A film that combines scripted reality and docufiction isn’t your typical Oscar winner – or more appropriately, triple Oscar winner (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress). Directed by Beijing-born Chloé Zhao and based on the 2017 non-fiction book ‘Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century’, Nomadland focuses on a woman in her sixties who joins theContinue reading “Nomadland”
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Parasite
Parasite is a somewhat genre-less film about a poor family, the Kims, and the way in which they con their way into the lives and household of a rich family, the Parks. This is until additional layers are revealed and it all begins to unravel for the Kims, like a cheap pass-the-parcel. I describe theContinue reading “Parasite”
Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell is a tale of the security guard that found a suspicious package under a bench in Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He managed to secure a perimeter before the bomb exploded, saving hundreds of lives. However, he was afforded just a couple of days as a hero, appearing on nationalContinue reading “Richard Jewell”
1917
Having written positively about both the Gentleman and Jojo Rabbit, I was expecting to be doing the same for this year’s favourite for the Best Picture Oscar. Alas, I am not. I appreciated the camerawork and the realism and as such understand why it is 1/10 favourite to win Best Cinematography at the Oscars; IContinue reading “1917”
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