SXSW 2021 | Wrap Up Discussion with ForReel
SXSW 2021 Wrap Up Discussion! Taylor and Thomas from ForReel fire up their mics and cameras once again to discuss the festival so far.… Continue reading.
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SXSW 2021 Review: The Fallout
Written by Taylor Baker
77/100
Yet another Directorial Debut from SXSW ‘21. The Fallout ranked among the top tier of the festival’s films and Megan Park is perhaps it’s the most exciting new filmmaker to have premiered at the festival. … Continue reading.
Only Lovers Left Alive
Written by Taylor Baker
95/100
“What is this quintessence of dust?”
An appetite for blood is exchanged for a lust of human culture. Written and instrumental, creators and sites of creation. The film begins with our characters Adam and Eve … Continue reading.
Capsule Review: Saint Maud
Written by Michael Clawson
80/100
A shaken young nurse shrinks in the corner of a dark hospital bedroom, blood dripping from her hands, a dead patient splayed out on her back on the cot. The grim opening scene and one … Continue reading.
The Dissident
Written by Taylor Baker
16/100
Bryan Fogel’s follow up to Icarus is a sprawling reduction of its subject with enough drone footage and shiny Twitter animations to make sure you don’t forget it was made at some point in the … Continue reading.
Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker
Written by Taylor Baker
26/100
A disjointed, rushed, and incohesive mess of fan service and B genre plotting. Kennedy should have the reins taken away from her now that this body is bagged and tagged. Lucas not finishing his Saga … Continue reading.
The Assistant
Written by Taylor Baker
84/100
This is my first Kitty Green picture, and I feel like a fool.
Watching Julia Garner’s Jane be slowly crushed, prodded, and gaslit could have easily been mishandled and the story could have attempted to … Continue reading.
Slamdance 2021 Review: A Black Rift Begins to Yawn
Written by Taylor Baker
78/100
Meditative and melodic, A Black Rift Begins to Yawn soars on the back of low light and an unspecific sense of place. Like a deep dream, you don’t know where you are or when you … Continue reading.
New York Asian Film Festival Review: Escape from Mogadishu
Written by Taylor Baker
55/100
We’ve grown accustomed to a certain type of spectacle propaganda film coming out of East and Southeast Asia in the last 10-15 years. Slowly the ante for such films from China has increased alongside it’s … Continue reading.
The Great Hack
Written by Taylor Baker
45/100
If you want me to save you roughly two hours, data rights are important and we need to talk about how to categorize them and hold large data companies accountable. If you want to read … Continue reading.
