Another year, another Sundance.  This is my tenth(!) year attending the Sundance Film Festival and I get excited every single year.  This is the greatest film festival when it comes to independent film.  So many names have broken out of Sundance to direct Marvel movies and win Oscars.  Every year we get a new crop of unique movies from up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world and this year’s crop is the most interesting in years. …

We’re finally here.  The 2010s are officially over (and have been for almost two weeks now) and what a decade it was.  When the decade began, I was in my final semester of film school at DePaul University in Chicago.  Now, ten years later, I run my own website as a movie critic.  Did I see myself in this position when the decade started?  Absolutely not.  I still can’t believe this is something I get…

I saw a lot of movies over the last decade and with that, I saw a lot of performances too.  The amount of great performances I saw over the last ten years was ridiculous, so making this list was incredibly tough and took a number of rewatches and some deep thinking.  What makes a great performance?  The key factor for me when making this list was which performance had the biggest impact on me.  Which…

Every year since Kevflix has been alive, I’ve made a list of my favorite scenes/movie moments of that year.  This is always my favorite list to make as it allows me to highlight some truly great moments in filmmaking, acting, and story-telling.  I couldn’t count down the best movies of the decade without making a best scenes/moments of the decade, so here we are. When making my list for the best scenes or movie moments…

Continuing my look at the best movies of the 2010s, I will now be looking at the best of the technical aspects of film, which includes aspects like score, editing, and screenplay.  I also included Best Director in this section.  For each technical category I did a top five ranking.  Doing only five for a decade was extremely tough, but doing five shows the elite of the elite of the decade.  Here are my picks…