Hamlet is considered the most famous play in the world due to its enduring influence and the vast number of performances it has inspired. I have seen at least two film adaptations of Hamlet and seen the stage version at the local Guthrie Theatre a few years ago. Therefore, when I discovered a film that …
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TCFF 2025 | Quick Thoughts on Chloe Zhao’s masterful HAMNET + Max Richter’s haunting score
Hello all! The first two days of TCFF have come and gone. It's been a hectic Friday, and I barely had time to blog today. Unlike previous years, I don't have the bandwidth this year to do a daily TCFF post, so my reviews will be timed closer to the film's release date. I do …
Double Reviews: Wicked Little Letters + The Beautiful Game – a pair of crowd-pleaser movies inspired by real events to add to your watch list
These two movies have plenty in common, not only are they both set in the UK, but both are directed by an English theatre and film director Thea Sharrock. This is my intro to her film work, though some of you might be familiar with her film Me Before You. Wicked Little Letters has been …
WOMEN TALKING (2022) review – the magnetic power of dialog, delivered with such honesty and emotional convictions
I saw this film and She Said within a day of each other. Both films deal with sexual assault towards women and are based on real events, but while Harvey Weinstein’s scandals are all over the news, few are aware of the story of Mennonite women (not to be confused with the Amish community). Though …
FlixChatter Review: The Lost Daughter (2021)
The Lost Daughter marks another directorial debut from a terrific actress. Earlier this year I saw Passing from Rebecca Hall, and this time it’s Maggie Gyllenhaal behind the camera and also wrote the script based on Elena Ferrante’s novel. Olivia Colman plays Leda, a middle-aged professor of comparative literature vacationing in a Greek island. It’s …
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Film News I’m excited about – Olivia Colman, Helen Mirren, Julia Roberts + George Clooney
It's been a while since I actually curated recent movie/casting news that I'm excited about. I was reading one after another involving filmmaker/actors I love so I thought I'd include them here. Sam Mendes, Olivia Colman Team for Love Story Empire of Light Per THR, the Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes will be directing his own …
FlixChatter Review: The Courier (2021)
I love spy movies, so I was immediately intrigued by The Courier which is set during the Cold War. It’s based on a true story of Greville Wynne, a middle-class businessman whose frequent travel to Eastern Europe got him recruited by CIA and MI6 as their spy. There’s a John Le Carré feel to the …
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