Category Archives: The Top 10

Top 10 movies of 2025

The time has arrived, I can put it off no longer. I figured if I could see Marty Supreme, I'd feel confident enough to assemble this list of the best movies of 2025. This even though there are a few well-regarded movies from this year that I've not been able to catch up to yet…Read More

10 Worst Movies of 2025

I don't do a list like this very often because I know how difficult it is to make any kind of movie, good or otherwise. But maybe more than in an average year, I sat through a lot of terrible ones — this as I also recognize there were a lot of great movies in…Read More

Top 10 Films of 2024

After much teasing — offering a portion of this list to radio listeners, as well as my collection of honourable mentions, and the Top 10 documentaries — here are my picks for the best films of 2024. I needed to see the releases at year's end to feel like I could offer a comprehensive list…Read More

Top 10 Documentaries of 2024

In the 14 years I've been producing this blog I've never made a Top 10 documentary list. In the past I've either felt under-qualified or under-prepared, I never saw enough docs to feel comfortable sharing my opinions. I still wouldn't call myself anything like an authority, but this year was a little different. At Carbon…Read More

The Knox Office: Five of the Top 10

On Friday I chatted with fill-in host Preston Mulligan on CBC Information Morning about some of my favourite films of the year — but not all of them. I just don't think I can be comprehensive until I've seen some of the big seasonal releases coming this week. But with my final column of 2024…Read More

10 great films screened at Carbon Arc Cinema

For those who may not know, Carbon Arc has been offering an alternative to the multiplex in Halifax since 2010, screening the best international, independent, and Canadian cinema to a discerning audience looking for films to both challenge and entertain. I've been there for nine years as a volunteer, but this marks my first full…Read More