Jon Abrams

THE TOP 10 LISTS OF 2010.

There are so many year-end lists on so many sites that it’s hard to know who to listen to anymore.  Here are the best of the best, those lists that were that much more interesting and taste-making and life-changing than the rest.  Naturally, this list of the ten best lists has a bias towards movies … Continue reading

SLOW-MOTION QUICK-DRAW #169 – BLACK SWAN (2010).

  Process and perception.  Those are the two cinematic concepts I kept pondering throughout the entirety of Black Swan.  These are two themes that are clearly a focus of director Darren Aronofsky’s work to date.   When a director becomes an above-the-title auteur, it’s time to start talking about his thematic preoccupations.  I think Aronofsky … Continue reading