Young CriticAlmodovar's second English-language short is a bold foray into a new genre The natural path for many cinematic artists is shorts to TV to film, albeit the path has somewhat changed in the last decade to shorts to film to
Young CriticJane Campion’s return to the big screen is a haunting western triumph Jane Campion is considered one of the pioneering female directors to break into mainstream consideration after her success with The Piano (1993). Howe
Young CriticClint Eastwood's newest film is insultingly unwatchable As a critic, student of film, and - in the past - a filmmaker I always try to see a film entirely, to give it a chance to mull over its potential mistakes and redee
Young CriticPaul Greengrass' latest is a solid western, if a bit too restrained Paul Greengrass has been fascinated with terrorism. From his days working as a war-journalist to his turn as a film director, there was always an explor
Young CriticThe 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 CriticThere’s a lot of freedom in film, granted you have the money; however, when you set your film in a specific genre, there’s a set of expectation that comes with it. The Western, is a genre that is so specific in its audie
Young CriticThe western genre has largely been fading away with the years, there’s been attempts to adapt it with a more modern feel, and that’s certainly worked out with the likes of Hell or Highwater and Wind River , but it’s bee
Young CriticSuperhero 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
Young CriticRemakes are about half of the movies playing in cinemas today. It seems as though there’s been a sudden drought of original content as screenwriters have migrated to television. Fortunately a remake doesn’t always mean a
Young CriticIt’s hard to capture deep America; it’s an area where small amounts of people live with a lot of space. It’s the America that hasn’t changed for the past twenty years, and the ones that are protesting through Republican
Young CriticLeonardo DiCaprio is like Pixar; when you think he just can’t outdo his last performance, he finds a way to surprise you. In The Revenant , Iñarritu’s follow up to his Oscar winning Birdman , DiCaprio gives one of his mo
Young CriticTarantino is one of the greatest American auteurs of all time. He has only produced eight films in his career, but all eight of them have been great with extremely complex plots, great dialogue, and, of course, a lot of