Taylor Swift has been a force to be reckoned with since her career began when she was just 14, and she has been making waves in the industry ever since. Her short film was one more creative outlet to be conquered. On Friday, Nov. 12th, international country-turned-pop star Swift made her short film directorial debut.
Read MoreMiracles are nowhere and everywhere in Spencer. Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) stops by a remote diner while driving to the royal family’s Christmas retreat. Alone and without security, she glides to the register in search of directions. Everyone gawks. These reactions contrast her family’s disenchantment toward her. As ever, Diana finds herself the fixation — adoring or damning — of her country’s mind. Spencer outwits the biopic genre, pulsating with the macabre of Diana’s psyche.
Read MoreAfter three magical, borderline surreal weeks, the New York Film Festival has come to an end. Opening its doors to Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation on Sept. 24 and screening films every day up until this past Sunday, the Festival has more than upheld its reputation of boasting a curation of films that are the most daring, nonconforming, thought-provoking, transgressive if not the absolute best films the year has to offer.
Read MoreLove, glamour, crime, bananas, farting and wooden babies! Leos Carax’s newest feature film, Annette, has it all. With music and a script by pop-rock duo Ron and Russell Mael — otherwise known as the band Sparks — and a return after nearly ten years from director Leos Carax (who also collaborated on the script with the Sparks brothers), Annette is one of the most unconventional movie musicals in a while— if not ever.
Read MoreBoth because of its fascinating premise and initial reactions at the Sundance Film Festival in the early months of 2020, Edson Oda’s feature debut, Nine Days, is one of my favorite kinds of movies to watch. The general consensus at the festival from what now feels like a lifetime ago, either claimed that it is a masterpiece or that it is garbage. Opinions that fall in the middle are rare. You are taken by it or it takes you nowhere. It is captivating and beautiful, moving you in a way that only the best of art can or it simply isn’t.
Read MoreUnlike the first movie, which had an attempted edginess that did more harm than good, Warner Bros. has allowed Gunn to make an R-rated comic book movie, and he certainly leans into this opportunity, making quite possibly the goriest comic book movie to date.
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