Written by Taylor Baker
88/100
The Last Duel is a film in three acts, each act by a different writer, with a different lead character perspective revolving around two main events. That of a rape, and that of the titular … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
35/100
Sonia Kennebeck follows up her 2020 documentary Enemies of the State up with a piece of trial propaganda entitled United States vs. Reality Winner. From the get-go there’s no question whose side we’re on, … Continue reading.
Directed by: Sarah Polley
Distributed by: Universal Pictures and United Artists Releasing
Written by Taylor Baker
50/100
In “Women Talking” based on Miriam Toews’s book, you get exactly what the title ensures. Women talking to one another, and while that … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
50/100
The Tragedy of Macbeth marks the first film that Joel has made without his brother Ethan since their start in 1984’s Blood Simple. And while it’s competently presented there’s something missing. That undefinable knack … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
85/100
Dashcam begins inordinately and unceremoniously with Annie starting her #1 Stream. It seems like a fairly ordinary and reductive punching down interpretation of contemporary politics in the West. We get moments of her yapping at … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
50/100
Valdimar Jóhannsson solo directorial debut Lamb is a mountainous pastoral film that details the lives of two farmers. Maria and Ingvar, played by Noomi Rapace(Millennium Series and Prometheus) and Hilmir Snær Guðnason … Continue reading.
Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
90/100
Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” is a confounding and bombastic reimagining of the decadence, horror, mystique, and myth at a major turning point in the history of film. From the … Continue reading.
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”
Steven Spielberg, Director of West Side Story (2021)
Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Deezer | Gaana | … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
10/100
Netflix’s latest big-budget film Red Notice looks like a film, talks like a film, and acts like a film but is devoid of meaning, humanity, and sincerity. It’s reminiscent to the thin layer of laminate … Continue reading.
Directed by: Lena Dunham
Distributed by: Amazon Studios
Written by Taylor Baker
20/100
After taking a few years off, Lena Dunham returned to visual storytelling earlier this year with “Sharp Stick” a messy but engaging story of a young girl … Continue reading.
