Young CriticSound of Metal
A rare exploration into the deaf world with some deft sound design and masterful acting Films about sensory disabilities are rare. The majority explore blindness, as it is the disability that can be played with in a visu
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Young CriticAnother Round
A bold and deft exploration of alcoholism Due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020’s Cannes Film Festival turned out to be a subdued and restrained affair, with films being distributed for viewing through online portals and no
Young CriticMank
David Fincher's first film in six years proves to be a slight let down Citizen Kane (1941) is considered a pioneering film in the history of cinema, by many considered the best film ever made. Curiously the film didn’t i
Young CriticHillbilly Elegy
Ron Howard's latest captured an emotional snapshot of America, but shies away from analyzing it Ron Howard has been fascinated with underdog stories, from his box office hit Apollo 13 (1995) to his more cerebral A Beauti
Young CriticThe Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin's sophomore directional outing is a well-balanced and scarily relevant film Aaron Sorkin is the latest filmmaker to be nabbed by Netflix after the talented likes of Alfonso Cuaron, Martin Scorsese, Noah Baum
Young Critic1917
Stories have a flexible nature to them, allowing them to be told in a variety of mediums, be they in books, paintings, episodically, or in film. However, when one particular story is able to fit exclusively into one medi
Young CriticLittle Women (2019)
Louisa Mary Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has been made into TV and film countless times, being one of the most adapted source materials in Hollywood. The novel was source of a feminist pride way ahead of its time (the n
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 CriticMarriage Story
Divorce is an arduous emotional process. Such a subject would seem ripe to place on screen, except that the animosity exemplified by each side towards the other is hard to place objectively. This was why Kramer vs. Krame
Young CriticKnives Out
Rian Johnson is creating a reputation for playing with a genre’s expectations. He deeply infuriated the Star Wars fanbase with his bold Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and has moved on to the fading murder
Young CriticThe Irishman
When one thinks of the “gangster” film, one think Martin Scorsese; the American director has produced some of the classics of the genre. His last film Silence (2016) was a bit of a slog and couldn’t have been further fro
Young CriticA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Fred Rogers was much more than the creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968-2001) one of the most beloved children’s TV series the 20th century, he was also one of the greatest philosophers of our time. His simple wa
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 CriticParasite
Bong Joon Ho is probably the most internationally renowned Korean director of today; having exploited his early successes in Korea like The Host (2006) with some American productions like Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (201
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 CriticJoker
As long as there continues to be acts of domestic terrorism in Western countries, there will continue to be blame on video games, film, and music that supposedly encourage these acts. Despite statistics and psychological
Young CriticPain and Glory
Pedro Almodovar is in the rare class of directors to be in genres of their own. The Spanish auteur’ s exploration of the irrationalities of desire and how its indulgences are the most human aspects of us all, struck a ch
Young CriticJudy
The only thing that Hollywood loves more than itself is movies made about the struggles of their industry. And yet, the Hollywood system has always been shamed for chewing up stars and spitting them out when they got tir
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 CriticToy Story 4
Pixar is one of the few studios that has chosen quality over quantity; yet their recent foray into sequel territory has many worried that their creative zenith was behind them. With the announcement of Toy Story 4 (2019)
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 CriticIf Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins might just be the best director for romances today. That might not be the conventional thing one might hear from the Moonlight Oscar-winner, but it’s been the most powerful thing in his last two films. His
Young CriticCold War
In order to tell an epic tale you don’t necessarily need to have a long runtime. A two hours plus movie doesn’t necessarily grant an approval of being a good film, and yet many filmmakers and Hollywood seem to think the