A Yearning For What Was – A Look Back at Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Yesterday (July 26th) marked three years since the theatrical premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. So much has happened since then yet the realization that three years has passed struck me… Because in a pocket of my mind it feels that very little time has passed at all. Let me start…

Sticking it to Fascism – To Be or Not to Be (1942) / Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Jojo – “What did they do?” Rosie – “What they could.” Handling fascism in film can be a bit of a thin line to walk. It is something that has left an undeniable scar upon the human race and a way of thinking that is still quite prevalent today. It can be sensitive to figure…

Vox Lux (2018)

Vox Lux (2018) is an extremely interesting film to say the least that flew under the radar during the waning months of 2018. A time that was particularly over saturated with award season hopefuls so it is easy to see why this may have slipped by yet at the same time that is disappointing because…

Film Discoveries of 2018 and Looking Ahead to 2019

• Lady Bird Lady Bird was one of the big award season films from 2017 but I wasn’t able to see it till early 2018 right before the Oscars. It was a film I had greatly anticipated and ultimately loved as I assumed I would. Coming of age movies are very common and can come…

On Chesil Beach (2018)

On Chesil Beach is directed by Dominic Cooke (his debut as a feature film director) and is based off the novel by Ian McEwan who also adapted the screenplay. The drama stars Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle in the two lead roles of Florence and Edward – a newlywed couple in 1962. It’s set right…