The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) Directors: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe Screenwriters: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Charlyne Yi Between Into the Spider-Verse and The Mitchells vs the Machines, Sony Pictures Animation are in a […]
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Escape the Undertaker (2021) Director: Ben Simms Starring: The Undertaker, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods WWE. World Wrestling Entertainment: a company so ingrained into the pop culture zeitgeist that upon the mere mention of professional wrestling, odds are that anyone’s immediate thought will be of Vince McMahon’s wrestling mega power. Now long past the
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The Kissing Booth 3 (2021) Director: Vince Marcello Screenwriters: Vince Marcello, Jay S. Arnold Starring: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Stephen Jennings, Molly Ringwald At long last, Vince Marcello’s final instalment of The Kissing Booth trilogy has arrived on Netflix. Despite a sloppy sequel in the form of The Kissing Booth 2 and a
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Love and Monsters (2020) Director: Michael Matthews Screenwriter: Brian Duffield, Matthew Robinson Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Dan Ewing The post-apocalyptic young adult genre has had no shortage of entries in recent years, most ranging from dismally bland to viciously grim, so what a pleasant surprise it is to find that
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A Love Song for Latasha (2020) Director: Sophia Nahli Allison There is something so inherently poetic about Sophia Nahli Allison’s Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Subject A Love Song for Latasha. Something that imbues every scene with a sense of ethereal resonance. Perhaps it’s the soft spoken voiceover of those who knew Latasha, or the eccentrically designed
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Penguin Bloom (2021) Director: Glendyn Ivin Screenwriters: Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps Starring: Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Essi Murray-Johnston “It must be weird to have wings but not be able to fly.” Penguin Bloom, Netflix’s new original, is a simultaneously heart-breaking and uplifting true story brought to life by renowned Australian director
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Malcolm & Marie (2021) Director: Sam Levinson Screenwriter: Sam Levinson Starring: John David Washington, Zendaya The Covid-19 pandemic has had an incontrovertible impact on the arts – closing theatres, cinemas, galleries and museums worldwide, and disrupting and delaying the production and release of numerous films, TV shows and live events for months or years. One interesting
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The Dig (2021) Director: Simon Stone Screenwriters: Moira Buffini, John Preston Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Lily James, Johnny Flynn, Ken Stott, Ben Chaplin, Monica Dolan In recent months we have all had time for more introspection than usual, and we have each been faced with a seemingly endless barrage of moral conundrums and existential
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The Midnight Sky (2020) Director: George Clooney Screenwriter: Mark L. Smith Starring: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, Tiffany Boone, Sophie Rundle, Ethan Peck George Clooney is no stranger to space-based fare, his starring turns in Steven Soderbergh’s remake of Solaris in 2002 and Alfonso Cuarón’s all-time great Oscar-winner Gravity
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Pieces of a Woman (2020) Director: Kornél Mundruczó Screenwriter: Kata Wéber Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Ellen Burstyn, Shia LaBeouf, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Sarah Snook, Molly Parker Grief is one of the few human experiences that manages to be both paradoxically singular and entirely universal. Anatomically speaking, loss compares to being wholly composed of your former
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