Apparently these are now available online without the need for a subscription. Boss.

Jul 2008: Christopher Nolan, pegged to The Dark Knight (then unseen by me)

Jun 2008: Documentary narcissism, pegged to Surfwise

[no May 2008 column; it's officially a trend]

Apr 2008: Funny Games

Mar 2008: Alternative Oscars

[no Feb 2008 column; I couldn't find anything worth writing about]

Jan 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis (pegged to There Will Be Blood)

Dec 2007: Notable performances of 2007 (as chosen by Esquire)

Nov 2007: Reservation Road, sort of.

Oct 2007: Casey Affleck (pegged to The Assassination of Jesse James... and Gone Baby Gone)

Sep 2007: Showtime original dramas, mostly Dexter and Weeds

Aug 2007: Joshua

Jul 2007: Carell vs. Carrey (pegged to Evan Almighty, unseen by me)

Jun 2007: Michael Shannon (pegged to Bug)

Online exclusive: Why poker movies suck (pegged to Lucky You, then unseen by me)

May 2007: Some random nonsense

Apr 2007: Mark Wahlberg (pegged to Shooter, then unseen by me)

Mar 2007: Alternative Oscars

Feb 2007: The Host and The Lives of Others

Jan 2007: Actors should not attempt accents.

Dec 2006: Breaking and Entering

Nov 2006: Ridley Scott vs. Tony Scott (pegged to A Good Year and -- then unseen by me -- Déjà Vu)

Oct 2006: Babel and Fast Food Nation

Sep 2006: Black Snake Moan

Aug 2006: Ryan Gosling (pegged to Half Nelson)

Jul 2006: Ian McShane on "Deadwood"

Jun 2006: Jack Black (pegged to Nacho Libre, unseen by me)

May 2006: The Notorious Bettie Page

Apr 2006: High school as alternate reality (pegged to Brick)

Mar 2006: Alternative Oscars

Feb 2006: Steven Soderbergh's weirdo films (pegged to Bubble)

Jan 2006: Michael Haneke (pegged to Caché (Hidden))

Dec 2005: Brokeback Mountain

Nov 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck.

Oct 2005: Stop-motion animation (pegged to The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride)

Sep 2005: Scarlett Johansson (pegged to Match Point and The Island)

Aug 2005: Grizzly Man and Last Days

Jul 2005: Remakes Hollywood should try

Jun 2005: Brad Pitt (pegged to Mr. & Mrs. Smith, as yet unseen by me at the time)

May 2005: For fuck's sake do not go see Revenge of the Sith

Apr 2005: J-horror and Hollywood's appropriation of same (pegged to The Ring 2, unseen by me)

Mar 2005: Alternative Oscars

Feb 2005: In defense of screen nudity (sorta vaguely pegged to Closer)

Jan 2005: Wes Anderson (pegged to The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou)

Dec 2004: Death to the Great Man Biopic (pegged to Kinsey, Finding Neverland and Beyond the Sea)

Nov 2004: Primer

Oct 2004: Jamie Foxx (pegged to Collateral and Ray; I hadn't yet seen the latter)

Sep 2004: The varying post-Y tu mamá fortunes of Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna (pegged to Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries and Criminal)

Aug 2004: Open Water vs. The Blair Witch Project

Jul 2004: No column by me, still alternating with Richard Roeper

Jun 2004: Tom Hanks (pegged to The Ladykillers)

May 2004: No column by me, alternating at the time with Richard Roeper

Apr 2004: Dogville