Written by Taylor Baker "Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” is a confounding and bombastic reimagining of the decadence, horror, mystique, and myth at a major turning point in the history of film. From the zenith of silent pictures to the messy beginning … Continue reading.
Tag: Linus Sandgren
Episode 124: Don’t Look Up / West Side Story / The Hand of God
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”Steven Spielberg, Director of West Side Story (2021) Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Deezer | Gaana | Google … Continue reading.
Don’t Look Up
Written by Taylor Baker 20/100 Adam McKay leapt into our home viewing shelves in the late 2000s with his numerous film team-ups with previous Gary Sanchez business partner and creative collaborator Will Ferrell in entries like Anchorman, Step Brothers, and … Continue reading.
No Time to Die (007)
Written by Taylor Baker 50/100 It's been about a year and a half since No Time to Die was originally intended to bow into theaters. Cary Joji Fukanaga of True Detective fame, publicly picked up the fallen pieces of Boyle's … Continue reading.
First Man
Written by Taylor Baker 96/100 Visual Jazz. Chazelle assembles a first-rate series of high high's, high low's, low high's, and low low's. I couldn't agree more with everyone heaping praise upon the technical proficiency found aboundingly in this film. If … Continue reading.