Written by Taylor Baker
73/100
Tariq’s choice to keep a tighter aspect ratio in conjunction with repetitive close ups and smart if a bit overdone sound design create an experience that is far more felt than seen. His past work … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
87/100
Invisible Life details the separation of two sisters and the subsequent passage of time that details each’s experience. In that journey along the river of time lies a deep undercurrent of overwhelming emotion. The turbulence … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
82/100
Playwright Florian Zeller’s directorial debut The Father an adaptation of his own play is an exquisite demonstration of tone management and trusting of central players. There is no gawdy tricks, nor leaning on tropes. From … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
26/100
How do you make a documentary with Tristan Harris, Renee DiResta, Guillaume Chaslot, Jonathan Haidt, and Baron Lanier that is bad? These are some of the most delightful and absurd thinkers of our time and … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
66/100
Black Bottom starts with a magnetic and memorable opening scene. Viola is at once alluring and gravitational. Her character ‘Ma’ or ‘Ma Rainey’ is a powerful role. She lingers with the viewer long after the … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
78/100
After waiting more than a year for The Weasel’s Tale to become available in the U.S. it’s safe to say I had expectations that bordered on unfair. The mystery drama Campanella takes us on seems … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
88/100
SYNOPSIS: With her marriage about to implode, Miriam returns to her hometown to seek solace in the comfort of her younger sister and brother-in-law. But one evening a tiny slip in judgement leads to a … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
66/100
In an effort to define a train of experience for Native life Wild Indian starts in the 1800’s with a man who appears to have the pox wandering west. It quickly changes course to the … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
48/100
Kornél Mundruczô’s Pieces of a Woman starts out with one of the most beautiful (to look) at sequences of film in the last year. But between issues with lighting continuity, general continuity, off center cinematography, … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker
63/100
Jessie Barr’s directorial debut Sophie Jones starring her cousin Jessica Barr manages to to feel personal enough to never lose the interest of the viewer. Though one may meander away briefly in scenes when Sophie … Continue reading.
