Everything deserves at least one viewing
This week’s installment for Mubi Monday is a new release from Mubi. It became available to stream this past Friday and was the Jury Prize winner at Cannes 2023. Let’s not waste any time and get right into…Fallen Leaves (2023). Title: Fallen Leaves Director: Aki Kaurismäki Released: May 23, 2023 (Cannes Film Festival – France)…
Happy Mubi Monday! This week’s review for Mubi Monday comes from the country of Chad. It is…Dry Season (2006). Title: Dry Season Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Released: September 1, 2006 (Venice Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes Available to stream on: Mubi Sixteen-year-old Atim (Ali Barkai) lost his father before he was born. His father…
One of my goals for this year is to give you all more content. In addition to the Mubi Monday reviews, I am aiming for two additional reviews each month from the featured lists on Letterboxd. Today, that review comes from the Academy Award Winners for Best Picture list with…The Artist (2011). Title: The Artist…
This year I’m switching things up a little bit. For 2024, I will be posting the weekly reviews on Monday for Mubi Monday! I also aim to give you at least two additional reviews each month that come from top lists over on Letterboxd. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s Monday, so let’s…
Well, here we are, our second time through the alphabet is coming to an end. For the letter “Z” this week in the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge we have Zoe Freed (Foley Artist). The movie that Zoe worked as a Foley Artist on that wraps up the year for us here is…Minamata (2020. Title: Minamata…
There are only two installments left in the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge. For the letter “Y” this week we have Yang Hong-sam (Production Designer). The movie that they were Production Designer on that we’re taking a look at this week is…No Tears for the Dead (2014). Title: No Tears for the Dead Director: Lee Jeong-beom…
Here it is, one of only three installments left in the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge. For the letter “X” this week we have Xavier Lake (Stunt Double). Xavier was the stunt double for Common in the movie I’m reviewing for this week…The Informer (2019). Title: The Informer Director: Andrea Di Stefano Released: August 30, 2019…
This week we kick off the last month of the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge with the letter “W”. For the letter “W” we have Wendy Lanning (Visual Effects Producer). And the movie that Wendy worked on we’re reviewing today…Slow Burn (2005). Title: Slow Burn Director: Wayne Beach Released: September 13, 2005 (Toronto International Film Festival),…
This week we’re coming down the homestretch of the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge with the letter “V”. For the letter “V” we have Vorawee Theerasilp (Translator) and the movie that Vorawee worked as a translator on that we’re reviewing today…Arctic (2018). Title: Arctic Director: Joe Penna Released: May 10, 2018 (premiere at Cannes), February 1,…
This week the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge presents us with the letter “U” and Umberto Turco (Production Designer). Umberto has been a Production Designer on twenty-four different films but the one we will be looking at this week is…Café Express (1980). Title: Café Express Director: Nanni Loy Released: February 16, 1980 (Italy) Runtime: 1 hour…