Tag: Golden Globes 2021

Flee is one of the most effective and moving documentaries I’ve seen in years. Amin is on the verge of getting married to his partner, Kasper. This major life event has triggered an emotional response from him and he wants to share his past for the first time. And what an intense past it is.…
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Over the Moon is the latest animated movie from Netflix. Fei Fei (Cathy Ang) is a young girl who loses her mother. Four years pass, and her father is ready to move on and marry another woman. Fei Fei is still grieving over her loss and can’t fathom how her father could possibly have forgotten…
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To say I was excited for this movie would be an understatement. I love Billie Holiday. You can recognize her voice anywhere. My favorite song of hers is I’ll Be Seeing You. If you haven’t ever listened to any of Holiday’s music, this is an excellent one to start with. It’s a beautiful song tinged…
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You might recognize writer and director Thomas Vinterberg from the film movement he started called the Dogme 95 Collective. Another Round doesn’t follow the guidelines of the movement he started with Lars von Trier but it does provide very entertaining cinema nonetheless. Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) is a schoolteacher and works with three of his buddies,…
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“If you ever threaten, touch, or spit on me again, I will grab your dick and balls and I will rip them clean off.” This quote is spoken by the protagonist of I Care a Lot and I feel it sums up the general angsty energy of the movie perfectly. Marla (Rosamund Pike) is a…
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Paul Greengrass is best known for his action movies. The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum are a master class in shooting action scenes, in particular fight sequences. Greengrass revolutionized the way fighting scenes are done and if you haven’t seen the Bourne movies, do yourself a favor and watch them. Greengrass wrote and directed…
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You might have heard of Minari due to the controversy of the Golden Globes’ decision to include Minari in the Foreign Language Film category. There have been countless articles and discussions about this decision which has given Minari some additional visibility. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to catch this film, because of the…
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I was excited to see Judas and the Black Messiah because I had never seen a film depicting Fred Hampton’s life. If you saw The Trial of the Chicago 7 this year, you’ll remember the passing mention of Hampton being killed. This movie depicts exactly what happened. The opening scene doesn’t feature Hampton, but Bill…
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“I’m not gonna suck up to happiness. If it comes, great. If it doesn’t, who gives a shit.” This was my favorite line from The Life Ahead. It is said in a defiant voiceover by Momo (Ibrahima Gueye), a 12-year-old street kid who hasn’t known much happiness in his life. His mother is dead and…
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Promising Young Woman was perhaps the buzziest movie this year. Before it was even released critics were either raving about it or ripping it to shreds. I have a mild obsession with Carey Mulligan (I’m still salty she was snubbed for her performance in Wildlife) so I was eager to see it. It’s hard to…
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