LFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”
Stories featuring Zoom have been a growing trope of filmmaking in the time of Covid-19. But Natalie Morales’ debut feature deftly avoids...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: The French Dispatch – “Everything You Want from a Wes Anderson Movie, and Plenty That You Didn’t”
I’ll start with an anecdote about Wes Anderson, king of anecdotal cinema. I had been invited to a screening of The Life...
Read MoreReview: Dune – “It might just be the epic sci-fi saga we’ve been waiting for”
Timothée Chalamet’s pale and angular face looms large, camera tight on his furrowed brow, inner cogs turning, perfect curls twisted into a...
Read MoreBond Blog: Moonraker – A James Bond Retrospective
Moonraker came out just as the 70s were coming to an end. Using the same team as brought about the success of The Spy Who Loved Me: Lewis...
Read MoreReview: Giddy Stratospheres
To me, the 2000s don’t seem that long ago, but perhaps that is a sign of the times and how strange the passage of it has felt lately. Yet...
Read MoreReview: No Time To Die – “ Bond has never felt more real, more human”
For anyone left who may not know, No Time To Die is the 25th James Bond film, as well as the 5th and final appearance for Daniel Craig as...
Read MoreReview: The Green Knight – “Haunting and playful, magical and dusty, dream-like and arresting”
The Green Knight, directed by David Lowery is a retelling of the 14th Century Arthurian poem, Sir Gawain And The Green Knight. It begins...
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Black Widow, F9, Cruella, Unbreakable, ParaNorman, The Boss Baby: Family Business and more
Well, after a year and a half with very few new movies, this summer saw a lot of theatrical blockbusters, and now they’re all starting to...
Read MoreReview: Between Waves – “Flawed but intriguing and worth some attention”
Directed by Virginia Abramovich Starring Fiona Graham, Luke Robinson, Sebastian Deery, Stacey Bernstein, Edwige Jean-Pierre Freelance...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Ali & Ava – “Satisfyingly sweet while never becoming overly sentimental”
Films about the working class, while increasing in number, are still not the norm, and romance films even less so. It’s therefore...
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