The Uncut Gems Podcast - Episode 04: Black Sunday
In this episode of The Uncut Gems Podcast we discuss John Frankenheimer’s Black Sunday, an epic action blockbuster sadly overshadowed by the unmatched greatness of its time.
Sundance 2021: Searchers
Searchers is a unique capturing of the modern human experience
Minari
Minari is engulfed with plentiful moments of childlike wonder and wholesome nostalgia all over
IFFR 2021 - Quo Vadis, Aida?
Emotionally charged, Quo Vadis, Aida? holds the horrors of humanitarian crises, infused with a gut-wrenching message on looking out for the most vulnerable
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Prisoner of the Ghostland feels like a minor work from the Japanese filmmaker
CERTIFIED COPY: Kiarostami’s “Mona Francesca”
In his latest essay, Martin Velev attempts to rationalize the notions of originality found in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy.
Sundance 2021: John and the Hole
John and the Hole might just be the biggest disappointment of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival
IFFR 2021 - Feast
Feast has no idea what it wants to be
Penguin Bloom
Penguin Bloom has a lot of heart at its core and tells a beautiful story of friendship and resilience
Sundance 2021: Wild Indian
Wild Indian may prove to be one of the most underrated entries into Sundance this yea
ClapperCast - Episode 38: Judas and the Black Messiah, Saint Maud, & To All the Boys: Always and Forever
On this week of ClapperCast, the team gives their thoughts on Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah, A24's Saint Maud, and Netflix's All the Boys: Always and Forever!
IFFR 2021 - Les Sorcières de l’Orient (Witches of the Orient)
Witches of the Orient is as much about volleyball players as it is about a director attempting to break his craft into the mainstream
Sundance 2021: Ailey
Ailey works well both as a capturing of Alvin Ailey’s life and a celebration of his legacy
IFFR 2021 - Dead and Beautiful
Dead and Beautiful is an innocuous, slippery slope that begins with vaguely bored tones and crashes headfirst into unpalatable nonsense
IFFR 2021 - Archipelago (Archipel)
Archipelago is frustrating, rather than exciting
Misha and the Wolves
Misha and the Wolves is both a chapter book and game, with more of an intention to shock than fully explore
Below Zero
Despite a lack of any full-on action sequences, Lluís Quílez manages to keep Below Zero tense
IFFR 2021 - El perro que no calla (The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet)
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet is flawed but, at times, is touching enough to break through the expected tropes it chooses to toy with
IFFR 2021 - Landscapes of Resistance
Landscapes of Resistance would be better suited to a hardback, which it is already
IFFR 2021 - King Car
Careful consideration for the technical merits and the casting are not enough to stop King Car swerving off the road