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The Top 10 Films of 2024
10 ranked favorites and 10 alphabetical runners-up from the year in cinema
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Jonathan R. Lack
Interview: Talking Time, Tech, and Fandom with Kanzenshuu, Anime's Greatest Fansite
Trading 'war stories' with the Dragon Ball fansite's founders, Mike LaBrie and Heath Cutler
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Jonathan R. Lack
Read my essay on Makoto Shinkai in The Criterion Collection
Life achievement unlocked!
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Jonathan R. Lack
Tactility, or, Why We Love the Humanity of Hand-Drawn Images
Video version of my SCMS 2024 Conference Talk
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Jonathan R. Lack
Ranking the 2023 Best Picture Nominees & Predicting Oscar Winners
Another look back on the films of 2023 before tomorrow night's Academy Awards
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Jonathan R. Lack
The Top 10 Films of 2023
In which we praise 29 different films from a great year of cinema
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Jonathan R. Lack
Ranking all 10 SAW Films for Halloween
I want to play a game, and it involves top 10 lists
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Jonathan R. Lack
The Moment Superhero Movies Disappeared Up Their Own Ass
An examination of why 'superhero fatigue' has finally settled in
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Jonathan R. Lack
Ranking all 11 Fast & Furious Movies
2023 edition of the 'meathead poetry' power rankings
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Jonathan R. Lack
The Top 10 Films of 2022
Sort of - there's actually 21 films here in 10.5 slots
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Jonathan R. Lack
The Top 100 Greatest Films Ever Made
And Thoughts on How I Picked My Top 10
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Jonathan R. Lack
If I Had a Sight and Sound Ballot
My Picks for the 10 Greatest Films of All Time
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Jonathan R. Lack
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