A Film Snob's Favorites of 2021

Flicks with The Film Snob

Mar 06 2022 | 00:03:27

00:00 / 00:03:27

Show Notes

In this long crisis, it sometimes feels as if time has lost its meaning. Making a list, for example, of my favorite films of the year is much more difficult this time. Many pictures that were going to be released in 2020 were delayed, and so now, in addition to the 2021 films, there are the ones finally released from the year before. Too many good movies! Well, that’s a nice problem to have. As always, I’m late because I like to wait until many of the year-end releases make it to my neck of the woods. Adding to the…

Other Episodes

Episode

March 21, 2018 • 4:38

The Party

Independent filmmaker Sally Potter offers a wickedly clever variation on the old “dinner party goes bad” genre. English writer-director Sally Potter is a rare...

Episode

February 12, 2020 • 00:04:51

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes’ meticulous reconstruction of the case brought by a corporate lawyer, played by Mark Ruffalo, against the huge chemical company DuPont, is a...

Episode 0

February 23, 2021 • 00:03:29

Les Carabiniers

Jean-Luc Godard’s misunderstood antiwar film from 1963 exposes the stupidity of war by ridiculing the aesthetics of war movies. The philosopher Simone Weil once...