Tag: film
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Parasite – Black & White Version
We look at the new black and white version of Bong Joon-Ho’s cinematic masterpiece, Parasite. Though it wasn’t designed for B&W, does it hold up? Opening with a Palme d’Or win at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite capped off a magical awards season by winning Best Picture at the Oscars, becoming…
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Joker
Joker is an amazing looking film with a stellar performance by Joaquin Phoenix, but it’s not the masterpiece it has been made out to be. Thanks to increasing production and splintered tastes, we have a lot less common ground when it comes to water cooler movies and TV these days. A show like Fleabag wins…
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The National – I Am Easy to Find
The National’s new, ‘I Am Easy to Find’ is both music and a cinematic artwork that’s concise without being overwrought and evocative without being blunt. Full disclosure: The National are one of my favorite bands. They have been since I was an angsty teenager and discovered that the walk home from school each afternoon was…
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Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn returns with Neon Demon. Does the film work or does Refn’s belief in creative narcissism threaten to take over and ruin things? I have been a fan of Nicolas Winding Refn for a few years now, after stellar showings like Bronson and Valhalla Rising, but mostly after Drive, the film where all…
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Boyhood
Richard Linklater moves film forward again with Boyhood, which follows a family (and the actors playing them) for 12 years to document childhood and more. When I was about 12, I lived in a suburb under construction. My friends and I explored the skeletons of houses being built, after the workers had gone home for…