Tag: 2021
The Power of the Dog Wins Best Film at 75th BAFTA Awards
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog has scored Best Film at the 75th British Academy Film Awards. Campion was also awarded with Best Director….
75th British Film Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Good day to you, BAFTA. The epic nominations stage of the awards season for 2021 is so close to the finish line we can all…
Film Review: Licorice Pizza (2021)
Since Paul Thomas Anderson first stepped onto the filmmaking scene in the 90s, he has quickly grown a reputation of being one of the strongest…
Film Review: Pleasure (2021)
Pleasure is the first feature by Ninja Thyberg, following the eponymous short seen in 2013. Bella (née Linnéa) leaves her small, dreary Swedish town to…
Film Review: Nightmare Alley (2021)
Coming off of a Best Picture win with The Shape of Water, the interest in what filmmaker Guillermo del Toro would do next and finally,…
Film Review: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Since the 1984 original film, the Ghostbusters franchise has struggled to find a cohesive and clear path forward for the series. From animated series to…
Film Review: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
The title is ironic. Have you ever seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe plays some inappropriate songs to a group of little kids? Later…
TIFF 2021 Review: Sundown
Traditionally challenging and provocative, Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco never had more eyes on him than in 2020 when his feature New Order had a highly…
Film Review: Marathon (2021)
At some point, everyone wants to be healthier. Everyone has tried to be a better version of themselves. Some of you will have thought of…
Film Review: Finding Ophelia (2021)
Everyone has fallen in love with an image that is unattainable. But what happens when it becomes so unreachable that it begins tearing your life…
Film Review: A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
2018’s A Quiet Place surprised many with its original horror concept and solid direction from then new filmmaker, John Krasinski. The follow-up rejects the claustrophobic…
Sundance 2021 Review: The World To Come
An adaptation of a short story by Jim Shepard, The World to Come meanders through Upstate New York in the mid-19th century. Mona Fastvold’s film…
Film Review: Alice Fades Away
It’s possible to under and over-deliver on suspense. In Alice Fades Away, the plight of a threatened woman is constantly undercut by a need to…
Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul
Acclaimed musician turned director, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson presents us with “A Qwestlove Jawn”. After a slew of assassinations including John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther…