Young CriticBombshell
Fox News arose in the 1990s as a refreshing option for conservative Americans. The network grew to be the biggest news conglomerate in the United States. This was all thanks to a partnership between News Corp. CEO Rupert
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Young CriticThe Two Popes
The politics of the Vatican are a fascinating subject to dive into. And yet a lot of filmmakers are still afraid of touching such a sensitive subject for over 1 billion believers worldwide. However, there have been succe
Young CriticDark Waters
The courtroom film has been a very prolific subgenre, managing to show the intricacies of American justice, with a frequent penchant for flair. The likes of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Verdict (1982) , My Cousin Vi
Young CriticFord v Ferrari
Ever since legendary actor Steve McQueen left our screens, the appreciation of cars – fast cars -on the silver screen has largely been left to the blocky Fast and Furious films. That franchise seems to dumb down the appr
Young CriticJojo Rabbit
Nazism is a very touchy subject, even nearly 80 years after its downfall. To take on the Third Reich in a filmic comedy, with Hitler as a little boy’s imaginary friend: that is a whole different echelon of risk. Kiwi dir
Young CriticMidway (2019)
World War II has provided ample material for films, mostly due to the extraordinary circumstances that clashed the global powers together. The atrocities give way to great narrative material for stories of heroics, trage
Young CriticMotherless Brooklyn
Actor Edward Norton had only directed one film, Keeping the Faith (2000), nearly two decades ago. The film flew under the radar for the most part, but it is Norton’s second film that brings about a more ambitious vision:
Young CriticHarriet
It’s incredible to think that the figure of Harriet Tubman has not had a biographical feature film. She was one of the most important and impressive figures during 19th century America, helping lead efforts in the Underg
Young CriticThe Current War: Director's Cut
The Harvey Weinstein scandal in 2017 sent shockwaves around Hollywood as well as the world. The allegations proved so condemning in the public eye that the Weinstein Company production company was liquidated, and its lib
Young CriticThe Laundromat
There is a subtle through-line in most of Steven Soderbergh’s films that relates to the abuse of power. This was certainly the case in Erin Brockovich (2000), Traffic (2000), The Informant! (2009), and even his Ocean’s t
Young CriticWhile at War
The Spanish Civil War has been brought to screen by Spanish filmmakers innumerable times; after the return of democracy in 1977 it seemed to be a necessary atonement and exploration of a horror that still echoes 80 years
Young CriticDownton Abbey (2019)
The audiences at Avengers: Endgame (2019) on opening weekend were nearly a show to behold themselves. Every time a beloved character was introduced onscreen or a fan-favorite moment occurred, raucous cheering, more at ho
Young CriticHustlers
The stripper sub-genre in film is one that should be tread into carefully; there is a very fine line between exploiting bodies for money, and diving into a character piece. This is the difference between films like Showg
Young CriticOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood
The culture of violence is one that is ubiquitous everywhere in the world, Kubrick himself showed the longevity of such intraspecies violence with his famous “bone” sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). However, viol
Young CriticThey Shall Not Grow Old
Peter Jackson has been pioneering new technologies in film since his Lord of the Rings movies introduced an incredibly credible motion-capture character with Gollum. The New Zealand native has built an empire around his
Young CriticOn the Basis of Sex
There is undoubtedly a wave of feminism that began with the revelations of producer Harvey Weinstein and the backlash of the elections of such sexist politicians like Donald Trump in the US, Jair Bolsonaro in Brasil, and
Young CriticVice
Adam McKay wowed us all with his shift from Will Ferrell comedies like Anchorman and The Other Guys to an analysis of the stock market crash of 2007, seen in his 2015 film The Big Short (for which he won an Academy Awa
Young CriticMary Queen of Scots
There is no clear-cut history; all we in the present can do is try to compile the most convincing of people’s perspectives of the period we want to study. However, it is easy to simply stand by one side’s version of even
Young CriticRobin Hood (2018)
It seems that it’s never too soon for a remake. Studios are digging around and remaking the same things with the hopes that they’ll somehow tap into the zeitgeist. Lionsgate Studios is seeking to invigorate audiences wit
Young CriticOutlaw King
Historical epics are hard to get right, if you’re chronicling the life of a rebel, like Mel Gibson did in Braveheart , it’s hard to strike the right balance between injustice by the oppressors, and downright caricature.
Young CriticFirst Man
To take such a famous moment in history and try and turn it into a film that acts as both a reenactment, biography, character study, and thriller, is a feat reserved to only the boldest of filmmakers. Damien Chazelle, ha
Young CriticBlacKkKlansman
Spike Lee has developed one of the most unique directing styles in film today. The New York native has a style defined by anger towards social and racial injustices; his greatest films came from focusing on such a subjec
Young CriticI, Tonya
Adapting an incredibly famous event as a film is extremely hard, as you have to try and add a new perspective to the story that the audience hasn’t already formulated. Such was the case with the successful series America
Young Critic12 Strong
Smart producers will capitalize on a national feeling by producing a propaganda film. Jerry Bruckheimer is one of the most famous producers in Hollywood, bringing us such films as Pirates of the Caribbean , Armageddon, a