Film
Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker Talal Derki on love and hate in his homeland and the “schizophrenia” of being an Oscar nominee.
The film assembles an eclectic and impressive crew of actors, writers, directors and scholars to explore the representation of black characters and culture in (mostly) American horror cinema.
Does the movie have anything to say about our zeitgeist? Well, the very entertaining cabinet-meeting sequence shows that chamber to be a place of male posturing, humiliation, sado-masochism, duplicity, and, finally, abject sycophancy.
Albert Finney was the greatest interpreter of England’s gift to the world of contemporary theater, the Kitchen Sink Drama.
It is safe to predict that the winner in this category will be one of the entries that squares off against mortality.
Despite the soap opera details, Everybody Knows never becomes implausible.
Shame on you, Academy, for such feeble, uninspired, downer picks.
Arctic avoids existential symbolism for the sake of expressing authentic emotions, most of them thanks to Mads Mikkelsen’s performance, a quiet tour de force.
Even an imperfect work-for-hire like Damaged Lives can show the touch of an artist.
These films will no doubt raise your spirits in the dead of winter.
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