Young CriticThe Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos has emerged to the English-speaking world as a savior-like director, bringing an incredibly unique style of directing and telling stories, the likes of which were unseen of since the times of Kubrick. In
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Young CriticSpider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
There have been so many adaptations of the Marvel superhero Spider-Man that it’s hard to know how many different iterations we’ve seen in simply this decade. The latest adaptation is a refreshing one from producers Phil
Young CriticRoma
Alfonso Cuaron has one of the most diverse filmographies of any director working today. The Mexican auteur has produced such hits as Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Gravi
Young CriticShoplifters
The concept of family is one that has become incredibly flexible and redefined over time. Director Hirokazu Koreeda has always been fascinated with analyzing what families are in his films. His latest project, Shoplifter
Young CriticGreen Book
Filmmakers and performers in comedy are people you should never underestimate in producing drama. Certainly in recent years we’ve seen some notable jumps from campy comedy movies to some of the best dramatic pictures of
Young CriticAt Eternity's Gate
A figure such as Vincent Van Gogh is hard to capture in film. The pioneering painter had such a complicated life and artistic process that a simple chronological biopic would not do him justice. An animated picture last
Young CriticThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The problem with Netflix movies is that there is barely any build-up to their release. If you blink, you might miss the fact that they’ve released the latest Paul Greengrass and Orson Welles movies (the last one complete
Young CriticBohemian Rhapsody
Sometimes the drama that goes into making a movie can eclipse the actual story being told. However, when the film you’re trying to make is about the rock band Queen and its lead singer Freddie Mercury, it’s hard to overs
Young CriticCan You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy is known to movie fans for being the intense comedic actress that can have you rolling on the ground laughing in a second’s notice. The American actress showed a dramatic side of her in the 2014 film St.
Young CriticA Star is Born (2018)
In the current state of constant remakes, it’s hard to find one that can inspire new feeling in you. In the hands of talented filmmakers, however, a story can take on a whole new form and power; this seems to be the case
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 CriticCall Me by Your Name
Many Americans see the history of cinema as only that of films made inside the United States or with American actors; many disregard the incredible material and milestones reached outside American borders. In the case of
Young CriticThe Post
When thinking about movies, it’s hard not to think about Steven Spielberg. The American director has produced an infinite amount of classics. Spielberg has been hard at work recently, he’s filmed two films back to back,
Young CriticAll the Money in the World
It’s curious to think that the movie All the Money in the World will never be seen in any other light except: ‘the film in which Kevin Spacey was replaced.’ Director Ridley Scott decided to replace Kevin Spacey in an im
Young CriticDarkest Hour
Gary Oldman is known as the “Chamaleon” for shape-shifting into his different characters; to give an example he can play bad-ass sexy wizard Sirius Black in Harry Potter , or he can play an equally convincing wimped and
Young CriticThe Shape of Water
You can tell when a film is by Guillermo Del Toro, he has such a unique style because he doesn’t let any outside forces influence him or bend his creative mind whatsoever. This has led him down a path to successes ( Pan’
Young CriticThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh started as a playwright and after winning an Oscar for a short film he moved into directing long features, the first two of which were the great In Bruges and Seven Psycopaths . His third film continues a
Young CriticLady Bird
Adolescence is an incredible rich subject simply because it’s incredibly volatile depending on which character you focus on. John Hughes was a master at tapping into this genre, but many of these teenager-focused films s
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Pixar, just like many Hollywood studios, has fallen into the sequlitis wave, their last fully original film was back in 2015 with The Good Dinosaur , and even that was an adaptation of a children’s book. The next slate o
Young CriticThe Florida Project
When I say I cry at movies, it usually means my throat constricted a little and I got a case of the sniffles. But crying actual tears at a theater… that hasn’t happened in a while. The Florida Project is director Sean Ba
Young CriticBlade Runner 2049
Blade Runner wasn’t a hit when it came out. In fact, it was a box office flop; it was only in VHS sales that it gained a cult following to the point that it was claimed a classic in latter decades. The film explored what
Young CriticDunkirk
Christopher Nolan, simply put, is one of the best directors working today. The auteur has churned out some of the most memorable and original films of the last decade ( Memento, Inception, Interstellar ), as well as crea
Young CriticThe Big Sick
Comedy is really hard. It’s a genre in cinema that is incredibly underappreciated, and yet making people laugh indirectly through a screen is one of the hardest feats any artist will ever undertake. As for finding a good
Young CriticLogan
Superhero movies need something new. The classic incarnation of cheesy lines and fights is burning itself out; audiences crave something more daring and different. We had a few glimpses of this with Kick-Ass and The Dark