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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.
“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.
“The invention of the tripod was the best thing to happen to photography and the worst thing to happen to cinematography.”
Pan Nalin, Director of Last Film Show
Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Deezer | Gaana | Google Podcasts… 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.
