OFCS 2020 awards winners announced
And the winners are…
Month: January 2021
Assassins documentary review: when a murder is not a murder
The story of the women duped into *checks notes* killing Kim Jong-un’s brother is more bonkers — and sad, and gripping — than we’ve heard. Utterly fascinating; the stuff of a Hollywood thriller.
#Like movie review: teen feminist rage, muted
Sarah Pirozek weaves an elegant, noirish tragedy on a micro budget, but it’s far more effective as a portrait of the miserable discomposure of modern teen life than as a feminist vigilante thriller.
the 2021 film ranking has begun!
Unlike in recent years, I’m not restricting the 2021 ranking to patrons only: everyone can see it.
The Exception (Undtagelsen) movie review: and you thought your coworkers were horrible…
Nonsensical Danish thriller concocts absurd connections between the nature of evil and *checks notes* office politics among shallow clichés of women. Preposterously, this is not meant to be satire.
MLK/FBI documentary review: suppressing dissent, American style
Beautiful in its style, enraging in its substance, this skewering of the FBI’s surveillance of the civil-rights icon is essential for understanding the near-term roots of white supremacy in America.
Wonder Woman 1984 movie review: days of future past
The retro pastel optimism is ironic, but the dark stuff slips by in subtext. This bold, colorful tale, recalling classic superhero films, could be happening in a parallel universe… a much nicer one.
curated: “Donald Trump‘s Presidency Was Supposed to Be Great for Art. It Wasn‘t”
I personally have found it very difficult to focus on anything creative in the past four years (and it only got worse in 2020). And I wasn’t alone…
AWFJ 2020 EDA Awards winners announced
And the winners are…
