Tag: drama
Look at these Golden Globe Winners that were not Even Nominated at the Oscars
Welcome to the Golden Globes once again. The awards season party hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. That incorporate musical and comedy into their…
Watch: Tribute video – Robin Williams …a friend like you
Man oh man. How do you pay your respects to man who is no longer with us? And not just in the literal sense. A…
Tim Roth Directs The War Zone With Brutal Truth
*** SOME SPOILERS *** In the opening scenes of the 1999 bare-bones British drama The War Zone, some effort is made to establish what might…
Marty’s Overambitious Disaster: Why Did New York, New York Flop?
It was a struggle trying to track down a copy of Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York, I couldn’t find it on Amazon Prime, or ITunes…
Get Out: It’s Not A Laughing Matter
Sight and Sound magazine recently declared Get Out it’s film of 2017. And while I personally disagree with this, I do think it’s a good,…
Let's Talk About Catch Me If You Can
Whenever people talk about the historical prestige films that Steven Spielberg has made over the years, they talk about films like Schindler’s List, The Color Purple, and Lincoln….
Golden Globes Nominations Have Us Scratching Our Heads
This year’s nominations for the always unpredictable Golden Globes have been released and I must say, it is the snubs that are more noticeable than…
5 Alternatives For Your Christmas Movie List
Having dissolved my initial advent calendar idea (for more than one reason), I felt I had to salvage some of the Christmas-kind-of-related movies you might…
Review: Dee Rees' Essential Mudbound
Mudbound is many things at once: A demonstration of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a portrait of racial tensions in rural America, and a universal telling of…
Review: The Florida Project
“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.” Kailash Satyarthi In Sean Baker’s excellent The Florida Project we…
Review: Call Me By Your Name
A review by Bianca Garner “Nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot.” These words are profound and they sum up the power of…
Maren Ade’s Latest Film Toni Erdmann Is Both Long And Alluring
When the movie Toni Erdmann entered our lives last May we assumed without agenda this was about a father’s relationship with his (grown-up) daughter. Which…
Lost in Translation: Visual Appreciation
“I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.” In her sophomore smash hit, Sofia Coppola introduces us to a familiar world within the realms…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Movies 2/4
It feels as though the deep dramas, cringey horrors, and black comedies are three of the freshest produce on the market these days – lucky…
