Written by Taylor Baker
85/100
What happens when there’s a global epidemic and the film you’d been planning to shoot can’t be shot? For Sean Baker the answer to that question is Red Rocket. A long gestating idea that’s been … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
80/100
Pascal-Alex Vincent’s Satoshi Kon, The Illusionist is a love letter to a master gone to soon. Vincent’s direction is notable in it’s unobtrusiveness, gently propelling us with sleek effortless editing along many beats that Perfect … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
40/100
Mothering Sunday is a staggered storyline period piece, that follows Jane Fairchild played by Odessa Young as she variously writes a novel, and experiences the sultry romance of forbidden love by imagining herself as the … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
85/100
“All humans should be killed.”
Juho Kuosmanen’s sophomore feature Compartment No. 6 popped on my radar after it received the Cannes Grand Prix award alongside Asgar Farhadi’s A Hero. His first feature previously took … Continue reading.
Directed by: Jordan Peele
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
45/100
Jordan Peele’s “Nope” might best be described as a UFO blockbuster but as with “Get Out” and “Us,” “Nope” is rife with allegory and homage. One can’t … Continue reading.
Directed by: Olivia Newman
Distributed by: Sony Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
40/100
“Where the Crawdads Sing” is a conventional adaptation of a Young Adult novel by the same name. Complete with a false sense of mysteriousness. The opening prologue … Continue reading.
Our Drink in the Movies team have compiled a comprehensive year-end piece that provides a shared look at each of our top 10 films of 2021. You can see their selected titles below in the text list or by pressing … Continue reading.
“I often feel like an outsider wherever I go, so I’m always attracted to stories about identity and the meaning of home.”
Chloé Zhao, Director of Eternals and Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
55/100
Cry Macho as much as anything else seems to be a lingering look at those sleepy border towns that Westerns like those Clint got his start in are so often framed against. The year is … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
75/100
Brian Epstein’s 3212 Un-Redacted presents a damning expose on the betrayal, cover-up, and conspiracy that occurred in October 2017. Deployed in Niger ODA(Operational Detachment Alpha) 3212 who were tasked against their Captain’s recommendation with pursuing … Continue reading.
