Written by Taylor Baker 86/100 Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District is a metaphorical mic drop on the anthology romance films you might know from the last twenty or so years like New York, I Love You or Berlin, I Love … Continue reading.
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Episode 117: 1971 Retrospective: McCabe & Mrs. Miller / Death in Venice / The Last Picture Show
“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.
Last Night in Soho
Written by Taylor Baker 76/100 With Last Night in Soho Edgar Wright returns to the cinema screen for the second time this year, following up his breezy if lengthy documentary The Sparks Brothers detailing the highlights of the Sparks group … Continue reading.
Antlers
Written by Taylor Baker 60/100 Scott Cooper's Antlers was originally slated to release in April of 2020, a couple delays and a Disney buyout of 21st Century Fox later and the film that completed it's shoot in November of 2018 … Continue reading.
Raindance Film Festival 2021 Preview | with Thomas Stoneham-Judge of ForReel
https://youtu.be/I4SCSGr4UN8 Raindance Film Festival 2021 Preview | Taylor Baker speaks with Thomas Stoneham-Judge of ForReel about what their each looking forward to at the Raindance Film Festival and what great films the festival has that they've already had the opportunity … Continue reading.
DXIFF 2021 Review: The Rescue
Written by Taylor Baker 50/100 Oscar Winning Directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi follow up their harrowing Oscar Winning documentary Free Solo with a film about the extraction mission conducted by Thai Seals and Divers in Thailand to save … Continue reading.
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Written by Taylor Baker 90/100 Mark Twain Award Winning humorist and self aware greatest of all time(GOAT) comedian Dave Chappelle returns to Netflix to have his patented open conversations with himself - sharing some laughs, some hurt - all while … Continue reading.
Episode 116: Rescreening Thief
“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 Hawks did so … Continue reading.
The French Dispatch
Written by Taylor Baker 65/100 Yet another Covid belated release bows in theaters this awards season push, nearly two full years since it's screenplay was available for purchase in France. Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch is now on multiplex screens … Continue reading.
VIFF 2021 Review: Drive My Car
Directed by: Ryusuke HamaguchiDistributed by: Janus Films Written by Taylor Baker 96/100 Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s "Drive My Car" follows a recent occurrence in the last ten or so years of films inspired by Haruki Murakami’s short stories. The short story in … Continue reading.
