When I lived in Los Angeles, Decembers were filled with film screenings with my good friend Matt. We saw several titles each week, sometimes several in a single day. The best screenings were followed by Q & A sessions with the cast or director or writer (my most favorite panel had Jeff Bridges, T-Bone Burnett and Robert Duvall). Oh, we sat through some awful movies too, and the thing about screenings is that (understandably) it's totally unacceptable to get up and leave.
Miss you Matt!
I look at my list of favorite films (so far) for 2013 and recognize they all have stellar performances combined with excellent writing. But the interesting way in which these stories were told made them especially great. In no particular order:
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
20 Feet From Stardom (Morgan Neville)
Mud (Jeff Nichols)
Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach)
All is Lost (J.C. Chandor)
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt)
Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley)
Gravity (Alphonso Cuarón)
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