It is a tradition on the Drink in the Movies Podcast to commemorate the year in film by talking about our favorite films and giving out our own special superlatives. As our site has grown over the past year, we … Continue reading.
… Continue reading.“The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of
Our Drink in the Movies team have compiled a comprehensive year-end piece that provides a shared look at each of our top 5 Limited Series and Television Show selections of 2021. Our team compiled their lists based on titles that … Continue reading.
Directed by: Robert Machoian
Distributed by: TBA
Written by Taylor Baker
58/100
Robert Machoian’s 2020 critical darling “The Killing of Two Lovers” played like a long steaming kettle forced shut, its high-pitched whine audible in our hearts and our minds … Continue reading.
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Distributed by: Neon
Written by Taylor Baker
80/100
Cronenberg’s first film in 8 years takes place in a world that has forgotten what pain is. Citizens lucky enough to be invited to public salons can watch … Continue reading.
… Continue reading.“Comedy is the hardest thing to get right. I remember a joke we did in ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ that didn’t get a single laugh. So we moved the shot a foot-and-a-half to one side, and all of a sudden, the
… Continue reading.“Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Written by Taylor Baker
70/100
Baz Luhrmann has returned to the silver screen after nearly a decade away from filmmaking with “Elvis”. A modernistic part musical part historical biopic on one … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
65/100
Mark O’Brien’s directorial debut The Righteous is a severe film detailing Frederic Mason’s (Henry Czerny) and Ethyl Mason (Mimi Kuzuk) next steps after losing their adopted daughter. Near the outset of the film Doris the … Continue reading.
… Continue reading.“I believe that as much as you influence your film, the film also influences you. You think you are in control but then things happen that you didn’t anticipate. That’s cinema, and you need to be open
