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Review in Brief: Green Book (2018)
I can’t say GREEN BOOK is a bad film, it’s too competent. But it’s a very ordinary Best Picture winner. To its credit, the realities of being a touring black musician of any calibre during this period are not ignored. … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama, Green Book, Mahershala Ali, Oscars, Viggo Mortensen
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Review in Brief: A Star is Born (2018)
For his control over A STAR IS BORN’s live performance scenes alone, Bradley Cooper should have been nominated for Best Director at the Oscars. I guess he’ll have to be content with his directorial debut just getting nominations for Best … Continue reading
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Tagged A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper, Drama, Lady Gaga, Musical, Oscars
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Review: Roma (2018)
You’re probably going to decide whether ROMA is for you or not by its opening shot, a very long shot of soapy water washing up and down some flagstones. It certainly sets the mood and the pace of the piece, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men, Drama, Fernando Gridiaga, Marina de Tavira, Marooned, Netflix, Oscars, Roma, World Cinema, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Yalitza Aparicio
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Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
I’ve gone back to taking notes for this one with pen and paper – it seemed more…writerly. I have never used a typewriter. Marielle Heller’s CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? deftly tells a story that’s so bizarre it could only … Continue reading
Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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
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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
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Review: Lady Bird (2017)
While we’re up to our eyeballs in father-son stories on film, even pretty frequently seeing father-daughter and mother-son stories (both examples involving sons tend to be dysfunctional, because aren’t we just the worst?), there are relatively few really good mother-daughter … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Diablo Cody, Drama, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lois Smith, Oscars, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Henderson, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts
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Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
The more I mull over THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, the more its place at the head of the Oscar race baffles me. Martin McDonagh’s first film since SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS boasts admirable performances and fiery dialogue but fundamentally frustrates you … Continue reading
