A Star is Born (2018).
Better late than never and with the 2019 Academy Awards fast approaching, there’s no better time to explore a film worthy of recognition on the biggest night of the awards… Continue reading "A Star is Born (2018)."
Tag: Drama
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Paddleton (2019).
Paddleton stars Mark Duplass as Michael, a quietly spoken middle-aged man who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He chooses to spend the last weeks of his life with his best… Continue reading "Paddleton (2019)."
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High Flying Bird (2019).
Steven Soderbergh might just be the most interesting and versatile filmmaker working in cinema today. In the last two years, following his thankfully short-lived retirement, the director has made the… Continue reading "High Flying Bird (2019)."
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Stan & Ollie (2018).
It’s no secret that I love movies about movies, especially those that celebrate the history of movies. From Cinema Paradiso (1988) to Day For Night, (1973) there have been many… Continue reading "Stan & Ollie (2018)."
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018).
Charlie Brooker’s TV series Black Mirror has taken numerous steps to highlight the modern day world’s reliance on technology and its potential possibilities along with its pitfalls to show what… Continue reading "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)."
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Vox Lux (2018).
When the trailer for Vox Lux first surfaced, it seemed to be teetering the line between comedy and stylized drama, but at the very least looked interesting. The actor-turned-director, Brady Corbet… Continue reading "Vox Lux (2018)."
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Roma (2018)
I recently wrote about an original Netflix release, The Apostle, and how I feared that films that have limited theatrical releases may affect the ultimate viewing pleasure of that film.… Continue reading "Roma (2018)"
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Shoplifters (2018)
Quite often a film can be built up with unreasonable expectations, which was what I feared would be the case from the latest offering from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda, Shoplifters.… Continue reading "Shoplifters (2018)"
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
Martin Scorsese has never been a stranger to controversy. In 1981 John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan having been apparently inspired by an infatuation with Jodi Foster and Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver in which Robert De Niro’s… Continue reading "The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)."
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All About Nina (2018).
In a very small independent film, writer Eva Vives makes her feature length directorial debut with All About Nina. It tells a compelling story of Nina (the fabulous Mary Elizabeth… Continue reading "All About Nina (2018)."