We’re far from the shallow now…a little too far.
Category: reactions
Brief thoughts and recaps on films seen in theatres – usually in a festival environment. While no ratings are assigned, these reactions are sometimes expanded into full reviews later.
Adam McKay cast a shiny lure out into the waters, and Oscar voters bit down hard.
The argument can end – a genre now has a Best Picture nomination. That nomination goes to a film that sets itself apart.
This is the real life. That was the fantasy.
That time Yorgos turned up and served the story.
A frontrunner for Best Actress does so very much with so little.
Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.
Trust yourself and your opponent, and keep getting up off that mat.
Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.
Stella Meghie takes us away for a few days to talk about the ups and downs of modern romance.
A neo-western about why men need to listen more to the women around them, and just how haunted the land we inhabit truly is.
A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.