Tag: Cate Blanchett
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,…
Cate Blanchett – Ten from a “10”
Every generation has one, maybe two, if they’re lucky. So solid are their statures that when they are tagged with just a first or last name, a stream of images and sound bites cascades in one’s memory. Streep, Redgrave, Signoret, Christie, Hepburn, Garbo and Bergman. Add to that, Blanchett.
Festival de Cannes: Meet The Jury
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 8-19, and now have their jury of nine ready and waiting for the main competition. The previously…
The Sensitive, Innocent, Mysterious, Troubled, Lonely and…. Talented Mr. Ripley
The entire seduction takes us in and ultimately makes us, the audience, accessories to the crimes of a likeable, lonely and extremely troubled young man. And we guiltily enjoy every minute of it.
A Perception of Color in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator
The 2004’s The Aviator, Martin Scorsese wanted to imitate the color techniques from his memories watching the films of the era as a child. You…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 3
Had a certain movie budget-bombed as it looked for a while it would, then 1997 at the Oscars would have been a well fought out…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part One
Oh how I would like to start our Oscar-less series by writing resentfully about how Forrest Gump won over more voters in AMPAS than Pulp…
Film Honors: 1998
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
NZIFF: Wellington Opening Weekend
So the second venue of the New Zealand International Film Festival is underway, and the uncompromising selection of films on offer at Wellington is mouth-watering….
