Spotlight is the calm before the storm
Spotlight is in Australian cinemas now, and was #4 on my Best Films of 2015. “I find that this city … Continue reading Spotlight is the calm before the storm
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“Are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?”
Watched Begin Again again (ha) for the first time since I saw it at the cinema on my birthday nearly a year … Continue reading “Are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?”
Foxcatcher (2014)
A tense, eerie, almost psychosexual drama about two men desperate to break free from familial legacy, Foxcatcher bears many similarities to a previous Bennett Miller effort, 2005s Capote. The relationship between Mark Schultz and John du Pont in Foxcatcher and Perry Smith and Truman Capote in the eponymous film is a similar dance of death and obsession. While the results yielded are similar to that of the former film, only hinting at the full potential the story holds, its nonetheless an intriguing watch, if only for the transformative performances.”
Friday critics’ roundup: Boyhood, Nightcrawler, and Birdman advance
Another week is nearly over, which means that there is another bunch of critics awards to report on. Leading the pack still is Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which continues to be trailed by Birdman. Amongst these is a few surprises, mostly in the form of Nightcrawler‘s quick ascension from TIFF play to underdog, the lack of The Imitation Game (although that was always going to be a bigger play with the industry, not critics) and Mommy, which I still see as the Foreign Language frontrunner despite its lack of a Golden Globe nomination and critics wins (Interested to see how that pans out for it), and some more love for the excellent Snowpiercer.
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Gotham Award winners – Birdman takes off. Also the Birdman puns.
Earlier today the Gotham Independent Film Awards took place, and there was a nice mix of the expected and unexpected. … Continue reading Gotham Award winners – Birdman takes off. Also the Birdman puns.
Begin Again (2014)
“I wanted to turn it into a hit.”
“Why?”
Remember that beautiful scene in John Carneys’ Once that was just two lost souls in a music shop bonding over a piano? There was nothing else, just the people singing. Finding themselves in music, in the discovery of a relationship, playing a heartbreaking song. It was so simple it wrenched your heart. The voices were so strong, so pure and unproduced. There was no backing, just the piano and guitar. The camera was appropriately shaky, it wasn’t polished or perfect or digital. It looked real.
Monumental Pictures 