An obscure Sarah Polley film sneaked into my annual About.com top ten movies of the year, as did Pedro Almodovar’s wonderfully satisfying Volver and Guillermo del Toro’s� all-engrossing, adult fairytale Pan’s Labryinth.

“If Hollywood hasn’t snapped up the rights to Twins by the time of this review, California must have fallen into the ocean.” — J. Gordon. California, it must be noted, continues to hold onto its rightful place in the universe. Read the review.

I’ve been a member of The New York Film Critics Online for four years. Yesterday, we cast our votes for our annual film awards. Stephen Frears The Queen was big winner, taking Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director, as well as acting awards for Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen. Guillermo del Toro�s fable Pan�s Labyrinth […]

Talk. Talk. Talk. Marcy reveals her true opinions about the Olsen Twins and George Clooney at Conversations With Famous Writers. She talks about living the writer’s life in an outer boroughs in The Queens Chronicle and shares secrets about crafting teen trauma at Bildungsroman.