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- The Interview in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. A simple setup — two chairs, microphone packs, and questionable intentions — led to a potent mix of cinematic magic and real-life absurdity.
- The Reunion in Da 5 Bloods. When Paul (Delroy Lindo) has vision of an emotional reunion with his long-dead Army comrade Norman (Chadwick Boseman), it already made one of the most powerful scenes in a movie full of them.
- The Funeral in Dick Johnson Is Dead. After we've watched Dick Johnson "die" several times, it's fitting that the film's grand finale features its hero watching his own funeral.
- The Escape in Extraction. As a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and second unit director, Sam Hargrave has been a part of some of the biggest action films of the last decade, from Atomic Blonde to Avengers: Endgame.
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- 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023) Director: Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese has been making feature films for well over half a century at this point, and 2023's Killers of the Flower Moon shows that the legendary filmmaker - now in his early 80s - is still capable of greatness.
- 'Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)' (2021) Director: Questlove. With the well-received re-release of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, as well as the huge success of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, it's possible to see the 2020s as one where the concert film is making a comeback.
- 'Poor Things' (2023) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos. Yorgos Lanthimos was very prolific from the mid to late 2010s, putting out three films in relatively quick succession: 2015's The Lobster, 2017's The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and 2018's The Favourite.
- 'Drive My Car' (2021) Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The 2020s has, so far, been a particularly great decade for Japanese cinema, as demonstrated by the aforementioned The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One.
- “Small Axe: Lovers Rock” It’s hard to believe that British filmmaker Steve McQueen gave us not one, not two, not three … but five new movies this year through his dazzling “Small Axe” anthology.
- “Nomadland” Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” unfolds as a deliberately paced series of observations. As the camera drinks in the gorgeous, sometimes ostentatious views of the outdoors, Zhao allows us to nonchalantly visit the characters who inhabit this small corner of the universe.
- “ David Byrne’s American Utopia” "American Utopia" shows what happens when two pop culture giants at the tops of their respective games finally collaborate, bringing a lifetime of experience to bear, and treating their shared love of live performance as a common language.
- “First Cow” “First Cow” opens in the world of today, and a discovery both unsettling and of some archeological/sociological interest. The narrative is then borne back into the past, and eventually it dawns upon the viewer that the discovery is also a giant spoiler, and wishes it weren’t.
1 day ago · The first major adaptation of Turow’s novel debuted in 1990. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Presumed Innocent is a film starring Harrison Ford as Rusty. Now, 34 years later, David E. Kelley has ...
- Mangrove. Steve McQueen's entire Small Axe series, five exhilarating and eclectic films dealing with the black British and Caribbean community from the 1960s through to the 80s, reveals his unique ability to match art with social conscience.
- Wolfwalkers. Anyone who has seen The Secret of Kells or Song of the Sea will recognise the Celtic mysticism and the ornate, angular animation favoured by their director, Tomm Moore.
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Charlie Kaufman's mind-bending horror drama is like no other film this year – or any other year, for that matter. Adapted from Iain Reid's novel, it stars the superb Jessie Buckley as a young woman who drives through the snow with her faintly menacing boyfriend, Jesse Plemons, to meet his eccentric parents, Toni Collette and David Thewlis, on their family farm.
- Ammonite. Kate Winslet gives one of the most dazzling performances of her career as the real-life Mary Anning, whose 19th-Century discoveries of fossils transformed palaeontology, although the credit went to men.
Best Lead Actor: Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal. Best Lead Actress: Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman. Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci for Sound of Metal. Best Supporting Actress: Talia Ryder for Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Best Original Screenplay: Soul. Best Adapted Screenplay:The Outpost.
Dec 21, 2020 · There are real-life dramas, sci-fi spectacles, period pieces, superheroes and spies, absurd comedies and unsettling thrillers. They're our picks for the very best films released in the very...
