the Viral Center
It speaks to the presence of mind demanded of America’s highest political office that, were Joseph R. Biden Jr. to be elected president this November, he wouldn’t stand as the first commander-in-chief to occupy the […]
BPoFD Podcast Episode #26: Oscars 2020 with William Glick
In Episode #26 of the BPoFD podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio again sits down with playwright and Oscars historian William Glick to discuss the 2020 Academy Awards. Highlights include predictions for the five major categories, Carmen’s […]
2019 Top Ten Lists With Zero Explanations
Top Ten Movies of 2019 1. Uncut Gems 2. Richard Jewell 3. Marriage Story 4. Parasite 5. Under the Silver Lake 6. Midsommar 7. The Irishman 8. The Beach Bum 9. The Lighthouse 10. JOKER xx Top Five Albums of 2019 (Only Five, Dying […]
The BPoFD Top 25 Films of the 2010s
Here are the 25 best films of the 2010s, as determined by the editorial board of Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators. The films are ordinally ranked by the magnitude of their aesthetic achievement. The BPoFD […]
The Strawberry Criterion: JOKER
Few works of art are less dangerous than a work of art billed as “dangerous,” especially when the ones doing the billing are the feckless, fangless goobers of contemporary cinema’s critical class. Since its premiere, […]
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