When it comes to award season, there are a few films that make their way into the majority of nomination fields and acquire a high number of Oscar nominations. Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical drama, Belfast is one of those films this year and follows Branagh’s experience as a child in the titular city during the late… Read More Belfast (2021)
BFI Flare Festival is all about showcasing the newest films that explore LGBT+ issues and the variety this year follows all paths of life from all corners of the globe. Opening the festival this year is Phil Connell’s Jump, Darling. The film follows Russell (Thomas Duplessie), a drag queen who moves back in with his… Read More BFI Flare Festival 2021: Jump, Darling
There are few films that have generated such concersation this year than David Fincher’s new film, Mank. Following Hollywood screenwriter, Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) and the inception and creation of Orson Welles’ masterpiece, Citizen Kane, Mank is not your regular run-off-the-mill Hollywood film that glorifies filmmaking. Fincher looks into the dark side of film… Read More Mank (2020)
Marielle Heller is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in the industry. Although she is not a household name in the mainstream yet, she has proven her talent and range in the three feature films she has directed so far. All three are adaptations of different mediums which also shows Heller’s skill as a… Read More Marielle Heller: Film Ranking
In my series where I look at the emerging directors this century, it was only matter of time before I discuss the work of horror director Robert Eggers. Usually associated with his A24 cohort Ari Aster, Eggers’ two films are psychological studies of its characters with a darker colour palette than Aster’s work. His 2015… Read More Robert Eggers: Double Feature
Following on from my previous post on Jordan Peele (which you can read here), I thought I would discuss another writer/director whose work in the horror genre has caused waves in recent years. Ari Aster is a writer/director who has used the horror films of the past to inspire and create horror films for modern… Read More Ari Aster: Double Feature
When it comes to the best horror visionaries of the 21st century, it is most likely that Jordan Peele’s name will crop up. He rose to fame for his comedic acting alongside Keegan-Michael Key in the hit shows Mad TV and Key & Peele and the two are still often cast together such as their… Read More Jordan Peele: Double Feature
1917 is a World War I epic that seems to be the one to beat when it comes to the Best Picture award. Co-written, directed and produced by Sam Mendes, the film acts as a tribute to his grandfather, Alfred Mendes, based on stories that he would tell about the war. Following two young soldiers,… Read More 1917 (2019)
Barbra Streisand’s directorial debut follows the titular character (Streisand), a young woman living in an Ashkenazi Jewish community in the early 20th century who disguises as a man to study in a Yeshiva after her father passes away. Based on the short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer and cowritten by Streisand and Jack Rosenthal, Yentl is a… Read More Yentl (1983)
One film that has brought much buzz among the acting categories is the Fox News centred biopic Bombshell. Following numerous women working at Fox and their experiences of sexual harassment at the hands of their boss, Roger Ailes, the audience follow the lives of three women at different levels of their careers are observed. At… Read More Bombshell (2019)
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