Tag: Film Criticism

  • A Greta Gerwig Stan watches Jurassic Park

    A Greta Gerwig Stan watches Jurassic Park

    The Gen Z take on film history There’s a lot to be said for Steven Spielberg. Most of what’s said also seems to be overwhelmingly positive, for one of the greatest storytellers of our time.It fills me with regret that I was born too late to have witnessed the reception to Jurassic Park. It also…

  • RomCom Roundup October 2023

    RomCom Roundup October 2023

    Maya Angelou said something along the lines of “People won’t remember what you said, they won’t won’t remember what you did, they’ll remember how you made them feel”. Sometimes, you just need to feel a movie. Welcome to the RomCom Roundup. Yeah, so: Watching hot people fall in love is a pastime reserved for the…

  • “This Film is Poetry”: ‘Past Lives’ Review

    “This Film is Poetry”: ‘Past Lives’ Review

    As “Past Lives” ends, you’re left wondering two things: What do I have to do to get Greta Lee’s cheekbones, and how the hell was this writer/director Celine Song’s first film?   Song’s deft hand results in some amazing moments, along with a damn near accurate portrayal of writers and how they perceive life and love.…

  • “Astonishing how much personal development you can pack into a 100-minute movie”: ‘Flora and Son’ Review

    “Astonishing how much personal development you can pack into a 100-minute movie”: ‘Flora and Son’ Review

    Flora is a mum just about keeping it together, but there’s always a dance tune thumping in her head. If there’s a message to ‘Flora and Son’, it’s just that: Music is in the mundane, and inspiration is the poetry the universe writes you as you navigate this cruel, ugly world. Take just the beginning…

  • Black and white in Technicolor: Jazz and Racism in the modern movie musical

      2018’s BlacKkKlansman closes to a hauntingly jivey rendition of Prince singing ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’, a negro spiritual, which tends to be a kinder way of saying ‘slave song’ (Lee, 2018). As with most pre-emancipation music, this was a song amongst African Americans that coded messages of resilience within religious narratives. For context, the last visuals of the…