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Todd Fields return delivers an engrossing character study The debate of how one should separate art from the artist is one that has taken on a new meaning as cancel culture has spread amongst the western world. If someon
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Baz Luhrmann’s brings his bombastic flash to the King of Rock and Roll’s biopic The music biopic is a genre that despite producing many interchangeable films, has delivered true breakthroughs in cinema, such as the crimi
Young CriticTop Gun: Maverick
The long-awaited sequel delivers a proper homage and evolution to the first film Given that studios are digging deeper into their IP libraries in order to make new films (instead of say… come up with original ideas), it’
Young CriticThe Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier’s newest takes on the existentialism of young generations Today’s youngest generations live in one of the most high-pressured environments ever. The onslaught of the internet and social media has launched o
Young CriticParallel Mothers
Pedro Almodovar’s latest is his boldest to date Pedro Almodóvar’s first batch of films during the Spanish cultural movement of “La Movida” sought to be a-historical after the brutal dictatorship of Francisco Franco. His
Young CriticDon't Look Up
Adam McKay’s latest is a jittery metaphor on our worrying approach to climate change Adam McKay seems to have left behind his pure satire films the likes of Talladega Nights (2006) and Anchorman (2004) for the dark comed
Young CriticNightmare Alley
Guillermo Del Toro’s follow-up to his Best Picture winner is a bold new step in the director’s filmograph Guillermo del Toro is a director like few others, that has imprinted such a unique style on his pictures that you
Young CriticLicorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is an effective work on nostalgia and unconventional structure Paul Thomas Anderson has cemented a reputation as a director who consistently delivers unique and different films. Despite only
Young CriticThe Lost Daughter
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut is an incomparable triumph While some may scoff at the idea of actors jumping into the director’s chair, seeing a mixture of nepotism and self-indulgence, performers can sometimes ma
Young CriticWest Side Story (2021)
Steven Spielberg’s remake tops the original in a risky and captivating manner I have to say, despite Steven Spielberg being behind the idea of remaking West Side Story (1961), I was reticently skeptical. Nevertheless, fo
Young CriticKing Richard
Will Smith gives a masterclass performance in an otherwise generic film Will Smith is one of the unsung treasures of modern cinema. The American actor can quite literally do anything, from television, to action, comedy,
Young CriticTick, Tick...BOOM!
Lin Manuel Miranda’s debut is a risky but very effective adaptation It’s hard to imagine a more poetic and tragic story than that of Jonathan Larson. The musical playwright had been struggling to produce his ambitious oe
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Kenneth Branagh’s most personal film, might be his strongest “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland is a subject that has been explored cautiously in film, always with the same conclusion of the horrible ripping of society t
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Pablo Larrain’s new biopic is an unconventional and bravely effective one We seem to be coming upon a Princess Diana resurgence, with the last season of The Crown (2016-) helping inspire countless new documentaries on th
Young CriticDune
Denis Villeneuve's ambitious adaptation is a true achievement “Dune” by Frank Herbert is an adaptation that has broken many of the best cinematic minds. In the 1970s Alejandro Jodorowsky attempted an adaptation with Mick
Young CriticThe Father
Florian Zeller's debut creatively immerses viewers into memory loss Losing one’s memory is an affliction that is becoming more common as the life expectancy of human beings increases, be it by the common mental diseases
Young CriticMinari
A delicate and moving view of immigration in America American immigrant stories on screen have largely been relegated to showcasing the horrid conditions at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. This is historically im
Young CriticNomadland
Chloe Zhao's latest delivers a poetic and immersive look at modern nomads The Western genre has found it hard to adapt to modern times. It seems that any movie classified in that genre has to be set in the 19th century i
Young CriticJudas and the Black Messiah
A charismatic and powerful film, which struggles to understand its protagonist The Black Panther movement, and in general any black empowerment movement that wasn’t led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been seen as viol
Young CriticOne Night in Miami...
An exceptional play adaptation from first-time director Regina King While the #oscarssowhite campaign might not have done much to diversify the Oscars themselves, they have brought to the fore a necessity for more black
Young CriticPieces of a Woman
A showcase of excellent performance and one particularly affecting scene Motherhood is a subject that has been explored in film in an exhaustive number of ways, from horror in Rosemary’s Baby (1968), to comedy in Juno (2
Young CriticPromising Young Woman
A bold and expertly executed exploration of sexual assault and predator culture Previously taboo or tough subjects such as race, homosexuality, and the female experience were hardly explored in film, or done so in timid
Young CriticMa Rainey's Black Bottom
The adaptation from August Wilson's play delivers two of the year's best performances August Wilson is one of the greatest American playwrights of the past century; and yet he’s still not as highly regarded as the likes
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Pete Docter does it again with a fascinating exploration of the meaning of life Peter Docter has brought us some of the most original and creative stories in film in the last two decades. Working at Pixar he helped write