Month: August 2019
-
Tarantino And The Commodification Of Art
Jamie treats us to an alternate take on Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the commodification of art, addressing the film’s naysayers. Tarantino’s newest release: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, seems to be a product of lengthy rumination about the industry that brought the legendary director success as well as a…
-
Parasite
What the heck is Bong Joon-Ho’s new Palm D’or winning film, Parasite? Is it Drama? Horror? Comedy? Perhaps. What it really is, is a masterpiece. I really think that Bong Joon-Ho shines when directing films in his native tongue. The drawbacks on Snowpiercer and Okja (both of which I still enjoyed) were that the balance…
-
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
While there are some ego-driven missteps by Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger, Cold Case Hammarskjöld is a well spun yarn with plenty of shocking wtf moments. The seemingly accidental flight crash that killed United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961 is an intriguing mystery, but it’s the branches that spread to and from it that…
-
The Farewell
Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, based on her real-life grandmother, brilliantly cares much more about creating a relatable, three-dimensional world than spinning an emotionally manipulative web. The Farewell opens with a witty title card that reads: “Based on an actual lie.” Yet, the reminder of its factuality may not have been necessary; the film clearly illustrates…
-
After the Wedding
After the Wedding is a remake of a Danish film from a decade ago that was nominated for an Oscar. Unfortunately, it doesn’t hold up. One hell of a fantastically talented cast makes the strongest case for seeing After the Wedding, a relatively tame drama based on an Oscar-nominated Danish film from 13 years ago.…
-
Avengers: Endgame Blu Ray Release
We finally get our hands Avengers Endgame on blu ray. It’s great to be able to watch this juggernaut of a superhero movie at home. I’ve been looking forward to the release of Avengers: Endgame because I just saw it once in the theatre and it definitely begged rewatches to pick up all the details. …