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The following are the names of the richest doctors of the world.1.//Dr.PATRIK SOON//Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong tops our list with an estimated gross of $ 12 Billion. He is not only a doctor but also an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He is well renowned for his fight against cancer and his commitment to funding the children hospitals. Patrick is also fame for solving health care charges. He is also executive director of the “Wireless Health Institute” at the “University of California at Los Angeles ”. Dr. Soon-Shiong has 230 issued USA and international glaring, 138 international and 92 in the United States. He is chairman of the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation. Patrick is also chairman and CEO of the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for “Advanced Health, National LambdaRail, and the Healthcare Transformation Institute”. With such gross he is include in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.2.// Dr. Thomas Frist//:He born on 12 August 1938 at Thomas Fearn Frist Jr. and living in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Thomas is is an American physician, businessman, and philanthropist. He is also co-founder of the Hospital “Corporation of America”. He is the wealthiest person in Tennessee with the worth of $ 8.7 Billion annually. Thomas is an Air Force surgeon who joins hand with his dad and establishes a hospital network. His company now amasses over $ 29 Billion annually. With such gross he is include in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.3.//Dr. Philip Frost//His successful career started when he worked as a Lieutenant commander at “The National Cancer Institute” of the US Public Health Service. He had a gross of $4.4 Billion. Frost and Michael Jaharis bought the Key Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 1972. The company was later acquired by Schering-Plough for $ 600 million. Dr. Frost starts a pharmaceutical company which he named “Ivax”. The company performed exceptionally well after which it was sold at an estimated $ 7.4 Billion.4.//Dr. Wu Yiling//He is known as “Goh Lean Tuck” and “Ng Leen Tuck” in Minnan and Cantonese transliteration respectively. He is running a pharmaceutical company which establishes in 1992. A Malayan-born Chinese doctor and the first medical student of Chinese descent to study at “University of Cambridge”. His company houses sundry herbal medicines that cure a myriad of diseases. He estimated to worth $ 4 Billion. With such gross he is include in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.5.//Dr. Gary Michelson//He is a renowned orthopedic surgeon who invented orthopedic devices and inventor, and philanthropist. Dr. Michelson is worth $ 1.75 Billion and is revered for committing $ 300 million to various sectors including medical research, animal welfare, online textbooks and tropical rainforest. With such gross he is include in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world. The United States of American person who lives in Los Angeles. He is currently in search of a surgery-free sterilization mechanism for domestic animals at the Michelson Prize center.6. //Dr. Kathy Fields//She is a dermatologist in San Francisco, California and is affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center with a worth of $ 650 Million in rich list. Kathy received her medical degree from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She is one of 40 doctors at California Pacific Medical Center who specialize in Dermatology. With such gross she is included in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.7.// Dr. Katie Rodan//She is an American dermatologist, entrepreneur, and author. Katie is the creator of the acne management system “Proactiv” with a worth of $ 550 Million. She is also the founder of anti-aging skincare company “Rodan + Fields” and operates a private cosmetic dermatology practice in Oakland, California. In 2008, Katie name came in top doctor in “The East Bay” by Oakland Magazine. Such gross lead her name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.8. //Dr. Phil//An American psychologist, television personality, author, and the host of the television show “Dr. Phil” which debuted in 2002. He is $400 Million rich and still going on. A well-known name and need no introduction to those who watch reality shows. Phil is listed to be $70 Million earing for a year and become a 15th richest celebrity.9.// Dr. James Andrews//He well knows of taking care of injuries which held to athletes. James has a tremendous gross of $ 100 Million. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world. He is an American orthopedic surgeon(surgeon for the knee, elbow, and shoulder injuries). Dr. James is the lead surgeon at the famous Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Centre. He also is the team doctor for the Alabama Crimson Tide, Tampa Bay Rays, Auburn University Tigers, and Washington Redskins.10. //Dr. Terry Dubrow//Terry J. Dubrow M.D. born on 14 September 1958. He is a plastic surgeon and television personality which have a gross of $ 30 Million. Terry is known for his work on “The Swan” and for hosting “Botched”. He gained massive fame after making an appearance in the series “Real Housewives of Orange County”. Dubrow also performed the plastic surgery procedures on “Bridalplasty”. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.11. //Dr. Leonard Hochstein//Dr. Leonard Hochstein having a gross of $ 20 Million. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world. His career started straight out of high school. When he was able to apply to medical school as a scholar high school student. Those who want to improve the condition of their breasts consult him. He is well known in Miami as one of the top doctors who give quality services when it comes to plastic surgery.12. //Dr. David Drew Pinsky//He is commonly known as Dr.Drew with a gross of $ 20 Million. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world. Drew is an American celebrity doctor. He is a certified internist, medicine specialist, and media personality. He is mostly known for his radio call and television and shows, including the hugely popular “Loveline”. Pinsky is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the “Keck School of Medicine” at “University of Southern California”.13. //Dr. Robert Rey//Roberto Miguel Rey Junior is a Plastic surgeon specialist and Brazilian politician. He features on the reality series “Dr. 90210”. In 2015 he became 3rd Vice President of the “National Ecologic Party (PEN)”. He is currently in a private practice in Beverly Hills and to worth over $ 15 million. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.14.// Dr. Garth Fisher//One of the best plastic surgeon of various parts of the body in Beverly Hills with a gross of $ 15 Million. He is known as the first doctor to that chosen from the ABC television show “Extrem Makeover”. He is also a celebrity and business executive and specializes in plastic surgery. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.15. //Dr. Paul Nassif//He is an American plastic surgeon and television personality. Paul had a worth of $ 14 Million. He is best known for creating the perfect nose however how big the problem is. Paul specialization is in facial surgery “Rhinoplasty” and he is also the member of American Society for “Aesthetic Plastic”. According to television, he is best known for the reality show “Botched”.16. //Dr. Mehmet Oz//He is better known as Dr.Oz. who has a gross of $ 14 Million? Oz is an American Turkish cardiothoracic surgeon, pseudoscience promoter, author, and television personality. Mehmet is also a Columbia University professor. He came to general prominence with appearances on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” beginning in 2004 and “Larry King Live”. Mehmet is a perfect example of a health expert. He opened his first episode on the 14 September 2009.17.// Dr. Ben Carson//The full name Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. born on 18 September 1951 in Benjamin Solomon Carson. Ben gross is $10 Milion. He is also the seventeen United State Secretary of urban and housing development. Ben is a neurosurgeon, author, and politician. He works for the administration of Donal Trump. Ben is also the candidate of the President of United States in 2016.18. //Dr. Travis Stork//He born on 9 March 1972. Travis Lane Stork is an American emergency physician. Strok having a net worth of $ 8 Million USD. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctor around the world.He is also a television personality best known for appearing on “The Bachelor”. Stork also famous in the public as the host of the syndicated daytime talk show “The Doctors”. Stork got his medical degree from the “University of Virginia”. He is also the member of “Alpha Omega Alpha”.19.// Dr. Ron Paul//Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul has a gross of $5 Million. Mostly famous as an American politician and author but he is also a physician specialist in gynecology and obstetrics. He is a member of the U.S. representatives from Texas 22nd district. Paul also has a political party named as Libertarian. Got his early education from Gettysburg College and then graduated from the Duke University. Such gross lead his name in the list of the 20 richest doctors around the world.20. //Dr. Sanjay Gupta//He is a neurosurgeon and reporter born on 23 October 1969 with a net worth of $ 4.5 Million. Sanjay server in “Grady Memorial Hospital” as a neurosurgeon in Atlanta Georgia. He is a mostly known as a medical correspondent for CNN. Sanjay got an offer of a job as a “US Surgeon General” from President Barack Obama. In “Emory University School of Medicine” he is the assistant professor.

Most Objectivist thinkers are ‘little known’ outside of Objectivist circles so I will post a list of the ones I know.Objectivist Intellectual’s Biographies (85) last updated 10/14/18 (not complete)Amesh AdaljaMD, 2002, American University of the CaribbeanDr. Adalja, a board-certified physician in infectious disease, critical care medicine, emergency medicine and internal medicine, specializes in the intersection of national security with catastrophic health events. He publishes and lectures on bio-terrorism, pandemic preparedness and emerging infectious diseases. He has been a guest on national radio and television programs.John AllisonMBA, Management, 1974, Duke UniversityMr. Allison is president and CEO of the Cato Institute. He was previously chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, the 10th-largest financial services holding company headquartered in the United States. During Allison’s tenure as CEO from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets.Carl BarneyCarl Barney is a businessman who, among other business activities, owns and manages several private business colleges.Rituparna BasuBS, Biology, 2010, Pennsylvania State UniversityMs. Basu is a health care policy analyst at ARI. Her work has appeared in publications such as Forbes and The Daily Caller, and she has been interviewed on radio and TV programs, internationally. Ms. Basu has briefed congressional staffers and speaks regularly at university campuses, including Georgetown, Emory and Temple.Ben BayerPhD, Philosophy, 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDr. Bayer teaches philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans. His research focuses primarily on questions about the foundations of knowledge and the freedom of the will.Robert BegleyRobert Begley is a writer for The Objective Standard. He is the founder and president of the NY Heroes Society, an organization dedicated to promoting heroism in the culture. Robert is also a judge in Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged essay contests. He was the host and producer for the Manhattan Cable TV program, The Voice of Reason. Robert is currently writing a book about the history of New York heroes.Michael S. BerlinerPhD, Philosophy, 1970, Boston UniversityDr. Berliner is the founding executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute and served as co-chairman of ARI’s board of directors. He is editor of "Letters of Ayn Rand", "Understanding Objectivism" and a recent biography of operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán. Dr. Berliner taught philosophy and philosophy of education for many years at California State University, Northridge.ANDREW BERNSTEINPhD, Philosophy, 1986, City University of New YorkAndrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has taught at Hunter College, the New School for Social Research, Pace University and Marymount College, where he was chosen Outstanding Faculty Member for 1995. He currently teaches at the State University of New York at Purchase, where he was selected Outstanding Faculty Member for 2004.Dr. Bernstein has lectured at universities across the United States, including at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, the United States Military Academy at West Point and many others; and at philosophical conferences both in America and abroad. He is the author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire, to be published in the spring of 2005 by University Press of America. His first novel, Heart of a Pagan, was released in 2002. He is currently writing Objectivism in One Lesson, an introduction to the philosophy of Ayn Rand. His website is Andrew Bernstein | Philosopher and TeacherDr. Bernstein is the author of "The Capitalist Manifesto" (2005), "Objectivism in One Lesson" (2008), "Capitalism Unbound" (2010), "Capitalist Solutions" (2011), and of numerous essays. He is currently writing “Heroes and Hero Worship” for the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. Dr. Bernstein lectures widely on Ayn Rand’s novels and Objectivism.DAVID BERRYD.M.A., Composition, 2002, University of South CarolinaDavid Berry is an associate professor of music. He teaches courses across a wide range of historical and theoretical musical subjects including film music. He is a recorded and published (BMI) composer with performances of his music in America and Europe in both fine art and popular music genres.CRAIG BIDDLEB.A., Fine Arts, 1988, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCraig Biddle is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts That Support It and is currently writing another book, Good Thinking for Good Living: The Science of Being Selfish. In addition to writing, he lectures on the Objectivist ethics and teaches workshops on thinking in principles. Editor and Publisher of “The Objective Standard”Specialties: Ethics, ObjectivismHARRY BINSWANGERPh.D., Philosophy, 1973, Columbia UniversityDr. Binswanger is the author of The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts, the editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. Dr. Binswanger is a professor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center and is a member of ARI’s board of directors. He is currently working on a book on the nature of consciousness.Dr. Binswanger is the author of "How We Know" and "The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts", the editor of "The Ayn Rand Lexicon" and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand’s "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology". He is an instructor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center and a member of ARI’s board of directors.TORE BOECKMANNWriterMr. Boeckmann has written and lectured extensively on Ayn Rand’s fiction and philosophy of esthetics. He edited for publication Rand’s The Art of Fiction. His own fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He is currently writing a book on Romantic literature.Thomas A. BowdenSpecialties: Legal issues, physician-assisted suicide, abortion rights, mandatory community service.Mr. Bowden, an attorney in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, taught at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law from 1988 to 1994. Author of a booklet against multiculturalism, “The Enemies of Christopher Columbus,” he has also published op-eds in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Portland Oregonian, Los Angeles Daily News, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Charlotte Observer. He is a former member of the board of directors of The Association for Objective Law, a non-profit group whose purpose is to advance Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, as the basis of a proper legal system. In that connection, Mr. Bowden has filed amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits, challenging mandatory community service for high school students on legal and moral grounds.YARON BROOKPh.D., Finance, 1994, University of Texas at AustinDr. Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. A former finance professor, he has published in academic as well as popular publications, and is frequently interviewed in the media. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel and PBS among others. On college campuses across America and in the boardrooms of large corporations, he has lectured on Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy.Dr. Brook is executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller “Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government” and a contributing author to both “Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea” and “Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism.”ANDY CLARKSONMBA University of MarylandMr. Clarkson is a decades-long Objectivist He has focused on researching the history of ideas and published The Impact of Aristotle Upon Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures : A Compilation of Notes and Quotes From A Variety of Sources Plus Commentary, published in December 2016.PAT CORVINIPh.D., Electrical Engineering, 1995, University of California at Santa BarbaraDr. Corvini recently left a twenty-year career in semiconductor optoelectronics to work full time in the history of science and mathematics. She lectured on Archimedes at the 2003 Objectivist Summer Conference.SUSAN CRAWFORDB.S.N, Nursing, 1982, Marymount College, VirginiaSusan Crawford is a registered nurse. She has given two parenting courses and wrote the pamphlet “The Reading Habit/Money Management.” Susan is married to Jack Crawford and the mother of two sons, Jason and DavidERIC DANIELSPh.D., American History, 2001, University of WisconsinDr. Daniels is a visiting assistant professor of history at Duke University’s Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace. He has lectured at summer conferences and to numerous Objectivist community groups. He is an alumnus of ARI’s Objectivist Graduate Center (precursor to the Objectivist Academic Center). A contributor to the Oxford Companion to United States History, he is currently working on a book about American politics andDr. Daniels works at LePort Schools, teaching science and history, and as a curriculum developer. Previously, he was a professor at Clemson, Duke and Georgetown Universities. Dr. Daniels has published book chapters and articles on antitrust, individualism and economic freedom.John DennisPhD, Psychology, 2010, University of Texas at AustinDr. Dennis teaches at Catholic University in Milan, University of Perugia and University of Alberta. His research on motivation is funded by the EU and Templeton Foundation. He is a licensed psychologist trained in CBT. In 2013 Dr. Dennis started Melioravit, a scientific communication company that helps researchers get funded, published and cited.Robert van DortmondMSc in Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology; Executive Program, Stanford Graduate SchoolMr. van Dortmond teaches entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam/The Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship. He is an active mentor, shareholder and board member of various startups. He speaks on Ayn Rand’s ideas and is an advisory board member of ARI Europe of which he was one of the initiators.Dianne DuranteSpecialties: Esthetics, painting, sculpture, homeschooling.Dr. Durante is a freelance writer on art and current events. She has lectured on painting and sculpture at Objectivist conferences; several of these lectures are available on tape from the Ayn Rand Bookstore. She has also just finished a book on New York sculpture, Forgotten Delights: The Producers. Dr. Durante and her husband homeschool their daughter in Brooklyn, NY.Alex EpsteinSpecialties: Current Affairs, racism, and moral defense of businessmen.Alex Epstein is an Objectivist speaker and writer living in Richmond, VA. His Op-Eds have been published in dozens of newspapers around the country, including The Houston Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Washington Times. He is also a regular contributor to The Intellectual Activist, a monthly magazine analyzing political and cultural issues from an Objectivist perspective. Mr. Epstein holds a BA in philosophy from Duke University, where he was editor and publisher of The Duke Review for two years.STUART MARK FELDMANM.A., Art, 1975, Rowan University, New JerseyStuart Feldman works in bronze, stone and wood, creating sculptures of the human figure expressing man’s most noble and inspiring qualities. A former instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, he is cofounder of the Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art, in Philadelphia. His sculptures are held in private collections, and he has created a number of commissioned pieces.ROBERT GARMONGPh.D., Philosophy, 2002; University of Texas at AustinDr. Garmong is a graduate of the Objectivist Graduate Center, and has lectured on philosophy at many Objectivist conferences. He is the author of “J.S. Mill’s Re-Conceptualization of Liberty,” currently under submission to publishers. Dr. Garmong teaches philosophy at Texas A&M University and at Texas State University.MARILYN (GEORGE) GRAYB.S., Child Development, 1961, Iowa State UniversityMarilyn George is a retired Montessori teacher, school owner and administrator. She holds teaching certificates from both the American Montessori Society and the International Association of Progressive Montessorians and was a Montessori teacher for twenty-five years. She owned, administered and taught for ten years in her own school, which had an international reputation for excellence. She taught Montessori courses at Seattle University for more than ten years and has consulted for schools nationwide. Marilyn has been ballroom dancing since she met Ted Gray at a conference in 1989, at her first lesson, and today they compete at the Silver level.Debi GhateLLB, Law, University of Calgary, 1995Ms. Ghate is vice president of Education and Research at the Ayn Rand Institute, where she heads up a variety of educational and policy-related programs. She is also director of the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship, an organization that supports academic scholarship based on Ayn Rand’s work.Onkar GhatePhD, Philosophy, 1996, University of CalgaryDr. Ghate is senior fellow and chief content officer at the Ayn Rand Institute. He specializes in Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism, and is ARI’s senior instructor and editor. He publishes and lectures on Rand’s philosophy and fiction, including application of Objectivism in the culture, and has been a guest on national radio and television programs.GENA GORLINPhD, Clinical Psychology, 2012, University of VirginiaMs. Gorlin has two years of experience conducting individual psychotherapy with anxious and depressed young adults. Her research has been published in highly regarded academic journals. She is also a graduate of the Objectivist Academic Center and a former board member of The Undercurrent, a national campus publication.Allan Gotthelf (deceased)Specialties: Love, self-esteem, happiness, Objectivism, AristotleAllan Gotthelf is emeritus professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey. He is an internationally recognized authority on the philosophy of Aristotle, with many scholarly publications. He has lectured on Objectivism and Aristotle — including their views on love and sex, self-esteem, and individual happiness — throughout North America and in Europe and Japan. He has been a visiting professor at Swarthmore College, Georgetown University, Oxford University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and most recently, the University of Texas at Austin. In 1987, Dr. Gotthelf was one of the founders of the Ayn Rand Society; a professional organization affiliated with the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, and has headed it since 1990. He enters his second year as Visiting Professor of Historyand Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Pittsburgh. Prof. Gotthelf holds the Pitt Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism, funded by the Anthem Foundation and he will be working throughout the year on various projects in connection with his Fellowship. He is the author of On Ayn Rand (Wadsworth Publishing, 2000), the best-selling book in the Wadsworth Philosophers Series.4-19-2007 from his website:Visiting Professor, under the university's new Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism (Member: Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science Program). A specialist on Aristotle's biology and philosophy, and on the philosophy of Ayn Rand, Gotthelf is emeritus professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey, and has taught on a visiting basis at Swarthmore, Oxford, Georgetown, Tokyo Metropolitan, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is a life member of Clare Hall Cambridge, and was a visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Gotthelf is author of On Ayn Rand (Wadsworth Philosophers Series, 2000); co-editor of Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology (Cambridge 1987); editor of Aristotle on Nature and Living Things (Pittsburgh 1985); and has prepared for publication D.M. Balme's posthumous editions of Aristotle's Historia Animalium (Cambridge 2002, Cambridge MA 1991). His collected Aristotle papers will by published next year by Oxford University Press, under the title: Teleology, Scientific Method, and Substance: Essays on Aristotle's Biological Enterprise. He is currently working on several Aristotle projects and an extended study of Rand's theory of concepts, essences, and objectivity.TED GRAYB.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1965, Northeastern University;M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1971, Brooklyn Polytechnic InstituteTed Gray, an engineer, has been dancing since his teens. They both consider dancing primarily a social and romantic activity. Occasionally, they enter amateur dance competitions. As a couple they have given many formal and informal group lessons—at home, at conferences and on a cruise ship. Ted is a mechanical engineer with forty years experience in design and analysis of structures, and prevention of vibration. He is an amateur student of history, enjoying especially the biographies of great Americans and the history of technology. He has been a student of Objectivism for thirty-eight years.Hannes HackerSpecialties: history and politics of the space program, science and technology.Mr. Hacker graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS degree in aerospace engineering in May 1988. He earned a MS degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin December 1990. He has eleven years of space-flight operations experience including work on the space shuttle, international space station and commercial communications satellites.DAVID HARRIMANB.S., Physics, 1979, University of California at Berkeley;M.S., Physics, 1982, University of Maryland;M.A., Philosophy, 1995, Claremont Graduate University, CaliforniaDavid Harriman is the editor of Journals of Ayn Rand and a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute. He has lectured extensively on the history and philosophy of physics. He is currently developing the physical science curriculum at VanDamme Academy and working on two books: one demonstrating the influence of philosophy on modern physics (The Anti-Copernican Revolution) and the other presenting Leonard Peikoff’s theory of induction (Induction in Physics and Philosophy).David HolcbergSpecialties: Environmentalism, science, capitalism. David Holcberg holds a degree in civil engineering and is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute.JONATHAN HOENIGCommunications and Philosophy, 1999, Northwestern UniversityMr. Hoenig manages Capitalistpig Hedge Fund, LLC. A former floor trader, his first book, Greed Is Good, was published by HarperCollins. Mr. Hoenig has written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Wired andMarketWatch: Stock Market News - Financial News. He was named one of Crain’s Forty Under Forty and appears regularly on Fox News Channel.Gary HullSpecialties: Philosophy, multiculturalism, business ethics, education.Dr. Hull is director of the Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace at Duke University. His op-eds have been published in numerous newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Orange County Register, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Chicago Tribune. He has made numerous television and radio appearances to discuss Ayn Rand’s philosophy, multiculturalism, affirmative action, the Elian Gonzalez affair, sex, ethics, politics. He has lectured on Ayn Rand’s philosophy at conferences around the world and, as a member of the Ayn Rand Institute’s Speakers Bureau, has spoken at universities across the country, including Harvard, Michigan at Ann Arbor, Wisconsin at Madison, Texas at Austin. Dr. Hull is the author of A Study Guide to Leonard Peikoff’s book Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand, and is co-editor of The Ayn Rand Reader (Penguin/Plume, 1999), a collection of fiction and non-fiction writings by Ayn Rand.MARTIN F JOHANSENMS, Computer Science, 2009, University of OsloMr. Johansen is a PhD research fellow at SINTEF, the largest independent research institute in Scandinavia. He is currently completing his PhD studies at the University of Oslo as part of an international research project on software testing.Elan JournoBA, Philosophy, 1997, King's College, LondonMr. Journo, director of policy research at ARI, is completing a book on American policy toward the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. His 2009 book, “Winning the Unwinnable War,” analyzes post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy. His writing has appeared in “Foreign Policy,” “Journal of International Security Affairs” and “Middle East Quarterly.”ELLEN KENNERPh.D., Clinical Psychology, 1992, University of Rhode IslandDr. Kenner, a clinical psychologist, has taught university courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology and theories of personality. She gives talks on romance, self-improvement, psychological self-defense, parenting and communication skills. She is in her eighth year as host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Rational Basis of Happiness®.Ryan KrausePhD, Strategic Management and Organization Theory, 2013, Indiana UniversityDr. Krause is an assistant professor at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business. He researches corporate governance and has published in “Academy of Management Journal,” “Strategic Management Journal” and “Journal of Management.” His research has been covered by the “Wall Street Journal,” “USA Today,” “Businessweek” and Fox Business Network.Andrew LaymanAndrew Layman is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft where he works on Internet and database technologies. Prior to joining Microsoft in 1992, he was a Vice President of Symantec Corporation and original author of the Time Line project management program.Peter LePort, M.D.Specialties: Medicine, free market reform of healthcare, medical savings accountsDr. LePort, a full-time surgeon, lectures nationwide on free market reform in healthcare, particularly on the benefits of medical savings accounts. He is a member of the board of directors of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. He co-wrote a healthcare reform proposal that discusses voluntary, tax-free medical savings accounts and high-deductible personal health insurance and which includes a method to privatize Medicare. He earned his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, and is a former assistant professor of surgery at that institution. He is a member of the Faculty of the American College of Surgeons and of the Orange County Surgical Society.Andrew LewisPostgraduate Diploma of Philosophy, 1994, University of Melbourne, AustraliaMr. Lewis has studied philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center, the University of Melbourne and the University of Southern California. He worked with Leonard Peikoff on his radio show, has lectured at Objectivist conferences, and is principal at VanDamme Academy, where he teaches a three-year history curriculum covering ancient, European and American history.JOHN LEWIS (deceased)Ph.D., Classics, 2001, University of CambridgeDr. Lewis is assistant professor of history at Ashland University, where he holds an Anthem Fellowship for Objectivist Scholarship. He is Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History and Political Science. He has published in several professional journals, and has been a visiting scholar at Rice University and Bowling Green State UniversityEDWIN A. LOCKEPh.D., Industrial Organizational Psychology, 1964, Cornell University.Dr. Locke is Dean’s Professor of Leadership and Motivation (Emeritus) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is internationally known for his research and writings on work motivation, leadership and related topics, including the application of Objectivism to psychology and management. He is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute and has published numerous op-eds.Keith LockitchPhD, Physics, 1999, University of Wisconsin at MilwaukeeDr. Lockitch is an ARI fellow and director of advanced training. In addition to speaking and writing for ARI on issues related to energy, climate and environmentalism, he teaches writing for the OAC and has developed courses on Ayn Rand’s ideas and novels for a variety of audiences.ROBERT MAYHEWPh.D., Philosophy, 1991, Georgetown UniversityDr. Mayhew is associate professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is the author of Aristotle’s Criticism of Plato’s Republic and The Female in Aristotle’s Biology and the editor of Ayn Rand’s Marginalia, Ayn Rand’s The Art of Nonfiction, Essays on Ayn Rand’s “We the Living” and (forthcoming) Ayn Rand’s Q & A. He has completed a book on Ayn Rand’s HUAC testimony and is preparing for publication a collection of essays on Ayn Rand’s Anthem.Arline MannArline Mann is an attorney. She is vice president and associate general counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co.John P. McCaskey, Ph.D. in history, is the founder and chairman of the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship. He spent twenty years in the computer business, most recently as founder of Epiphany, Inc., before returning to academia in 2001. He studies and teaches history and philosophy of science at Stanford University.Scott McConnellSpecialties: Volunteerism, Communism in America, Ayn Rand's life. Mr. McConnell is a former literature teacher and high school English teacher. He has a BA in behavioral sciences and worked in Hollywood as a script reader. He has given several lectures on Ayn Rand's life.Shoshana MilgramPhD, Comparative Literature, 1978, Stanford UniversityDr. Milgram, associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, specializes in narrative fiction and film. She has lectured on Ayn Rand at Objectivist and academic conferences and has published on Ayn Rand, Hugo and Dostoevsky. Dr. Milgram is editing the draft of her book-length study of Ayn Rand’s life (to 1957).Ken Moelis. Mr. Moelis is founder and chief executive officer of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments. Mr. Moelis has over thirty years of investment banking experience. Prior to founding Moelis & Company, he worked at UBS from 2001 to 2007, where he was most recently president of UBS Investment Bank and, previously, Joint Global Head of Investment Banking. Mr. Moelis serves on the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees, the Wharton Board of Overseers, the Board of the Tourette Syndrome Association, and the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Hospital.Jean MoroneyCertificate, 1996, Objectivist Graduate Center, Ayn Rand Institute;MS, Psychology, 1994, Carnegie Mellon University;MS, Electrical Engineering, 1986, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMs. Moroney is president of Thinking Directions, a business that develops and teaches methods in applied psycho-epistemology. She has given her flagship course, Thinking Tactics, to corporate and public audiences across North America. She is writing a book titled “Smarter: How to Achieve Your Goals When Nothing Goes as Planned.”Adam Mossoff is Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. He is also Co-Director of Academic Programs and a Senior Scholar at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason, which he co-founded in 2012. He teaches and writes in the areas of patent law, trade secrets, trademark law, property law, and internet law. He has published extensively on the theory and history of how patents and other intellectual property rights are fundamental property rights. His article on the very first patent war, the Sewing Machine War of the 1850s, has been widely cited in today's public policy debates concerning patent litigation, patent licensing, and patent pools. He has testified before the Senate, and he has spoken at numerous congressional staff briefings, professional association conferences, and academic conferences, as well as at the PTO, the FTC, the DOJ, and the Smithsonian Institution. He is Co-Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the IEEE-USA, and he is a member of the Amicus Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Public Policy Committee of the Licensing Executives Society, and the Academic Advisory Board of the Copyright Alliance. ADAM MOSSOFF is an expert in patent law and property theory. He has published numerous law review articles and book reviews on topics in legal philosophy, patent law, and property law, including in law reviews at the University of Arizona and UC-Hastings, and in the interdisciplinary law journal, the University of Chicago Law School Roundtable. He was a visiting lecturer and John M. Olin Fellow in Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he taught a seminar on property theory. Immediately prior to coming to MSU College of Law, he clerked for the Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Mossoff graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with honors in 2001. He has a M.A. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he specialized in legal and political philosophy, and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude and with high honors in philosophy. Hi is now an Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University School of LawSpecialties: Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Patent RightsJ. PATRICK MULLINS is a doctoral candidate in the history department of the University of Kentucky. He is in the last stages of writing his doctoral dissertation with the help of a generous grant from the Ayn Rand Institute.Travis NorsenSpecialties: Physics, science, history and philosophy of science, science education.Mr. Norsen is a physics and philosophy double-major at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. He is currently attending his final year of a PhD program in physics at the University of Washington in Seattle. Mr. Norsen is also a former adjunct instructor of physics at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA.JOHN E. OPFER, who still tops the list of Amazon Reviewers on the CyberNet Scoreboard, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University where he specializes in cognitive and developmental psychology. Nowadays he's too busy reviewing his research findings to review books. His work at OSU's Concepts and Learning Lab explores how young children form and change their concepts, such as concepts of living things and number. His website is at <Department of Psychology - John Opfer> where you will find links to several of his fascinating papers.Michael PaxtonMFA, 1984, New York UniversityMr. Paxton directed the world premiere of Ayn Rand’s Ideal (1989) and adapted and directed a dramatic presentation of Anthem (1991). His documentary, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, won an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Feature Documentary. He teaches production design and film history at the Art Institute in Hollywood.Lee PiersonPhD, 1982, Psychology, Cornell UniversityDr. Pierson, director of the Thinking Skills Institute at Fairleigh Dickinson University, teaches students and business professionals how to keep any thought process moving toward its goal by activating the right knowledge as needed. He has a long-standing interest in and recently participated in life-extension research.AMY PEIKOFFJ.D., 1998, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law;Ph.D., Philosophy, 2003, University of Southern CaliforniaDr. Amy Peikoff is an Anthem fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is teaching undergraduate courses in ethics and epistemology. Her writings on legal and philosophical issues have appeared in academic journals and leading newspapers. She has taught for the Objectivist Academic Center and lectured for Objectivist organizations and at conferences. Visiting Fellow at Chapman University’s Law School.Leonard PeikoffPh .D., Philosophy, 1964 New York UniversityFrom 1957 until 1973, Peikoff taught philosophy at Hunter College, Long Island University, New York University, the University of Denver and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.After that, he worked full-time on The Ominous Parallels (published 1982) and gave lectures across the country. He gave courses on Ayn Rand's philosophy regularly in New York City, which were taped and played to groups in some 100 cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. In addition, he spoke frequently before investment and financial conferences on the philosophic basis of capitalism.Dr. Peikoff, who is a naturalized American citizen, was born in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1933. His father was a surgeon and his mother, before marriage, was a band leader in Western Canada. He has been a contributor to Barron's and an associate editor, with Ayn Rand, of The Objectivist (1968-71) and The Ayn Rand Letter (1971-76).He is author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Dutton, 1991), the definitive statement of Objectivism.Steve PlafkerJ.D., 1973 USCPh.D., Math, 1966 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISBS, MATH, MIT, 1961Dr. Plafker is a retired Los Angeles County deputy district attorney. His teaching experience includes teaching law to law students and to undergraduates. Before becoming a lawyer, he taught mathematics at Tulane University. He is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of The Association For Objective Law (TAFOL).Richard RalstonSpecialties: Ayn Rand’s life, Objectivism (General), Projects of the Ayn Rand Institute, Volunteerism, Foreign Policy, Journalism and MediaAfter serving seven years in the U.S. Army, Mr. Ralston completed an M.A. in International Relations at the University of Southern California in 1977. He then began a career in newspaper publishing and direct marketing. He has been the circulation director and publisher of The Christian Science Monitor, a radio producer, a national television news business manager, and a book publisher. As an independent direct marketing consultant, his clients included IBM, British Airways, CNN, and the Los Angeles Times. His book Communism: Its Rise and Fall in the 20th Century was published in 1991. Mr. Ralston is now Managing Director for the Ayn Rand Institute.JOHN RIDPATHPh.D., Economics, 1974, University of VirginiaDr. Ridpath (York University, retired) writes and speaks in defense of capitalism, and on the impact throughout Western history—including the American Founding era—of the ideas of the major philosophers. A recipient of numerous teaching awards, and nominee for Canadian Professor of the Year, he continues to lecture throughout Europe and North America.Jonathan Paul Rosman, MDSpecialties: Medicine, psychiatry.Dr. Rosman is a board certified psychiatrist, with additional qualifications in the subspecialties of addiction psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. Prior to entering full-time private practice in California in 1989 he was an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. For several years, Dr. Rosman has been a psychiatric consultant to the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, and is the psychiatric consultant to the Sleep Disorders Center at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California. He is also medical director for the Eating Disorder Center of California, a private, intensive outpatient clinic in Brentwood, California, devoted to the treatment of patients with anorexia and bulimia.Dr. Rosman is a published writer and lecturer on various aspects of psychiatry. Dr. Rosman's theoretical orientation is broad-based, drawing on and integrating aspects of cognitive-behavioral, short-term psychodynamic and biologic theories with Objectivist epistemological principles. He practices as both a psychotherapist and a psychopharmacologist.GREG SALMIERIB.A., Philosophy, 2001, The College of New JerseyPhD, Philosophy, 2008, University of PittsburghDr. Salmieri is a philosophy fellow at the Anthem Foundation and co-secretary of the Ayn Rand Society (a professional group affiliated with the American Philosophical Association). He teaches at Rutgers University. He has published and lectured on Aristotle and Ayn Rand and is co-editor of forthcoming books on both thinkers.Richard M. SalsmanSpecialties: Banking, free market economics, economic forecasting, capitalism, investmentsRichard M. Salsman is president and chief market strategist of InterMarket Forecasting, which provides quantitative research and forecasts of stocks, bonds, and currencies to guide the asset allocation decisions of institutional investment managers, mutual funds, and pension plans. He is the author of numerous books and articles on economics, banking, and forecasting from a free-market perspective, including Breaking the Banks: Central Banking Problems and Free Banking Solutions (American Institute for Economic Research, 1990) and Gold and Liberty (American Institute for Economic Research, 1995). Mr. Salsman’s work has appeared in The Intellectual Activist, the New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Barron’s. From 1993 to 1999, he was a senior vice president and senior economist at H. C. Wainwright & Co. Economics. Prior to that he was a banker at Citibank and the Bank of New York. Mr. Salsman is an adjunct fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research and the founder of The Association of Objectivist Businessmen.Lee Sandstead received his B.A. Philosophy/B.S. Mass Communication from Middle Tennessee State University in December 1996, when he was awarded the prestigious award for “Outstanding Magazine Journalism Graduate.” He has studied art history at the University of Memphis’ graduate program, and most recently, the art history doctoral program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York City. He is a popular writer/photographer/lecturer of art-historical subjects. He has delivered almost 50 keynote lecture-addresses to such prestigious institutions as: Yale, Duke, University of Michigan, Penn State, NYU and the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto. Articles of his have been published in numerous journals, and his photography has been seen in publications such as: The New York Times, Fortune, and Ms. Magazine. He currently teaches art history at Montclair State University and is author of the forthcoming book on American master-sculptor Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874-1954DINA SCHEIN FEDERMAN (deceased) is completing her article on "Integrity in The Fountainhead_" for ROBERT MAYHEW's upcoming collection of essays. She will also be delivering two lectures at the European Objectivist conference in London this month. Her writing projects include severalarticles on Virtue Ethics, a movement in academic ethics.DANIEL SCHWARTZBA, Liberal Arts, 2006, St. John’s CollegeMr. Schwartz is a doctoral candidate in philosophy at UC San Diego, where he is working on a dissertation titled “Baconian Foundationalism and the Problem of Certainty.” He specializes in early modern philosophy and the history of the philosophy of science.PETER SCHWARTZM.A., Journalism, 1972, Syracuse UniversityPeter Schwartz is the founding editor and publisher of The Intellectual Activist. He is the editor and contributing author of Ayn Rand’s Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, and is chairman of the board of directors of the Ayn Rand Institute.Thomas ShoebothamMM, Orchestral Conducting, 1996, University of New MexicoMM, Cello Performance, 1992, Eastman School of MusicMr. Shoebotham is music director of the Palo Alto Philharmonic. Previous conducting engagements have included Berkeley Opera, Opera San José, Peninsula Symphony Orchestra and many other groups. He has lectured on music, taught in school music programs and performed numerous recitals as a cellist and pianist over the last twenty years.Stephen SiekPhD, Musicology, 1991, University of CincinnatiDr. Siek, professor emeritus at Wittenberg University, has recently publishedEngland’s Piano Sage: The Life and Teachings of Tobias Matthay. For many years he has lectured and written about the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright, including a scholarly study of Wright’s 1909 home for Burton Westcott in Springfield, Ohio.BRIAN P. SIMPSONPhD, Economics, 2000, George Mason UniversityDr. Simpson is a professor at National University in San Diego. He is author of the book Markets Don’t Fail! and he has a number of papers published in academic journals. He is currently working on another book titled “Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle,” which he hopes to publish soon.Steve SimpsonJD, 1994, New York Law SchoolMr. Simpson is director of legal studies at the Ayn Rand Institute. A former constitutional lawyer for the Institute for Justice, he writes and speaks on a wide variety of legal and constitutional issues, including free speech and campaign finance law, cronyism and government corruption, and the rule of law.Aaron SmithPhD, Philosophy, 2010, Johns Hopkins UniversityDr. Smith is an instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute where he teaches in the Objectivist Academic Center and the Summer Internship program. He lectures for ARI and develops educational content for the Institute’s e-learning programs.Tara SmithPhD, Philosophy, 1989, Johns Hopkins UniversityDr. Smith, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, holds the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism and the Anthem Foundation Fellowship. She has published books on values, virtues, and individual rights. Her latest, “Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System,” is forthcoming in fall 2015 (Cambridge University Press).MARY ANN SURESM.A., Art History, 1966, Hunter College, New YorkMary Ann Sures taught art history at Washington Square College of N.Y.U. and at Hunter College. She applied Objectivist esthetics to painting and sculpture in a ten-lecture course, “Esthetics of the Visual Arts,” which was written in consultation with Ayn Rand. Her philosophical approach to art history is presented in “Metaphysics in Marble” (The Objectivist, February/March, 1969). She is co-author with her (late) husband Charles of Facets of Ayn Rand (published by the Ayn Rand Institute), memoirs of their longtime friendship with Ayn Rand and her husband Frank O’Connor.C. BRADLEY THOMPSONPh.D., History, 1993, Brown UniversityC. Bradley Thompson is the BB&T Research Professor at Clemson University and the Executive Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton and Harvard universities and at the University of London.Professor Thompson is the author of Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea and the prize-winning book John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty. He has also edited The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams, Antislavery Political Writings, 1833-1860: A Reader, co-edited Freedom and School Choice in American Education, and was an associate editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. His current book project is on the ideological origins of American constitutionalism.Dr. Thompson is also an occasional writer for The Times Literary Supplement of London. He has lectured around the country on education reform and the American Revolution, and his op-ed essays have appeared in scores of newspapers around the country and abroad. Dr. Thompson's lectures on the political thought of John Adams have twice appeared on C-SPAN television.LISA VANDAMMEB.A., Philosophy, 1994, University of Texas at AustinLisa VanDamme is the owner and director of VanDamme Academy, a private elementary and junior high school in Laguna Hills, California. She specializes in the application of Objectivism to educational theory. Her previous lectures on homeschooling, hierarchy and the teaching of values will be included in a forthcoming education anthology featuring Leonard Peikoff’s “Philosophy of Education.”Don WatkinsBA, Business Administration, 2005, Strayer UniversityMr. Watkins is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. He is the author of “RooseveltCare: How Social Security Is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance” and coauthor, along with Yaron Brook, of the national best-seller “Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government.”KEITH WEINERPh.D., Economics, 2012, New Austrian School of Economics (non-accredited)Dr. Weiner is the founder and CEO of Monetary Metals, a company on a mission to pay interest on gold, and the president of the Gold Standard Institute USA.He makes the economic arguments, as well as the moral, for a free market in money and credit. There has never been an unadulterated gold standard in history, as all governments (including the U.S.) have regulated and interfered with banking, even when other enterprises were unshackled. Today our monetary system is failing, and Keith describes the mechanics in detail, why making the passionate case for gold as the money of free markets.He is also the founder of DiamondWare, a software company sold to Nortel in 2008.Glenn WoiceshynSpecialties: Education, ethics, environmentalism, science, politics.Mr. Woiceshyn is currently developing curriculum and teaching materials for grades 4 to 6 based on his understanding of Objectivism and his experience in "homeschooling" his son and other children. As a freelance writer, Mr. Woiceshyn's op-eds have appeared in numerous newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald.JAANA WOICESHYNM.B.A., 1983, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration; Ph.D., Organization and Strategy, 1988, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School)Dr. Woiceshyn is an associate professor at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. She has taught business ethics and strategic management to undergraduate, MBA and executive MBA students and to various business audiences since 1987.BARRY WOODPh.D., History of Art and Architecture, 2002, Harvard UniversityDr. Wood is curator of the Islamic Gallery Project at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He has lectured and published on subjects ranging from Persian poetry to Web design.Darryl WrightSpecialties: Ethics, political philosophy, ObjectivismDarryl Wright is associate professor of philosophy at Harvey Mudd College, a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1991, and his A.B. in philosophy from Princeton University in 1985. Dr. Wright has published scholarly articles and/or lectured on the history of ethics, early twentieth-century philosophy, value theory, coercion, and other topics in philosophy.

Image via LionsgatePublisher Login - 7searchppcWriter/Director: Rian JohnsonCast: Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jaeden Martell, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford, Noah SeganFrom Brick to Looper to The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson has made a career as a filmmaker who brings his singular touch to familiar genres, reenvisioning them with panache while honoring the hallmarks of their respective cinematic staples. With his Oscar-nominated ensemble powerhouse Knives Out, Johnson brings that touch to the old-fashioned murder mystery, staging a twisy tale of death and inheritance through the lens of one fractured, fabulously over-the-top family. Knives Out is funny and breezy, but it’s also gorgeously composed, with some supremely sly performances from its killer cast. It’s honestly worth your time just to watch Michael Shannon scream about cookies, but fortunately, that’s just one of many, many moments that make Knives Out such a delightful and unusual film. —Haleigh FoutchCrawlPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via Paramount PicturesDirector: Alexandre AjaWriters: Michael Rassmussen and Shawn RassmussenCast: Kaya Scoldelario, Barry PepperIf you are looking for a creature feature that 1) grabs you by the throat and never lets go, 2) lowkey features some of the best horror performances in recent memory, 3) whips ass, you’re gonna want to check out Crawl. Directed by High Tension and The Hills Have Eyes filmmaker Alexandre Aja, Crawl is a no-nonsense monster movie that traps a woman (Kaya Scodelario) and her estranged father (Barry Pepper) in the crawlspace of their Florida home with a bunch of mean-ass, man-eating alligators and wastes no time stagging one nail-biting sequence after the next. Running a lean 87 minutes, Crawl is refreshingly straightforward, fun as hell, and features some of the best-composed monster movie action in years. — Haleigh FoutchVivariumPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via Saban FilmsDirector: Lorcan FineganWriter: Garret ShanleyCast: Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan ArisIf you like Twilight Zone inspired contained tales of horror and existential dread, boy does Amazon have the right horror movie streaming for you this month. Lorcan Finegan‘s is dark as hell and a walloping bummer, but it’s a very good bad time. Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg star as a couple on the hunt for their first home and wind up trapped in a surreal suburban neighborhood from which there’s no escaping. No matter how many streets they drive through, how many fences they hop, they just can’t get out. Then the nightmare baby shows up. On the surface, Vivarium is an effective portrait of the horrors of getting trapped in a white-picket-fence life you never wanted, but the scarier, much more effective undercurrent comes from the way the film embraces the cruel indifference of nature’s life cycles and the helplessness of being stuck in them. — Haleigh FoutchHow to Train Your DragonPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via DreamWorks AnimationDirectors: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBloisWriters: Will Davies, Dean DeBlois, and Chris SandersCast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristin WiigEasily one of the best new kids and family franchises of the 21st Century, the How to Train Your Dragon films are solid all the way through (and the inferior but still charming collection of Netflix original series inspired by the film franchise are there to help you if your kids get a little too hooked on the adventures of Berk.) But for all the technological advancements in animation and the subsequent dazzling visuals of the sequels, there’s still raw magic in Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois’ original film, which transported audiences to the Viking island of Berk where Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his outrageously adorable dragon Toothless begin their epic adventures. — Haleigh FoutchThe Vast of NightPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via AmazonDirector: Andrew PattersonWriters: James Montague and Craig W. SangerCast: Sierra McCormick and Jake HorowitzThe indie sci-fi film The Vast of Night is hands down one of the best films of 2020, and a wonderful surprise. Set in 1950s New Mexico, the story basically follows a switchboard operator (Sierra McCormick) and a radio DJ (Jake Horowitz) investigating a strange sound coming through the radio during a big high school basketball game. That premise could go wrong any number of ways, but at every turn Vast of Night pleasantly surprises. It’s Spielbergian in that it clearly draws influence from films like E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but also has a voice and style all its own. The wildly compelling screenplay is full of delightfully crackerjack dialogue that evokes screwball comedies of the 40s and 50s, while Andrew Patterson’s direction favors long takes and unique shots that lay the intrigue on thick as the story plays out entirely in real-time. Add in a layer of Twilight Zone-esque terror, and The Vast of Night is a film you won’t soon forget, announcing its writers, director, and cast as new talents to watch. – Adam ChitwoodRocketmanPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via Paramount PicturesDirector: Dexter FletcherWriter: Lee HallCast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas HowardWatch Taron Egerton give the exuberant performance of his career to date in , the delightful music biopic that would have received the same awards treatment as Bohemian Rhapsody if we lived in a just world. Inspired by the real-life story of Elton John‘s early career, Rocketman stages a fantasy musical that incorporates the iconic British rock star’s greatest hits while chronicling the highs and lows of his journey from a dull life in the suburbs to becoming a legend of glamourous stardom. It’s cheesy in the best way, with endless charisma, no small thanks to Egerton’s knockout performance of a mercurial and intoxicating character like Elton John, but also thanks to Fletcher’s playful, emotionally-attuned directing. It’s easy to see why Fox called him in to clean up the Bohemian Rhapsody mess and if the Queen biopic left you hungry for something with a little more heart (and teeth), Rocketman is just the ticket. — Haleigh FoutchThe LighthousePublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via A24Writer/Director: Robert EggersCast: Robert Pattinson, Willem DafoeThe Witch filmmaker Robert Eggers earned a whole heap of critical acclaim, instantly held the attention of cinephiles, and helped cement the A24 horror brand with his debut movie. So how could he top it with his second? With an absolutely bonkers, brutal and bizarrely hilarious mythological tale of two men driven to madness on a tiny little island with only each other and their farts to keep them company. A two-hander with sublime performances from Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as its engine, The Lighthouse affirms Eggers as a singular voice and force of innovative formalist filmmaking that builds new nightmares from the technical tools of classical cinema. What a treat. Genuinely unique, surreal, and ballsy as hell from all involved, The Lighthouse is the pirate-talking, bean-snacking, gods and monsters isolationist nightmare of a movie nerd’s dreams. And once you’ve been thoroughly confounded, be sure to read . — Haleigh FoutchGods and MonstersPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via Lions Gate FIlmsWriter/Director: Bill CondonCast: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita DavidovichFew filmmakers leave behind a legacy half as majestic as James Whale, the brilliant filmmaker who helped write the language of horror cinema with classics like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, and The Invisible Man. But Bill Condon‘s semi-fictionalized 1998 drama Gods and Monsters isn’t about the majesty or the great works, it’s about the lonely human behind the legend and his heartbreaking final days long after the Hollywood glamour wore off. The great Ian McKellen gives one of his best performances in the role of the iconic filmmaker, who we find tormented by traumatic memories, mostly living alone and falling to ill health when he strikes up a friendship with his gardener (Brendan Fraser), who agrees to let Whale sketch him. Tensions grow, things get very homoerotic (in just about the saddest way possible), Whale continues to decline in health and happiness, and ultimately, Condon delivers the film of his career. Beautiful and devastating, Gods and Monsters respects the courage behind Whale’s choice to be an out homosexual in the 1930s while acknowledging what it cost him, just like it honors the legendary artist who helped create cinema’s great monsters while acknowledging the tragedy of his life. — Haleigh FoutchThe AvengersPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via Marvel StudiosDirector: Joss WhedonWriters: Joss Whedon and Zak PennCast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard, Clarke Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul BettanyIt seems positively quaint when compared with the enormity of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but was an absolutely game-changing piece of filmmaking that proved Marvel Studios’ big shared-universe of superheroes could really work — and what’s more, that it could work the best when paying off long plot-arcs in epic team-up films. And thanks to writer/director Joss Whedon‘s knack for ensemble storytelling (proved in his outstanding series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly), the film set the stage for the MCU’s even grander ambitions to come.It holds up. Avengers is such a tightly made film, with the exception of the underwhelming opening scene, each set-piece still whips, from the first showdown between Cap, Thor and Iron Man, to the iconic moment the Avengers assemble in the rubble of New York City. It a historic film, it changed the future of the film industry and sparked a series of imitators, but best of all, it’s still a pleasure to watch. And I imagine you won’t be able to stream it much longer without a Disney+ subscription, so get on that while you can! — Haleigh FoutchBumblebeePublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via ParamountDirector: Travis KnightWriter: Christina HodsonCast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendenborg Jr., Pamela Adlon, Jason Drucker, Angela Bassett, Justin TherouxAfter six installments of all-out Bayhem, the Transformers franchise got a revamped spinoff from LAIKA boss Travis Knight with and it’s charming as all get-out, giving everyone’s favorite sweetheart Autobot his own solo adventure with a retro flourish. Hailee Steinfeld stars a teenage grease monkey in the 80s, who’s desperate for her own car and happens to wind up in the possession of one decommissioned Bumblebee. Naturally, the pair set out on a mission to save the world when some pesky Decepticons come into play, along with a hyperpatriotic agent (the always welcome John Cena) who wants the otherwordly menace gone. Heavily riffing on the Amblin films of the era its set in, Bumblebee is sweet as could be, with a healthy balance of well-constructed action scenes to keep the Transformers spirit alive. — Haleigh FoutchFighting with My FamilyPublisher Login - 7searchppcPhoto by Robert Viglasky / Metro Goldwyn Mayer PicturesWriter/Director: Stephen MerchantCast: Florence Pugh, Nick Frost, Lena Heady, Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn, Jack Lowden, Olivia BernstoneFlorence Pugh had a hell of a year in 2019, culminating in an Oscar nomination for her scene-stealing work in Little Women. But before the awards tour, and before the horrors of Midsommar, Pugh kicked the year off strong with the absolutely delightful wrestling comedy Written and directed by Extras and Life’s Too Short co-creator Stephen Merchant, the film is inspired by the life of real-world wrestling star Paige and chronicles how she was raised in a family of wrestling fanatics and went from smalltown gigs with the fam to dominating the ring on an international stage.You don’t have to be into wrestling to dig the heck out of this movie (I’ve never seen a full match and I loved it — so did my mom and pretty much everyone else I’ve talked to for that matter), though you might find yourself inclined to watch some once its over, but Fighting with My Family is just a classic feel-good sports movie with a heck of a lot of charm and a knockout ensemble cast that includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson himself and Vince Vaughn giving his most charismatic performance in ages. — Haleigh FoutchMidsommarPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via A24Writer/Director: Ari AsterCast: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Will PoulterThere are few up-and-coming filmmakers out there who have delivered the technical mastery and emotional savagery that Ari Aster one-two punched with his first two films. First with Hereditary (see below) and now with , his sun-drenched folk horror ode to classics like The Wickerman that sends the audience to gorgeous a summer solstice hellscape of grief, anxiety and codependence. Florence Pugh gives a knockout performance as a young woman dealing with an insurmountable tragedy when she journeys abroad with her checked-out boyfriend (Jack Reynor) and his friends, and winds up smack in the middle of a terrifying pagan ritual. Gorgeously shot, scored, staged, etc., etc., Midsommar isn’t just a deviously elegant spin on a classic horror subgenre, it also packs a wicked sense of humor and pitch-black comedy. — Haleigh FoutchThe FarewellImage via A24Writer/Director: Lulu WangCast: Awkwafina, Shuzhen Zhao, Diana Lin, X Mayo, Tzi Ma, Becca KhalilLulu Wang‘s Golden Globe and Spirit award-winning gem The Farewell may not have received the Academy attention it so deserved, but that doesn’t make it any less an essential, cathartic watch. Based on her real-life experiences, Wang crafts a nuanced and deeply emotional journey through the highs and lows of loving someone with your whole heart. And the seemingly impossible task of saying goodbye with grace when the time comes.Awkwafina stars in her best performance to date as Billi, a young Chinese-American woman who returns to China when she learns her grandmother (a truly extraordinary Shuzhen Zhao) is diagnosed with terminal cancer. And her struggles only intensify when she realizes her family intends to keep the diagnosis a secret from her grandma so that she can live the rest of her life in peace. The result is some of the best happy-sad filmmaking this side of Taika Waititi with wonderful moments of wit layered into the rich emotional story and a thoughtful examination of what happens when cultural values clash in a moment of crisis. And if you’ve ever had to say goodbye to someone you love, you won’t find a lovelier or more honest depiction of the crushing weight of mortality when that person is still right in front of you but you know it might be the last time. — Haleigh FoutchA Simple FavorImage via LionsgateWriter: Jessica SharzerDirector: Paul FeigCast: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew RannellsTwisted thrillers don’t get more deliciously absurd and provocative than , Paul Feig‘s stylish mystery about a lonely single mother (Anna Kendrick) who gets caught up in an increasingly wild predicament when she agrees to look after her friend’s son. Turns out the friend in question is a real wild card (Blake Lively in a redefining role) and when she goes missing, everything gets all kinds of fucked-up. Easily one of the most slept on films of 2018, A Simple Favor is a bonafide gripping thriller with some next-level insane reveals and fashion porn that would make Ocean’s 8 tremble. Batshit insane with a trio of killer lead performances, A Simple Favor will keep you guessing, but even better, it will keep you grinning from start to finish. — Haleigh FoutchThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoImage via A24Director: Joe TalbotWriters: Jimmie Fails, Robert RichartCast: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover, Tichina Arnold, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps, Finn WittrockQuietly gorgeous, with a palette of rich, sumptuous colors and arguably even more beautiful character work, The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a knockout. Jimmie Fails stars in a story partially based on his own life, as a young man determined to reclaim his childhood home in a gentrified San Francisco neighborhood where it now goes for about $4 million on the market. Fails has described the film as a love story between him and the house, and in many ways, it is that, a rapturous descent into the obsessions of love and the increasingly desperate and determined steps a man will take to win back the object of his affection.But it’s also a moving story of friendship (including a singular and staggering performance from Jonathan Majors as Jimmie’s longtime best friend) and a poetic, heartfelt meditation on the emotional and historical power of the past even as it’s being purged for profit, the search for legacy in a culture that’s left you behind, and the breaking point when looking towards the past poisons your present. The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a lovely film with a haunted heart, and marks a stunning debut for director Joe Talbot. — Haleigh FoutchThe BirdcagePublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via United ArtistsDirector: Mike NicholsWriter: Elaine MayCast: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Diane Wiest, Gene Hackman, Hank Azaria, Calista Flockheart, Christine Baranski, Dan FuttermanIf there’s a message the world needs right now, it’s that all it takes to respect lifestyles we don’t understand is to respect the humanity of the person living it. Underneath the politicking and the piety, we’re all just folk. That’s the root of The Birdcage, a vibrant and powerfully charming comedy of errors about two gay men in Palm Beach Florida who reluctantly agree to pretend they’re a conventional family so their son can win the approval of his bride-to-be’s family. The flamboyant duo, who own a popular local drag nightclub, find themselves up against her father (Gene Hackman), a conservative senator, the co-founder of the Committee for Moral Order, who’s in the midst of a scandal. The result is a descent into comedy chaos, fully equipped with elaborate schemes, mistaken identities, and vibrant theatricality. Robin Williams is in top form here, human and hilarious, and he’s absolute gold as the contrast to Nathan Lane’s effusive drama queen, but they’re always characters, never caricatures, and that gives The Birdcage a lot of heart to go with the gut-busting laughs. — Haleigh FoutchOverlordImage via ParamountDirector: Julius AveryWriters: Billy Ray and Mark L. SmithCast: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk, John Magaro, Ian De Caestecker, Jacob AndersonIf you dug the high-intensity immersive war drama of 1917, you’re gonna want to check out if for no other reason than the tremendous aerial opening sequence, which is an absolutely breathtaking, pulse-pounding intro. But you should definitely stick around after that too, because Julius Avery‘s Bad Robot sci-fi thriller drops US soldiers in a Nazi-occupied French village and goes full Twilight Zone when they discover the undead handiwork of one the SS’s mad scientists. It’s an exceptionally blended genre cocktail, delivering legit war drama thrills amidst a B-movie background of monsters, mayhem, and sci-fi insanity. In a more just world, we’d be eagerly awaiting the sequel to this underseen gem. — Haleigh FoutchThe ReportImage via Amazon StudiosDirector/Writer: Scott Z. BurnsCast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Michael C. Hall, Ted Levine, Corey Stoll, Maura Tierney, and Sarah Goldbergis an excellent procedural thriller in the vein of All the President’s Men. It marks the directorial debut of Contagion and Side Effects writer Scott Z. Burns and chronicles the Senate’s investigation into the CIA’s use of torture following the 9/11 attacks, with Adam Driver playing the staffer assigned to head up the investigation at the behest of Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening). This is a contained, sharp, and incisive thriller that doesn’t take detours to dig into the character’s personal life or a love story—it’s extremely matter-of-fact in simply following the path that led to the creation of the titular report, and it’s as engrossing as it is infuriating. Driver is spectacular. – Adam ChitwoodFast ColorImage via LionsgateIf you like your superpowered stories on the serious side, you should definitely give a shot. Julia Hart’s movie takes place in a near-future dystopia where water is scarce and it hasn’t rained in eight years. Into this picture, we see three generations of women who have the power to deconstruct and reconstruct matter, which becomes a potent symbol for trying to repair the broken bonds between them.While serious superhero movies like Logan and The Dark Knight earn acclaim, Fast Color is equally worthy of recognition as it uses the mold of an indie family drama to explore initiate bonds that we feel may be broken beyond repair but just need work to heal. Anchored by three excellent performances from Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, and Saniyya Sidney, Fast Color is a movie that you shouldn’t let fly under your radar. – Matt GoldbergLate NightPublisher Login - 7searchppcImage via Amazon StudiosDirector: Nisha GanatraWriter: Mindy KalingCast: Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson, Hugh Dancy, John Lithgow, Denis O’Hare, Reid Scott, and Amy RyanIf you’re a fan of behind-the-scenes Hollywood stories and romcoms, you’ll probably like . The film follows a young woman (Mindy Kaling) who joins the all-male writing staff of a formerly famous but now in decline late night host, played by Emma Thompson. The idealistic young writer meets the cynicism of the host and her staff head-on, as they try to turn the show around while other obstacles arise. It’s sweet and fun and funny, but also surprisingly emotional as it reaches the end. Thompson delivers a terrific performance as a complex and powerful woman, and Kaling is charming as the naïve comedy newbie who idolizes her boss. – Adam ChitwoodInstant FamilyImage via Paramount PicturesDirector: Sean AndersWriters: Sean Anders, John MorrisCast: Rose Byrne, Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Mercer, Gustavo Escobar, Octavia Spencer, Julianna Gamiz, Tig Notaro, Tom SeguraWithout question, Rose Byrne is the unsung MVP of the last ten years in comedy movies. The actress’ early career cemented her image as a dramatic performer (and she still excels in those roles,) but ever since she stole the show in 2010’s Get Him to the Greek, she’s been absolutely crushing it in a string of comedies from Bridesmaids to Spy to the Neighbors films, constantly one-upping her better-known comedic counterparts along the way. With the surprisingly heartfelt comedy Instant Family Byrne got to combo the best of her comedic and dramatic skills alongside Mark Wahlberg in the story of a married couple who decide to foster, not one, but three children, including a no-bullshit teenager, played by Isabela Merced. Instant Family is refreshingly earnest and emotionally honest about the struggles and joys of foster parenting, delivering a moving emotional story without losing sight of the laughs. — Haleigh FoutchMission: Impossible - FalloutImage via Paramount PicturesWriter/Director: Christopher McQuarrieCast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Lian YangDollars for donuts, pound for pound, Mission: Impossible is the most consistent action franchise on the market right now, and what’s more, the most consistently raising the bar. As the first returning director in franchise history (and Cruise’s go-to guy,) Christopher McQuarrie has refined the M: I formula to its optimal performance, delivering two propulsive, thrilling and breathless installments with Rogue Nation and Fallout.Fallout gives us the clearest portrait of Ethan Hunt, the man, yet, digging beneath the super-spy persona into the grit of what happens when he fails — how far does the “living manifestation of destiny” go to get the job done? McQuarrie answers with a genuinely stunning, staggering amount of set-pieces, elevated by Cruise’s famed commitment to getting the best stunt. With knockout supporting performances from returning players Rebecca Ferguson and Sean Harris, as well as newcomers Henry Cavill, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett (not to mention the best fight scene of the franchise in that brutal bathroom brawl — which arguably has one of the best scene buttons of all time,) Fallout is an exercise in excellence. — Haleigh FoutchClimaxImage via Wild BunchWriter/Director: Gaspar NoéCast: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, Thea Carla Schott, Sharleen TempleA buckshot blast of paranoid, unhinged kinetic insanity, Gaspar No is the filmmaker’s most crowd-pleasing and accessible film, but this is the director of Irreversible and Enter the Void, so take that for what you will. Sofia Boutella stars as the lead dancer in an international dance troupe, who Jetes, fan kicks, and backbends down a nightmarish rabbit hole to hell when the punch bowl winds up spiked with drugs. The fiilm’s first act is a euphoric display of athleticism and talent, featuring one dance sequence after the next, but once things get dark, they cascade into a grimy, grim clusterfuck in a hurry. This is some bravado filmmaking, bolstered by performers (most of them novice actors) who put it on the line for this brutal, hallucinogenic talent show. — Haleigh FoutchSerenityImage via Aviron PicturesWriter/Director: Steven KnightCast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason ClarkeSerenity is without a doubt one of the wildest movies of 2019. The trailers provide a glimpse of the plot, which is that weary fisherman Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) has been roped into a scheme by his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) to murder her abusive husband Frank (Jason Clarke) in exchange for $10 million. But Serenity is so much weirder than this, and to say why would spoil the fun. You may see Serenity and absolutely hate it, but if you’re willing to go along for the crazy ride, you might end up having a blast. At the very least, writer-director Steven Knight has created one of the most unpredictable movies in years. – Matt GoldbergA Quiet PlaceDirector: John KrasinskiWriters: Bryan Woods and Scott BeckCast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah JupeJohn Krasinski has given us all a lot of laughs over the years, but with his creature feature A Quiet Place, the actor-director brings the thrills. Set in a world overrun by alien creatures who hunt by sound, A Quiet Place follows a family trying to survive in the silence…. oh, and the mother’s pregnant. Silent birth? That’s not a thing. Krasinski does a killer job building tension as the family catapults towards the inevitable arrival of the baby and the creatures close in on their home. I’ve rarely seen audiences so respectfully silent in a theater, clinging to the film’s quiet atmosphere, quietly munching on popcorn when the score kicked in. Its a damn impressive directorial feat from Krasinski, who pretty much writes a love letter to Steven Spielberg with his set-pieces and Amblin-esque big heart, and it’s one of the best tales about the terrors of parenting in recent memory. — Haleigh FoutchHotel ArtemisImage via Global Road EntertainmentWriter/Director: Drew PearceCast: Jodi Foster, Sofia Boutella, Stirling K. Brown, Dave Bautista, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie DayWritten and directed by Drew Pearce (who most recently penned the screenplay for Hobbs and Shaw), Hotel Artemis kind of flew under the radar when it hit theaters in 2018. And that’s a shame, because the dystopian action thriller is a pretty fun and kickass little yarn with an outrageous wealth of riches in the cast. Jodie Foster stars as The Nurse, a woman who runs a members-only hotel/hospital for criminals in a future Los Angeles ravaged by riots. It’s got a distinctly post-John Wick flair, and while the action never matches that action game-changer, it sure doesn’t skimp, from a standout hand-to-hand combat sequence with the Sofia Boutella to Dave Bautista delivering his signature dry comedy-meets-hulking physicality. While some beats feel familiar and the characters can be rather archetypal, Hotel Artemis makes for a heck of a fun time at the movies and it’s definitely worth checking out if you missed it in theaters.To Catch a ThiefImage via Paramount PicturesDirector: Alfred HitchcockWriter: John Michael HayesCast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Hughs, Charles VanelAlfred Hitchcock‘s visually stunning caper embodies Old Hollywood glamour. Set in the ritzy locations of Cannes, To Catch a Thief stars Cary Grant as John “The Cat” Robie, a retired jewel thief who gets caught up in a new round of crimes when he takes the heat for a new string of robberies in the French Riviera. Looking to clear his name, he gets tangled up in a romantic escapade with a beautiful young socialite (played by the great Grace Kelly) that sends him zipping through the stunning locale on the hunt for the real criminal. Gorgeous, romantic, thrilling, and elegant to the bone, To Catch a Thief is one of the great capers; an enchanting mystery bolstered by two of cinema’s most charming movie stars. — Haleigh FoutchHale County This Morning, This EveningImage via The Cinema GuildThis is the kind of movie that demands to be seen, and yet it’s the kind of movie that no one wants because it studiously avoids narrative. Even an issues-based documentary tends to have a narrative of some kind, whether it’s history or some key player, and yet director/co-writer RaMell Ross wants to make his film experiential. That makes it easy to pigeonhole it as “pretentious” (because how dare someone avoid the bonds of narrative) and discard it, but I feel Hale County This Morning, This Evening is essential. It’s a kaleidoscopic view of black lives in 2010s. By just hanging out with the people Ross chooses to film and photograph, we gain a fuller understanding of black lives. Too often, these lives are framed in their relationship to white lives, whether as supporting players or villains, or they’re cast as saintly heroes for which white viewers can approvingly nod our heads. Hale County has no interest in that; it would much rather watch a toddler run around excitedly with no place to go or an athlete shoot hoops. It captures the richness of life itself. – Matt GoldbergHereditaryWriter/Director: Ari AsterCast: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Millie Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Gabriel ByrneAri Aster makes a walloping directorial debut with , an exquisitely crafted trip down a rabbit hole of terror and torment, wherein one family on the brink of self-destruction is torn apart by a supernatural menace. Following the death of her mother, Annie Graham (Toni Collette) and her family wander into an inescapable nightmare of grief and agony, where every choice and circumstance brings them closer to their inevitable doom. Shot with tremendous precision, as carefully constructed as one of Annie’s miniatures, Hereditary drags you into the nightmare alongside the Grahams and features some of the most stunning technical filmmaking of the year, bar none. That includes the most breath-taking performance of Collette’s career (which is really saying something), not to mention a score and sound design that would give you nightmares even if you weren’t watching the screen. But Hereditary will keep your eyes glued to the madness, watching a family walk into a trap they help build themselves. It’s an intense, physical experience that sticks with you ages after the credits roll. — Haleigh FoutchThe Big SickDirector: Michael ShowalterWriters: Emily Gordon and Kumail NanjianiCast: Kumail Najiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Bo Burnham, Aidy BryantKumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon’s real-life love story serves as inspiration for the most delightful romantic comedy in years in . Directed by Michael Showalter from a script by Nanjiani and Gordon, the film stars Nanjiani as himself and Zoe Kazan as Emily in the stranger-than-fiction story of two people falling in love despite clashing cultures, family expectations, and a mysterious life-threatening illness.The story follows a standup comic (Nanjiani) who falls for a woman who heckles him (Kazan) at a show. He tries to hide the relationship from his parents, who expect a strictly traditional arranged marriage to a Muslim woman, but their romance faces an even greater hurdle when she falls into an inexplicable coma and he bonds with her parents (who you can’t help but fall in love with thanks to the performances from Ray Romano and Holly Hunter). Bursting with heart and earnest good nature, The Big Sick is a witty and charming exploration of love, commitment and family, and it’s a bonafide crowd-pleaser to boot. — Haleigh FoutchUnder the Silver LakeImage via A24Writer/Director: David Robert MitchellCast: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Riki Lindhome, Callie HernandezUnder the Silver Lake, much like its Southern California setting, is a big, sprawling thing filled with random pockets of bizarreness and twisted roads that ultimately lead nowhere. Director David Robert Mitchell‘s follow-up to It Follows is half old-school noir tale, half satire of a modern internet age obsessed with “solving” stories. At its center is Andrew Garfield, playing a 30-something named Sam who embarks on a strange odyssey to find a missing neighbor who he’s only met once (Riley Keough). The journey brings him to the weirdest side-quests and underground societies that L.A. has to offer, with Mitchell often flexing his horror muscles to turn the city into a place of murderers and monsters. It’s all very strange, and a lot of it doesn’t mean anything, per se, but that’s part of the beauty. Under the Silver Lake, it’s better to just let the current take you. — Vinnie MancusoHoney BoyImage via Amazon StudiosDirector: Alma Har’elWriter: Shia LaBeoufCast: Shia LaBeouf, Noah Jupe, Lucas Hedges, Laura San GiacomoStarring Shia LaBeouf and written by Shia LaBeouf about Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy has “vanity project” written all over it, but the 2019 biopic is anything but. Featuring sumptuous directing from Alma Har’el and a transformative performance from LaBeouf in the role of his own father, Honey Boy is a tender, heartbreaking look at trauma, the lunacy of stardom, and a poisonous but powerful bond between father and son that emerges as a brave act of self-reflection. — Haleigh FoutchFirst ReformedImage via A24Writer/Director: Paul SchraderCast: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Michael Gaston“Will god forgive us?” Easily the most haunting thriller in recent memory Paul Schrader‘s stars Ethan Hawke as Toller, a priest who suffers a bleak crisis of faith after counseling a suicidal man overcome with despair about the doomed ecological future of the planet Earth. The idea spreads to him like a devastating psychological plague, and as he grows closer to the dead man’s widow, he also spirals out into pure existential dread, a new faith to which he becomes fully, radically devoted. As the writer of greats like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, Schrader knows his way around an impeccable screenplay and here, he combines that skill with his best directing work yet. It’s a hell of a film and Hawke was absolutely robbed at awards season (not even a nomination smdh, though Schrader did get an original screenplay nod), but be warned, it’s a gloomy affair, queasy with ever-increasing tension and the gnawing dread that the same existential madness might have come for you. — Haleigh FoutchBrittany Runs a MarathonImage via Amazon StudiosDirector/Writer: Paul Downs ColaizzoCast: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Abudkar, Lil Rel Howery, and Micah Stockis not the movie you think it is, in the very best way. The film stars Jillian Bell as an overweight woman who sets out to train for and run the New York marathon as a way to get in shape, which she also believes will change her life for the better. Changes do come, but they’re a mix of positive and negative as Bell’s character learns the hard way that her issues are related to who she is as a person rather than how she looks on the outside. It’s a surprising, sweet, and frequently hilarious comedy with a dash of romance for good measure. But it’s also genuinely moving, and Bell gives a star-making performance that deftly navigates both comedic and dramatic territory. Brittany Runs a Marathon isn’t just one of the best comedies of 2019, it’s also one of the best films of the year full-stop. – Adam ChitwoodSuspiriaImage via Amazon StudiosDirector: Luca GuadagninoWriter: David KajganichCast: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Chloë Grace MoretzCall Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino brings all his sensuality and artistry to 2018’s . More of a sibling film to Dario Argento‘s iconic horror classic than an outright remake, Suspiria depicts its powerful magical darkness through the context of generational strife and fascist powerplay, embedding the supernatural in the psychological to extraordinary results. Suspiria is a phantasmagoria of violence, magic, and movement that feels pulled from the old ways of some unknown ritual. Art, dance, horror, and the human spirit come out to play in Guadagnino’s coven, conjuring the uncanny and a feeling of true witchcraft that’s as stirring and profound as it is occasionally terrifying. Give yourself to the dance, indeed, because Guadagnino’s film gives you no other choice. — Haleigh FoutchBone TomahawkWritten and Directed by: S. Craig ZahlerCast: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, David Arquette, Evan JonigkeitS. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk didn’t get the love it deserved when it hit select theaters last year, but I highly recommend catching it now on Amazon Prime, especially if you’re into horror movies and Westerns. The movie stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox and Richard Jenkins as four men who head out into the Wild West to rescue two people who are taken captive by a group of cannibals. It’s an eerie slow burn that builds an overwhelming sense of dread before unleashing an especially savage display of violence and gore. In fact, there’s one scene from Bone Tomahawk that scored a spot on our Best Movie Kills of 2015 list and while it is insanely bloody and brutal, the movie earns the moment thanks to the stellar performances, character-driven narrative and all-consuming atmosphere. – Perri NemiroffResolutionImage via Tribeca FilmDirectors: Justin Benson and Aaron MoorheadWriter: Justin BensonCast: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Emily Montague, Zahn McClarnonThe feature debut from Spring and The Endless filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, Resolution is a slowburn, surprisingly expansive existential thriller that builds a whole universe from the confines of a remote cabin. Petter Cilella and Vinny Curran co-star as two old friends who head for a getaway at said cabin — but what one doesn’t know is that the other plans to keep them there by whatever means necessary until he breaks his friend of his drug habit. That character drama provides the solid foundation from which Benson’s script builds a Lovecraftian terror when an unkown, unseen force starts sending them messages and toying with them, further trapping them in their dingy little pit of despair. It’s a slow burn that sticks the landing with an unforgettable conclusion, and it lowkey packs in enough mythology that Benson and Moorhead have built a whole cinematic world out of it. In fact, once you finish Resolution, you can head over to Netflix to watch the semi-sequel The Endless. — Haleigh FoutchCoherenceWritten and Directed by: James Ward ByrkitCast: Nicholas Brendan, Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Lorene Scafaria, Elizabeth Gracen, Hugo Armstrong, Alex Manugian, Lauren MaherShot over the course of five nights with an almost entirely improvised script, Coherence is a tremendous feature film debut from Gore Verbinski‘s frequent storyboard artist James Ward Byrkit, and one of the best original science fiction concepts in recent memory. Set at a dinner party reunion among old friends on the night of a rare astronomical event, tensions rise as the laws of science and the firmaments of reality bend and break over the course of one mind-bending night. Part sci-fi, part horror, the no-budget chamber piece succeeds not by banking on its fantastic concept, but seeing that concept to its completion through honest character arcs and the unsettling reality that there’s nothing more frightening than the way we perceive ourselves. – Haleigh FoutchYou Were Never Really HereWriter/Director: Lynn RamsayCast: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Frank Pando, Alex Manette, Ekaterina SamsonovIt’s been seven long years since Lynne Ramsay‘s shattering We Need to Talk About Kevin, but the wait was worth it because her followup is just as devastating with the filmmaker’s signature eye for stunning shots on full display. Joaquin Phoenix gives the performance of his career as Joe, a hulking force of learned violence with a stunning vein of sweetness and fragility run right through him. Traumatized by his abusive father and his years at war, Joe unleashes his violence via his gig tracking down kidnapped young girls, but when one of his cases gets tangled in conspiracy, Joe’s unbalanced life comes toppling down all around him. Gorgeously shot with moments of searing humanity, You Were Never Really Here isn’t the type of film that’s going to scoop up awards, but it’s unequivocally one of the best films of the year. — Haleigh FoutchStop Making SenseWritten and Directed by: Jonathan DemmeConcert films are a rare type of art-form, one that has yielded only a handful of true masterworks. The Last Waltz and The Other Side of the Mirror would be two notable entries in the pantheon, but top prize easily goes to Jonathan Demme’s hypnotic Stop Making Sense, which documents a series of shows that David Byrne’s Talking Heads played in the 1980s. The film is as much about Byrne and company’s physical, varied stage performances, which include props and tailored stage design, as it is about Demme’s astute knowledge of camera placement, framing, and editing, which turn three concerts into one impactful work of staggeringly inventive performance art. What really matters, however, is the music and Stop Making Sense captures one of the great art-rock acts of the 1980s in their prime, expanding the recorded versions of “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Medley),” “Take Me to the River,” and “Making Flippy Floppy” into titanic, anthemic dispatches from a country on the brink of total chaos. — Chris CabinThe HandmaidenDirector: Chan-wook ParkWriters: Seo-kyeong Jeong and Chan-wook ParkCast: Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jing-woo Jois the most downright gorgeous erotic thriller ever made. Liberally inspired by Sarah Waters‘ British melodrama, Chan-wook Parkgives the source material a cultural transplant to 1930s Japan-occupied Korea where Sook-Hee (Tae-ri Kim) takes a job as a handmaiden to the mysterious, troubled Lady Hideko (Min-hee Kim), sparking a passionate affair that reshapes their lives. Our entry point to the twisted tale is through Sook-Hee, a thief by trade and family tradition who is in fact teaming with a fake count Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo) in a scheme to defraud Lady Hideko of her fortune, but when Sook-Hee falls for her mark, the fiendish plan is thrown for a loop as new layers of deception and manipulation are uncovered at every turn. — Haleigh FoutchHigh LifeImage via A24Claire Denis is one of the most exciting and consistently challenging genre-fluid filmmaking legends in the game. From the intimate silences of her debut film Chocolat to the grisly, primal excesses of her cannibal romance Trouble Every Day, and now, the perverse and painfully human expanse of space with this year’s . To be sure, it is a bizarre and challenging film, which doesn’t reveal itself to you in comfortable doses, but when taken as a whole, High Life is a fascinating and provocative examination of our most base instincts; violence, sex, emotion, biology — all the messy, unpredictable ways we spasm towards intimacy. Robert Pattinson stars as Monty, a death row inmate sent to space on an experimental mission into a black hole on a spacecraft full of fellow inmates. As they careen toward their almost certain doom at an inexorably slow pace, we experience the spectrum of Monty’s life in haunting flashback and flash-forwards, full of beauty and grotesquerie and uncertainty every step of the way, showing you the fine grains of a portrait that only reveals its full grace and tragedy when the entire picture is revealed. — Haleigh FoutchBrawl in Cell Block 99Image via RLJE FilmsWriter/Director: S. Craig ZahlerCast: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo KierA word of advice: Don’t eat anything before diving into Director S. Craig Zahler had already proved he was particularly adept at unflinching, bone-crunching violence with his Western Bone Tomahawk when he took his talents to jail for Cell Block 99. The result is a brutal, grimy prison tale featuring the best dramatic performance of Vince Vaughn‘s career as Bradley Thomas, a former drug mule who spirals into the darkest depths of a corrupt and endlessly violent prison system. Both hard to watch and hard to look away from, Brawl in Cell Block 99 literally drags itself across glass and crushed skulls to arrive at a conclusion that’s, shockingly, kind’ve sweet. A journey well worth taking, even if you’re watching some of it through your fingers. — Vinnie MancusoUnsaneImage via Fingerprint Releasing / Bleecker StreetDirector: Steven SoderberghWriters: James Greer and Jonathan BertnsteinCast: Claire Foy,Jau Pharoah, Joshua Leonard, Amy Irving, Juno Temple, Colin Woodellis an up-close panic attack assault that uses the intimacy of an iPhone to tap into centuries of female oppression and transform it into the kind of psychological thriller that gets way too deep under your skin. Led by an unpredictable, exciting performance from The Crown breakout Claire Foy, Unsane follows a recently relocated survivor who starts to see her stalker everywhere she looks, and accidentally winds up committed to a mental institution against her will.Steven Soderbergh and psychological horror are a natural fit, especially with the added element of experimentation that comes with shooting a whole damn film on a phone. The director mines the human history of female institutionalization and modern statistics of assault to underscore a very relatable and real terror of the way women’s’ bodies are controlled and exploited, but he makes it universal by also tapping into the primal fears of lost autonomy and doubting your own mind. Throw in a dose of commentary about the American mental health system and some truly bleak moments of violence and you’ve got the makings of an all-timer psychological horror. Unsane had a so-so reaction when it dropped in theaters in early 2018, but I have a feeling time is going to be very generous to this one. — Haleigh FoutchThe Strangers: Prey at NightDirector: Johannes RobertsWriters: Brian Bertino and Ben KetaiCast: Lewis Pullman, Bailee Madison, Christina Hendricks, Martin HendersonOk, so this is more for “best scene” than “best movie”. In full honesty, the first half of is a bit of a stilted drag, and not much of anything the characters do makes a whole lot of sense. But hoo boy, the second half of the movie is a wild bit of throwback fun, and the film’s highlight sequence is a five-minute fight scene in and around a neon-lit pool with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” full-on blasting in the background. It’s a great piece of pop-horror; colorful, fun and thrilling, and it’s the cherry on top of a final act that makes the first bits worth trudging through. — Haleigh FoutchThe Central Park FiveDirectors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahonWriters: Ken Burns, Sarah BurnsIf you’re looking to see a spike in your blood pressure, look no further than David McMahon, Ken and Sarah Burns’ sober-eyed account of how five African-American youths got bullied and cajoled into serving extended prison sentences for a brutal crime they had no part in. The story of the Central Park Five remains one of the biggest black eyes to be left on New York City, its government, and the NYPD, who are not short on damning incidents that have peppered their past and current administration.Burns relates to the story as a modern New Yorker, someone who lived through the ludicrous trial and the grotesque media circus that came along with it. The five scapegoats – Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Korey Wise – were thrown like raw meat to a city hungry for any semblance of justice, and Burns does not stop at condemning the likes of Donald Drumpf, Governor Mario Cuomo, and an unrepentant police department for brazenly supporting the conviction and asking for much harsher penalties. The time that was forcibly taken away from these men come for racist mentalities that, as Burns and co-directors ably unveil, even a seemingly liberal bastion like New York City is happy to support, if it means that we look like a civilization that cares about justice. —Chris CabinClueImage via Paramount PIcturesWriter/Director: Jonathan LynnCast: Tim Curry, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn, Michael McKean, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen BrennanA movie based on a board game has no right to be as endlessly entertaining as Clue. One of the most rewatchable comedies of all time and a top tier throw-it-on-at-a-party movie, Clue follows the basic premise of the game it’s based on: Six strangers going under pseudonyms arrive at a secluded New England mansion. The lights flicker, a gunshot rings out, and a mysterious seventh guest lies dead on the ground. Agatha Christie by way of Monty Python, Clue features an absolutely A+ ensemble cast. Not a single person in this movie isn’t charming, hilarious, and absolutely game, from Tim Curry to Madeline Kahn to Michael McKean. Yes, there are three different endings. Watch them all and get a Clue. — Vinnie MancusoChi-RaqDirector: Spike LeeWriters: Kevin Wilmott and Spike LeeCast: Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, Teyonah Parris, John Cusack, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, Dave Chappelle, Nick CannonWith its distribution of Spike Lee’s latest masterwork, which he’s made several of, as it turns out, Amazon Studios put itself in stark contrast with most major studios and their indie leagues by revealing itself as willing and able to put out a truly radical and deeply political vision of America. Though the themes of Lee’s film are classical – race, religion, machismo, feminism, nationalism, etc. – but Lee’s take on Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” in Chi-Raq is thoroughly modern in its moods, aesthetics, and narrative details, from the setting in the modern hip-hop world to the use of texts and worldwide video protests. It’s a bit of a mess at first glance, but there isn’t a single second of indifference or compromise in this tale of a no-sex protest against gun violence in the Windy City.The mass incarceration of African Americans, the empty masculinity of the gangster lifestyle, the limits of faith and the church in political matters, and the heartlessness of capitalism are only a portion of the subjects on trial here, and neither Caucasians or African-Americans, men or women, young or old are spared from the director’s fiery outrage and skepticism. Stacked with great performances from the likes of Angela Bassett, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, John Cusack, and Samuel L. Jackson, amongst others, Chi-Raq is one of the most generous, daring, and astoundingly wise films to be released thus far this decade, but its timeliness in relation to American in 2015 is simply astonishing. –Chris CabinThe Neon DemonDirector: Nicolas Winding RefnWriter: Refn, Mary Laws, Polly StenhamCast: Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Abbey Lee, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Karl Glusman and Christina HendricksNicholas Winding Refn certainly knows how to make a divisive movie. Like Only God Forgives before it, Refn’s Neon Demon was jeered at Cannes and met with split response from critics and moviegoers alike. That’s not too surprising. It’s explicit and nebulous, and seemingly dedicated to make the audience as uncomfortable as possible as often as possible. It’s also staggeringly beautiful, but leave it to Refn to make a shallow movie about the pitfalls of being shallow. Elle Fanning stars as Jesse, a manipulative underaged monster in the making who has “that thing” everyone wants, and she knows it. Rapidly climbing the ranks of the fashion industry, Jesse believes her own hype and goes full Narcissus, drawing the ire of three experienced industry pros who envy her youth, easy beauty, and immediate success. Along the way, shit gets truly crazy.‘s got beautiful women basking in blood, it’s got glorious Technicolor visions of cannibalism and self-worship, and it’s got just way too much necrophilia. All the same, it’s a stunning visual accomplishment and it never abandons character in favor of the shock, it embeds them in each other. The Neon Demon may not have a lot to say, but what it does, it says beautifully. — Haleigh FoutchThe Lost City of ZWriter/Director: James GrayCast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Sienna MillerJames Gray often gets called a throwback director but is the furthest throw he’s lobbed into cinema’s great past. Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) is an undecorated military man who cannot receive advancement due to his “poor choice of relatives” but then captures the world’s attention when he ventures into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization that might pre-date the Western world. It spans more than two decades of his life and Gray uses that time economically. It never feels like Z is rushing past important touchstones and it even stops to show how World War I—a Western war, for we are not that much more evolved than the Amazonian “savages” that Fawcett is constantly defending to the British Empire—marks time as something that’s just as twisty and cruel as the Amazon River.There are arrows, there’s dissection of familial bloodlines and their importance to both the Western world and the native tribes, there’s mist, there’s a mumbly Robert Pattinson and an enunciation to the nosebleeds done by Hunnam. It’s impeccably and economically paced. The expansive story places it in the realm of the thoughtful and immense profiles of greatness that David Lean used to make. But don’t think that it isn’t modern. Gray is attuned to ideas that would’ve been revolutionary not only in 1905 but also throughout most of Hollywood’s history. It’s about a small batch of white men who believe that their society and Empire is built on false pride. And the pride of their societal order not only looks down on other cultures they enslave, but it also starts global wars and keeps women in service to their partner’s greatness—even at the expense of hiring an unqualified society man who they perceive can carry his weight simply due to his elevated rank. Gray might be making movies like he lived in the 1970s, but he’s also making them great—for modern times—by taking the time to enhance the meaning underneath the grand adventure. — Brian FormoGinger SnapsImage via Motion InternationalFree with ads via IMDBTvDirector: John FawcettWriter: Karen WaltonCast: Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse MossJohn Fawcett‘s spin on the werewolf mythos should be considered among the ranks of the modern monster classics, and easily one of the best werewolf movies, but outside horror circles it’s too often forgotten. A coming-of-age tale via lycanthropy, tells an intimate story about two death-obsessed, co-dependent sisters who are slowly torn apart when the older girl starts to change after a werewolf attack.Ginger Snaps was one of the early adopters of the 21st-century trend to address female puberty by way of monstrous transformation (see also: Teeth, Wildling, Revenge, among many others), and it does so with great effect, but it’s also a downright well-made horror film. The effects are on point, the characters are relatable and sympathetic (even those like the high school mean girl, the local drug peddler, and the horny teenage boy are treated with a dose of empathy), and the actors all committed in their pulpy roles. Ginger Snaps puts a clever spin on a lot of themes — sexuality, sisterhood, loneliness, outsider pride and the desire to belong — and in doing so, it puts a fresh spin on one of horror’s most long-standing genres. —Haleigh FoutchPatersonPublisher Login - 7searchppc