The Imitation Game
Since beginning round three of my screenplay reviewing life, I’ve mentioned several times that the script for The Imitation Game is in my top 5 of the best scripts I’ve […]
Author Archives: Joel Barish
Foxcatcher
I loved the script for Foxcatcher. I wouldn’t rate it in my top 10, but it is better written than anything else I’ve read this year. If not for The […]
A Most Violent Year
This script appealed to me because of the growing buzz around writer/director J.C. Chandor, and because of the subject matter presented in the previews. When site contributor Joel Dorland mentioned […]
The Essay
Here are the links to each article in the essay. They are presented sequentially. 1. Bowdlerizing Kant 2. The Primacy of Theme 3. A Misfiring Buick in Toledo 4. An […]
Epilogue
I wanted to write this essay because I felt my manner of reviewing was rewarding to me and it seemed to garner me attention in screenwriting circles. I have heard […]
Broken Circuits
Segment 15 The Critics Obligation in Refabrication (Part One) I chose the word critic to lend that signifier’s haughtier air to my meaning. However, it should be noted that a […]
The Equalizer
I am behind the cultural zeitgeist in reviewing this movie long after it has been a celebrated script, and a completed film with a successful theatrical release. However, this was […]
Echo
Today’s script comes with three helpings of “double mumbo jumbo” and a side of offensive politicking [concerning the response to terrorism in the modern world]. And yet, so far, it […]
Celeritas
This is the seventh script I’ve read from this year’s Black List. Before I begin to critique it, I wanted to point out that there have been several scripts from […]
Syndrom(e)
This script bothered me. I’ve grown used to List scripts being disappointing, but this one REALLY needs a lot of work. I thought about doing my usual review, but it […]
Searching for Charlie Kaufman 