Trial by Fire
The film plods at points, trudging along, and there are a few misguided narrative "devices" tacked on, but still, "Trial by Fire" bristles with anger.
Bob Peterson
-
Cars 3 (2017)
—
Writer
Matt Zoller Seitz -
Finding Dory (2016)
—
Writer (story)
Susan Wloszczyna -
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
—
Story
Peter Sobczynski -
Up (2009)
—
Dug, Co-director, Writer (story by), Writer
Roger Ebert
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
Jack the Ankylosaurus, the Not-Good-Enough Disney Dinosaur
An essay on Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur."
Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Highlight Upcoming Films at D23
Love Pixar and Disney? You're not going to believe what they have in store for you.
Thumbnails 6/12/15
Director and cast of "Henry Gamble's Birthday Party"; Genius of Ornette Coleman; Richard Brody on "Heaven Knows What"; Critics flunk "Ferris Bueller"; "Inside Out" director Pete Docter.
Two war films, worlds apart: 'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar noms
Sun-Times Gallery of Top Oscar Categories
Complete list of Oscar nominations
Sun-Times Gallery of Top Oscar Categories
More film polls: Top 150 of Decade, Top 160 of 2009...
Ow, my brain hurts. So, let's just get these out of the way, shall we? In the annual Village Voice/LA Weekly Film Poll, announced just before Christmas, 94 critics (including me) came up with 160 nominations for best films of 2009 -- and voted in a bunch of other categories, too, including Best Film of the Decade ("Mulholland Dr."). [My decade favorites are here.]
Meanwhile, Film Comment polled another big batch o' crix (a lot of the same ones, in fact) and came up with a somewhat different 20 Best of 2009 list -- and 150 Best Films of the Decade (topped by... "Mulholland Dr."). Just for fun, let us compare the two groups' Top Dozen for both year and decade:
