Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare)
by Felipe Rosa
Fire at Sea: Gianfranco Rosi’s contemplative documentary deals with a very contemporary (and majorly important)
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: documentary
Casting a ballot – ADG Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 21st Annual Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2017. 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 […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
John Wick
by Felipe Rosa
John Wick: action films with revenge tales are a dime a dozen, as far as plot goes; Chad Stahelski and David Leitch’s film,
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action
Slack Bay (Ma Loute)
by Felipe Rosa
Slack Bay: every once in a while comes a film which is beyond any comprehension; not in the sense that
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: bottom, drama
Jackie (2016)
by Felipe Rosa
Jackie: Pablo Larraín made a cold, peculiar film; it doesn’t as much tell the
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama
Hell or High Water
by Felipe Rosa
Hell or High Water: David Mackenzie may be telling an old story, but this is far from tired;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: crime
Miss Sloane
by Felipe Rosa
Miss Sloane: John Madden’s film may be the dream of people who criticize the political system;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, thriller
Casting a ballot – DGA Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 69th Annual DGA Awards will be handed on Saturday, February 4, 2017. 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 […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Hidden Figures
by Felipe Rosa
Hidden Figures: Theodore Melfi’s film manages to tell a story that is
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama
Fifth about The Seventh 