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January Quiet

There's very little going on in the film world right now save for Avatar's continued box-office dominance. As a result, this latest update is pretty light, as I expect the next couple to be as well.

The Sandbox: Highlights from the DIY Gaming Frontier (IFC News)

Out Now:
The Book of Eli (Slant magazine)
The Spy Next Door (Slant magazine)

New Year Catch-Up

Happy 2010, all. To start the new year, I've got a backlog of recent stuff, including my interview with Terry Gilliam, my latest Sandbox column, and my first review for The Village Voice.

The Adventures of Baron Gilliam (IFC News)
The Sandbox: Breeding Frenzy (IFC News)

Out Now:
The Chaser (Village Voice)
Daybreakers (Slant magazine)
Wonderful World (Slant magazine)

Village Voice 10th Annual Film Critics' Poll

To wrap up the 2009 year-end lists, I was asked to participate in The Village Voice's 10th Annual Film Critics' Poll. The feature, and my ballot, can be accessed via the below links.

Village Voice 10th Annual Film Critics' Poll and My Ballot

Published Film Reviews - 2010

1/5/11 - True Grit (2010) (Slant magazine)
1/5/11 - Little Fockers (Slant magazine)
1/5/11 - Summer Wars (Time Out New York)
12/17/10 - The Fighter (Slant magazine)
12/17/10 - TRON: Legaacy (Slant magazine)
12/17/10 - The Tourist (Slant magazine)
12/17/10 - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Slant magazine)
12/17/10 - Barney's Version (Slant magazine)
12/17/10 - Alien Girl (Village Voice)
12/17/10 - Bhutto (Village Voice)
12/17/10 - You Won't Miss Me (Time Out New York)
11/24/10 - The King's Speech (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - The Next Three Days (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Unstoppable (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - The Nutcracker in 3D (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Heartless (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Skyline (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Four Lions (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Monsters (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Cool It (Slant magazine)
11/24/10 - Kawasaki's Rose (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - The Legend of Pale Male (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - Con Artist (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - Saw 3D (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - NY Export: Jazz Opus (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - Violet Tendencies (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - Jolene (Village Voice)
11/24/10 - Nothing Personal (Time Out New York)
11/24/10 - Today's Special (Time Out New York)
11/24/10 - Inhale (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Knucklehead (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - The Social Network (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Hereafter (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Carlos (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Tuesday, After Christmas (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Meek's Cutoff (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Post Mortem (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Oki's Movie (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - The Strange Case of Angelica (The L Magazine)
10/17/10 - We Are What We Are (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Jackass 3D (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Red (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - It's Kind of a Funny Story (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Douchebag (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Easy A (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - GhettoPhysics (Slant magazine)
10/17/10 - Stone (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Secretariat (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - IP Man (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - S&Man (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Strapped (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Last Day of Summer (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Music Makes a City (Village Voice)
10/17/10 - Ahead of Time (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Picture Me (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Alpha and Omega (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Budrus (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Letters to Father Jacob (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Case 39 (Time Out New York)
10/17/10 - Nora's Will (Time Out New York)
9/6/10 - The Romantics (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Legendary (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Lovely, Still (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Machete (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Going the Distance (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Piranha 3D (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - The Last Exorcism (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Nanny McPhee Returns (Village Voice)
9/6/10 - The Switch (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - The Winning Season (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Centurion (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Vampires Suck (Time Out New York)
9/6/10 - Max Manus (Time Out New York)
9/6/10 - White Wedding (Village Voice)
9/6/10 - Baghdad, Texas (Village Voice)
9/6/10 - Clear Blue Tuesday (Village Voice)
9/6/10 - Modern Love is Automatic (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - The Tillman Story (Slant magazine)
9/6/10 - Flipped (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - Animal Kingdom (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - The Other Guys (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - Get Low (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - Charlie St. Cloud (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - Ramona and Beezus (Village Voice)
8/9/10 - The Parking Lot Movie (Village Voice)
8/9/10 - Mundo Alas (Village Voice)
8/9/10 - Spoken Word (Slant magazine)
8/9/10 - Helen (Slant magazine)
7/16/10 - Inception (Slant magazine)
7/5/10 - The Last Airbender (Slant magazine)
7/5/10 - [REC] 2 (Slant magazine)
6/28/10 - Grown Ups (Slant magazine)
6/28/10 - Jonah Hex (Slant magazine)
6/28/10 - I Was Born, But... (The Village Voice)
6/28/10 - Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Paste magazine)
6/15/10 - Cyrus (Slant magazine)
6/15/10 - Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (The Village Voice)
6/3/10 - Get Him to the Greek (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - Finding Bliss (Time Out New York)
6/3/10 - Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (The Village Voice)
6/3/10 - Shrek Forever After (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - Micmacs (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - Agora (Time Out New York)
6/3/10 - Kites (Time Out New York)
6/3/10 - The Living Wake (The Village Voice)
6/3/10 - After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United (The Village Voice)
6/3/10 - Letters to Juliet (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - Just Wright (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - Holy Rollers (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - TiMER (Slant magazine)
6/3/10 - OSS 117: Lost in Rio (Paste magazine)
5/10/10 - Iron Man 2 (Slant magazine)
5/10/10 - Casino Jack and the United States of Money (Slant magazine)
5/10/10 - Babies (Time Out New York)
5/10/10 - Multiple Sarcasms (Slant magazine)
5/10/10 - Mercy (Slant magazine)
5/10/10 - Princess Kaiulani (Slant magazine)
5/10/10 - American Mystic (The House Next Door)
5/10/10 - Lucky Life (The House Next Door)
5/10/10 - Sons of Perdition (The House Next Door)
5/10/10 - William Vincent (The House Next Door)
5/10/10 - The White Meadows (The House Next Door)
5/10/10 - Feathered Cocaine (The House Next Door)
4/22/10 - Kick-Ass (Slant magazine)
4/22/10 - Death at a Funeral (2010) (Time Out New York)
4/22/10 - Exit Through the Gift Shop (Slant magazine)
4/22/10 - Don McKay (Time Out New York)
4/22/10 - The Joneses (Slant magazine)
4/22/10 - The Perfect Game (Slant magazine)
4/22/10 - Boogie Woogie (Slant magazine)
4/22/10 - Paper Man (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - Date Night (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - The Square (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - After.Life (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - The Last Song (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - The Warlords (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - Leaves of Grass (Slant magazine)
4/11/10 - Bill Cunningham New York (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - The Bounty Hunter (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Greenberg (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Green Zone (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Our Family Wedding (Time Out New York)
3/19/10 - Welcome (The House Next Door)
3/19/10 - In the Beginning (The House Next Door)
3/19/10 - The Law (The House Next Door)
3/19/10 - Hunting & Sons (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - The Red Chapel (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Frontier Blues (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - The Happiest Girl in the World (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Dogtooth (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Night Catches Us (Slant magazine)
3/19/10 - Bilal's Stand (Slant magazine)
3/8/10 - The Secret of Kells (Slant magazine)
3/8/10 - Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss (Slant magazine)
3/8/10 - Happy End (The House Next Door)
2/28/10 - A Prophet (Slant magazine)
2/28/10 - Cop Out (Slant magazine)
2/28/10 - Happy Tears (Slant magazine)
2/28/10 - Morphia (The House Next Door)
2/28/10 - Air Doll (The House Next Door)
2/28/10 - Tales from the Golden Age (The House Next Door)
2/28/10 - Like You Know It All (The House Next Door)
2/12/10 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - The Vicious Kind (Time Out New York)
2/12/10 - Videocracy (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - District 13: Ultimatum (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - Creation (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - 44 Inch Chest (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - Saint John of Las Vegas (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - Legion (Slant magazine)
2/12/10 - When in Rome (Slant magazine)
1/19/10 - The Book of Eli (Slant magazine)
1/19/10 - The Spy Next Door (Slant magazine)
1/8/10 - The Chaser (Village Voice)
1/8/10 - Daybreakers (Slant magazine)
1/8/10 - Wonderful World (Slant magazine)