Tag: disability
CODA & Don’t Look Up
Friday, March 18th, 2022 Film Reviews,Completing my trawl through the contenders for Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards, this week I’m looking at CODA and Don’t Look Up. It’s a little surprising that either of these titles is shortisted for the award, although they both have their qualities, with Don’t Look Up, in particular, being touted by some as […]
Promising Young Woman & Sound of Metal
Friday, April 23rd, 2021 Film Reviews,In preparation for this year’s Academy Awards I’ve already reviewed six of the eight films nominated for Best Picture. Today I’ll take a look at the two that remain. I don’t know why it’s taken so long to catch up with Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, as it’s one of the most talked-about films of […]
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Thursday, September 27th, 2018 Film Reviews,Consistency is not a word to be used too freely in relation to Gus Van Sant. Like Steven Soderbergh he has oscillated between arthouse and mainstream, so one never quite knows what’s coming next. For every bleak, existential drama such as Last Days (2005), there’s a heart-warmer like Good Will Hunting (1997). One of Van […]