THE ACADEMIC HACK.

Writings by Michael Sicinski

 

(older stuff)

 

Films Seen 2021

New Releases Seen 2021

Films of 2021 ranked -- a Letterboxd list

2021 Prismatic Ground Festival

2021 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI

2021 "Leftovers" (underseen experimental films) for MUBI

 

Films Seen 2020

New Releases Seen 2020

Films of 2020 ranked -- a Letterboxd list

2020 New York Film Festival - Currents, for MUBI -- one / two / three

2020 Crossroads Festival report for Cinema Scope

"The Death Channel" -- a film program curated for Ultra Dogme

 

Films Seen 2019

New Releases Seen 2019

Best Experimental Features of the Decade, for MUBI

Best Experimental Shorts of the Decade, for MUBI

Interview with Leo Goldsmith and Gregory Zinman on Ad Astra and Experimental Film, for Filmmaker

2019 Crossroads Festival report for MUBI

2019 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI, parts one, two, three, and four

 

Films Seen 2018

New Releases Seen 2018

Top 50 Films of 2018

Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 - for Obscure Alternatives

Welcome to the Other Resistance - Thoughts on the Year in Experimental Film (for MUBI)

2018 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI

2018 NYFF Projections coverage for MUBI

2018 Crossroads Festival ("I'm The Man") for MUBI

2018 Images Festival coverage for Cinema Scope

2018 True/False (home-game)

2018 New Directors / New Films (home-game)

 

Films Seen 2017

New Releases Seen 2017

"7 The Hard Way" (thoughts on the films of 2017)

2017 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI: Experimental Short Films

2017 TIFF capsules for Cinema Scope

2017 MoMI First Look: "On Resistance" report for MUBI

2017 Crossroads Festival report for MUBI

2017 True/False Film Festival coverage (home-game)

2017 New Directors / New Films coverage (home-game)

2017 Whitney Biennial film program coverage for MUBI (home-game)

I talk about porn as art (for Vice, natch)

 

Films Seen 2016

New Releases Seen 2016

2016 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI: Experimental Short Films

2016 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI: Feature Films

2016 TIFF capsules for Cinema Scope

2016 MoMI First Look: "A Matter of Visibility" report for MUBI

2016 Ann Arbor Film Festival / 2016 SF Crossroads Festival (HOPEFULLY REPOSTED SOON)

Interesting Times: The Year in Avant-Garde Film w/ Jordan Cronk, for Fandor

2016 Top Thirty

 

Films Seen 2015

New Releases Seen 2015

2015 NYFF Projections coverage for MUBI (warning: "armchair mode")

2015 TIFF Wavelengths preview for MUBI: Experimental Short Films

2015 TIFF Wavelengths coverage for MUBI: Feature Films

2015 TIFF capsules for Cinema Scope

2015 Top Twenty-Five (with review links coming soon)

Films Seen 2014

New Releases Seen 2014

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2014 TIFF Wavelengths preview for Mubi

2014 True/False Film Fest

2014 Crossroads Festival

2014 Top Ten (in progress)

 

Films Seen 2013

New Releases Seen 2013

Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

The 2013 "Slept-On List"

2013 Images Festival

2013 Nashville Film Festival experimental film/video section

2013 Toronto International Film Festival

2013 New York Film Festival

The Catch-Up Game: 2013 Cannes Competition Slate (+1)

2013 Top Twenty

 

Films Seen 2012

New Releases Seen 2012

Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2012 Ann Arbor Film Festival

My Ann Arbor Film Festival Coverage for MUBI

2012 Toronto International Film Festival

My TIFF coverage for MUBI (one and two); Cargo (one); and Cinema Scope (capsules throughout)

2012 Top Ten

 

Films Seen 2011

New Releases Seen 2011

Reviews of New Releases 2011 (by title)

Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2011 Toronto International Film Festival

2011 Top Ten

 

Films Seen 2010

New Releases Seen 2010

Reviews of New Releases 2010 (by title)

Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2010 Toronto International Film Festival

My TIFF coverage for Cargo

My TIFF Wavelengths preview for MUBI

2010 Worldfest Houston

2010 Top Ten

 

Films Seen 2009

New Releases Seen 2009

Reviews of New Releases 2009 (by title)

-------Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

Selections from the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival (although I didn't go)

2009 Cinema Arts Festival Houston

2009 New York Film Festival / Views From the Avant-Garde ("The Home Game")

2009 Images Festival

2009 Top Twenty-One

 

Films Seen 2008

New Releases Seen 2008

Reviews of New Releases 2008 (by title)

         Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Selections from 2008 NYFF Views from the Avant-Garde

2008 Top Ten

 

Films Seen 2007

New Releases Seen 2007

Reviews of New Releases 2007 (by title)

         Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2007 Toronto International Film Festival Semi-Actual Retroactively Constructed Pseudo-Coverage

2007 New York Film Festival "Views from the Avant-Garde"

2007 Syracuse International Film and Video Festival

2007 Top Twenty-One

 

Films Seen 2006

New Releases Seen 2006

Reviews of New Releases 2006 (by title)

         Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2006 Toronto International Film Festival

2006 New York Film Festival "Views from the Avant-Garde"

2006 Top Ten

 

Films Seen 2005

New Releases Seen 2005

Reviews of New Releases 2005 (by title)

           Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2005 Toronto International Film Festival

2005 Syracuse International Film and Video Festival

2005 Top Ten

Notes on the Best Classic Films First Seen in 2005

 

Films Seen 2004

New Releases Seen 2004

Reviews of New Releases 2004 (by title)

            Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2004 Toronto International Film Festival

2004 New York Film Festival "Views from the Avant-Garde"

2004 Top Ten

Notes on the Best Classic Films First Seen in 2004

 

Films Seen 2003

New Releases Seen 2003

Reviews of New Releases 2003 (by title)

             Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec

2003 Toronto International Film Festival

2003 San Francisco International Film Festival

2003 Top Ten

Notes on the Best Classic Films First Seen in 2003

 

Films Seen 2002

New Releases Seen 2002

Reviews of New Releases 2002 (by title)

2002 San Francisco International Film Festival grades

2002 Top Ten

Notes on the Best Classic Films First Seen in 2003

 

Films Seen 2001

New Releases Seen 2001

2001 Top Ten