Tag: Films
Woo L.A. Podcast – Oscar Picks With Al Al Land
I’d been thinking for a long time about doing a podcast, and Robin and I have talked more specifically about doing one. The idea and…
Why The Lobster Has To Win The Original Screenplay Oscar
The following contains SPOILERS. This is also in no way a negative reflection on the other four nominees for Best Original Screenplay at this year’s…
Interview: Alice Winocour
Lucky me got to spend about twenty minutes with the breakthrough French writer-director Alice Winocour. Following a screenplay collaboration with Deniz Gamze Ergüven on the tremendous…
Review: Passengers
Morten Tyldum decided that after making the pulsating, brilliant Headhunters in his native Norway that he would downgrade, flying off to make the English-language The Imitation…
Happy Valentine's Day Agapi Mou
Like soulmates who could have grown up together, Our love survived turbulent games, whatever the weather, In the end, as it goes, I’ll always be…
Review: Incarcerating US
Getting to sit both sides of the high fence is a real viewers’ privilege when it comes down to documentaries depicting the parts of the…
How Many Oscars Can La La Land Lose?
Okay, so these are not predictions, not me trying to be clever, just merely an attempt to throw a huge “what if” out there regarding…
Listmania: Al's Big 5 Soundtracks
With the Academy Awards only 2 weeks from today, I have the music of La La Land still on my mind, and I thought it…
Preview: Film Honors 2016
Wherein I analyse my own choices ahead of Sunday’s big announcements. Check out the Film Honors 2016 Nominees in full, or go straight on ahead:…
Review: One Day in April
One Day in April sets off as it means to go on, a steady pedal towards a chunk of local glory in Indiana, often dashing…
Review: Loving
Companionship derived through pure love is tough at the best of times, but for the likes of Richard and Mildred Loving their struggles were not…
Review: The Wailing
Forget about what you expect going into Na Hong-jin’s extraordinary The Wailing, a shape-shifter of a film, part detective story, part mystery, part thriller, part…
Film Honors: 1977
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…
Superbowl Listmania: Al's Top 5 Football Movies
The time is now upon us to crown a new champion in the National Football League. Today is the Superbowl, and millions of people will…
