Posts Tagged ‘Chloé Zhao’
Episode 63 – Nomadland
For this episode of the podcast, we review Hulu‘s realist drama, Nomadland, starring Francis McDormand as a house-less traveler. We also propose our own dream casts for the imminent Wizard of Oz remake, and at the end of the episode, we discuss the 1984 cult-film,…
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Top 15 Films of 2020 – Allen’s Picks
2020 has been a tough year, to say the least. It seemed everyday something new came and turned our lives upside down. There was racially motivated police brutality that sparked a world-wide reaction, an ugly presidential election in which the ramifications are still coming into…
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Film Review – Nomadland
Nomadland (2020) plays like a great American novel – one full of heart, compassion and empathy. It’s populated by characters who live on the fringes, who are forgotten by the rest of society but are very much interwoven into the fabric of the country. This is…
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SXSW Film Interview – Brady Jandreau – The Rider
With all the films I’ve seen this year so far, The Rider is my favorite film of 2018. I saw the film as part of SXSW 2018 and had the pleasure of speaking with Brady Jandreau, who plays a partially fictionalized version of himself. The…
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SXSW Film Review – The Rider
Once in a while, I will go blind into a screening. Sometimes it works wonderfully, and other times, it does not. Having not much to go on except for a photo of a young man and a horse and the title, The Rider, I took…
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