The Looming Storm (Baoxue Jiang Zhi)
by Felipe Rosa
The Looming Storm: Dong Yue’s gloomy, moody neo-noir, as is
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, noir
The Body (2019)
by Felipe Rosa
The Body: there’s not one element of the plot of Jeethu Joseph’s thriller
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: thriller
Dark Waters (2019)
by Felipe Rosa
Dark Waters: efficient but unexciting, Todd Haynes’ account of
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama
Stitches (Savovi)
by Felipe Rosa
Stitches: Miroslav Terzic’s drama is a slow burn; information comes up
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Fahim
by Felipe Rosa
Fahim: the stakes of Pierre François Martin-Laval’s biopic
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Wolkenbruchs Wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse)
by Felipe Rosa
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch: Michael Steiner’s comedy is a good mix of
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
Jojo Rabbit
by Felipe Rosa
Jojo Rabbit: there is nothing inherently wrong in making satire with heavy subjects;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy, drama, war
92nd Oscars® – Guessing the Winners
by Felipe Rosa
The 92nd Oscars will be handed Sunday, February 9th, 2020. Guessing the winners for every Oscar category has been a favorite sport of mine for a long time, even if I never really got to be much good at it. I invite you to post your own guesses as well in the comment session below. Here is the full list of nominees. (Here is who I think SHOULD win.)
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2019
Casting a Ballot – 92nd Oscars®
by Felipe Rosa
The 92nd Oscars will be handed Sunday, February 9th, 2020. As I have been doing for a few years, as we get into the awards season, I’ll post the fictional ballots for some of the guild awards, showing what my vote would be if I had one. I will, as a rule, abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. And to be perfectly clear, I’m not a member of any of these […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2019
