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VIFF 2021 Review: Red Rocket

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.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 10, 2021October 7, 2021

Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: Satoshi Kon, The Illusionist

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.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment September 5, 2021August 30, 2021

Drink in the Movies Top 10 Films of 2021

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.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

VIFF 2021 Review: Mothering Sunday

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.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 4, 2021September 28, 2021

Nope

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.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment July 21, 2022August 4, 2022

VIFF 2021 Review: Compartment No. 6

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.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 3, 2021September 28, 2021

Where the Crawdads Sing

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.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment July 15, 2022August 4, 2022

Episode 123: Chloé Zhao: Eternals / Songs My Brothers Taught Me

“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.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment December 13, 2021January 2, 2022

Episode 115: Tribeca 2021: False Positive / Italian Studies / Last Film Show / Essie Davis Interview

“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.

Drink in the Movies Episodes, Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 16, 2021October 11, 2021

Cry Macho

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.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

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