OSCARS 2021 GAUNTLET RUNDOWN - MY PERSONAL PICKS
“I have seen them all and know what I am talking about…”
Read MoreTHE UNITED STATES vs. BILLIE HOLIDAY (2020)
“Day does a fantastic job, bringing the drama and the vocal chops, but the film lacks otherwise.”
Read MoreOVER THE MOON (2020)
“A sweet kid’s film that embraces heritage and heart.”
Read MoreTIME (2020)
“Such a fantastic and touching tale of the endurance of love and loss told over the years”
Read MoreOSCAR 2021 NOMINEE ROUND-UP
“Sometimes you never get around to posting about a film, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t see them or that I don’t have thoughts. Here are a few”
Read MoreTHE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN/QUO VADIS, AIDA? (2020)
“A couple of politically charged and vitally felt dramas about refugees, but I would definitely speak to my embracing of Man over Quo”
Read MoreDOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP WINTER 2020/SPRING 2021
“My Octopus Teacher got the nomination, but I think Boys State was extraordinary”
Read MoreOSCAR 2021 SHORTS - ANIMATION
“My Favorite and Predicted Winner: If Anything Happens I Love You”
Read MoreOSCAR 2021 SHORTS - DOCUMENTARY
“MY FAVORITE: HUNGER WARD”
Read MoreOSCAR 2021 SHORTS - LIVE ACTION
“My Favorite: Feeling Through”
Read MoreTHE FATHER (2020)
“In the abstract, it chills, but in the context of those loved & cherished, it becomes agony”
Read MorePINOCCHIO (2020)
“makeup craftsmanship on display is otherworldly; literally and figuratively”
Read MoreA SHAUN OF THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON (2020)
“Always a delight”
Read MoreTHE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (2020)
“inert and dead-eyed perfunctory CGI family parable”
Read MoreLOVE AND MONSTERS (2020)
“I wanted the main character to parish”
Read MoreJUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2020)
“Kaluuya is pure fire on screen; like a Neolithic blaze enrapturing and warming the shivering proto humans gathered around it”
Read MoreNEWS OF THE WORLD (2020)
“The “news” it brings is all very subdued and lame.”
Read MoreNOMADLAND (2020)
“The crush of modern society and the new gig economy juxtaposed with the idyllic & frett freedom of the wayfarer”
Read MoreMULAN (2020)
“the film itself is the dullest of blades, unable to cut tissue, let alone the binding of cultural mores or cinematic ramparts”
Read MoreMINARI (2021)
“the struggle of growing up, growing anew, and growing together - in land and in heart”
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