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Lessons from the production and politics of Boots Riley.
The more emotional, and beautifully messy, instalment in the Knives Out series.
Lessons from the production and portrayals of race, gender, and politics in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about revolutionaries and supremacists, parents and children.
Coming-of-age adaptation with no style, perspective, or palpable personality.
Creating tension with an elusive subject – and an out-of-this-world lead performance.
Inside the cinematography, editing, and VFX of David Fincher’s thriller.
Another meticulously-crafted, if wilder, Benoit Blanc caper.
From “Remake? Why?” to essential, timely, breathtaking update.
How satisfying to be in the hands of a writer/director who knows exactly what they’re doing – and to watch a stellar cast appreciating the hell out of that.
Emotionally raw and stylishly shot, with beguiling choices of filmmaking and storytelling. A cast of outstanding actors, all giving interesting, surprising performances.
For a film which manages a difficult setup with elegance and nuance, the resolution feels simple, and confusingly so.
Come for the catlike sleekness and sharpness of Blake Lively (and of her outfits – oof!), stay for the Anna Kendrick of it all.
Stranger than fiction? Apparently not.
A lovely time of a missed opportunity.
Edgar Wright-isms that before had only lasted for seconds or frames, here blown up into a feature-length, non-Cornetto instalment.
This isn’t an art film when it absolutely could and should be.
Big respect for making me care about a bunch of white men in Texas shooting eachother.
My favourite thing I’ve seen Jonah Hill do since Moneyball.
The power of understatement.
Just because a story features a creative misfit, doesn’t make it one Tim Burton is able to tell.
I still find him and the producer less gross than certain real-life American news outlets.
Magic! Twists! Crosses! Double-Crosses! It really is all an illusion: this movie is only pretending to be clever.
Neon Noir lives in its tactile visuals.
A fun instalment that helps make better sense of what came before.
One has to imagine the book this is based on was better.
Scorcese’s The Wire: South Boston Nights