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Aftersun (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Best European Film, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

“Aftersun” is unforgettable movie. Proustian, in that it is both a remembrance of things past and a search of lost time, it’s one of the best films of 2022.

The Menu (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | Amazon Prime Video, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, HBO Max, Horror, Hulu, My Favorites, New Releases, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming

There is a fantastic faceoff between Fiennes and a mysterious guest who was not invited. She is played by the extraordinary Anna Taylor-Joy

White Noise (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Jan 1, 2023 | Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, My Favorites, Mystery, Netflix, New Releases, Road Movie, Science Fiction, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

Our savior is Driver, who, against all odds, manages to give another really good performance in inhospitable settings.

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Oct 21, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, HBO Max, Historic Events, Hulu, LAFCA, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

Condon is breathtakingly good, capturing every scene she’s in with a mixture of common sense and sadness, but always with a drollness lurking in the background.

Emily The Criminal (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Gangster, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming

Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.

Causeway (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Nov 6, 2022 | Apple TV+, Award Season, Critic Awards, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Historic Events, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, My Favorites, New Releases, NSFC, Queer Film/TV, Romance, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

And Henry gives a tour de force performance that matches his spine-tingling monologue in “If Beale Street Could Talk”. Like Lawrence he is one of the all-time greats.

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Horror, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming

Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Film Review

by Patrick | Apr 13, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, SAG, TV / Streaming

Remember Yeoh in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”? This is a similar tongue-in-cheek, highly physical, yet surprisingly, touching performance.

Girl Picture (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Oct 23, 2022 | Apple TV+, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, My Favorites, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Romance, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming, Under Appreciated

Aamu Milonoff is exceptionally good, giving a beautifully grounded yet magical performance. The kind that makes you sit up and take notice.

The Inspection (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Nov 26, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming, Under Appreciated

The revelation is Pope. Those big, beautiful, expressive eyes speak volumes and question volumes. A gay man, you can feel his star presence.

Till (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Oct 11, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Historic Events, LAFCA, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

The 2023 Best Actress Oscar Goes To…Danielle Deadwyler in Till. And as she reaches the volta of her magnificent speech she does something extraordinary…

The Road Dog (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Sep 28, 2022 | Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Road Movie

The scene, which must have been extraordinarily difficult to play, is a triumph for Stanhope. A miniature masterpiece of great acting.

Tár (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Oct 8, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, Queer Film/TV, SAG, Thriller, TV / Streaming

However, no one seems to have stopped and thought about the age difference between these two maestros. By my calculations, Lenny would have been teaching Lydia when she was five years old!

Babylon (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Dec 25, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, Historic Events, Horror, My Favorites, New Releases, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

I had no problem sitting through the movie’s bloated 180-minute running because, through all of this nothingness, five actors manage to make lasting impressions

Bardo (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Dec 19, 2022 | ASC, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, Historic Events, Netflix, New Releases, Oscars, TV / Streaming

The result is an exhausting piece of self-indulgent filmmaking filled with moments of greatness with one indelible image after another.

Bones and All (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Nov 25, 2022 | Award Season, Drama, Fantasy, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Horror, Independent Spirit Awards, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Road Movie, Romance

Eventually it becomes impossible to feel anything for our unhappy couple, not least because Guadagnino keeps shifting the moral and ethical ground rules.