Tag Archives: 13th

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2010-2019

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Sam S-P

We never did decide on a name for this decade that didn’t sound completely stupid did we? Thank goodness for the insight and escapism that cinema offers because the world has been heading for disaster at an alarming rate as … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged 13th, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, A Ghost Story, Avengers: Endgame, Baby Driver, Best of, Blade Runner 2049, Drive, Ex Machina, For Sama, I Lost My Body, Jojo Rabbit, Nina Forever, Our Little Sister, Parasite, Private Life, Room, Searching, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Tell Me Who I Am, The Farewell, The Hunt, The Illusionist, The Nightingale, The Rider, The Two Popes, We Are the Best!, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Wild Rose | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sam S-P

BEALE STREET was this year’s biggest Best Picture snub. Not even a nomination. It’s not just a socio-historically coded title, the film represents a state of mind and a state of being – be proud of who you are and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged 13th, Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, Kiki Lane, Moonlight, Nicholas Brittell, Oscars, Stephan James | 1 Comment

Review: Us (2019)

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Sam S-P

Well that’s 2 for 2 for Jordan Peele. He’s become a vibrant, distinctive and essential American filmmaking voice in what seems like no time at all, and while US can be compared to GET OUT on certain thematic levels, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged 13th, Ava DuVernay, Get Out, Horror, Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong'o, Thriller, Us, Winston Duke | Leave a comment

Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Sam S-P

I’m still reeling from the final moments of BLACKKKLANSMAN – no other film of 2018 will pack quite as forceful a denouement. Nowhere else is Spike Lee’s mastery of blending of subjective emotion-driven storytelling with documentary filmmaking techniques more apparent, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged 13th, Adam Driver, Alec Baldwin, Ava DuVernay, Biopic, Black Comedy, BlackKklansman, Drama, James Brown, John David Washington, Oscars, Ron Stallworth, Spike Lee, Topher Grace | 4 Comments

Review: 13th (2016)

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Sam S-P

Anyone under the misapprehension that film can’t impact the real world, that it’s escapism and nothing more, should take note of the moment in Ava DuVernay’s documentary highlighting how DW Griffith’s THE BIRTH OF A NATION not only revitalised the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged 13th, Academy Awards, Ava DuVernay, Documentary, Oscars, The Birth of a Nation | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: 13th

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2010-2019

Review in Brief: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

Review: Us (2019)

Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Review: 13th (2016)

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