Awards Season, Reviews / 14.09.2022

We've all experienced eating a meal across from an insufferable "foodie" at some point in recent times. You know the type. The ones who use words like "fusion," "umami," and "artisanal" to sound uber-knowledgable in the world of fine dining. They're as quick to pull out their phone and snap an Insta-worthy pic of the dish in front of them as they are to praise a chef for their bold use of bizarre ingredients once more likely to be found on the back of a dog food packet....

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Awards Season, Reviews / 11.09.2022

It's the simplest films that often hit you the hardest. It's what occurs when a filmmaker is confident enough to trust the power of the written word and the strength of their cast to create something special. There's no gimmick or twist. Just an impeccably crafted screenplay delivered by actors at the top of their craft and a director who knows how to get the best out of them. That's precisely the case with Sarah Polley's Women Talking; a raw, intimate, and utterly compelling chamber piece you won't...

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Awards Season / 22.02.2022

With another spectacular line-up of nominees, picking the winners for this year's The Jam Awards has been a typically difficult task. Alas, decisions must be made, and, after much deliberation, the winners have been decided. So without further ado, let The 8th Annual Jam Awards commence! Best Music Moment And the nominees were: "Edgar's Prayer" in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar "Both Sides Now" in CODA "We Don't Talk About Bruno" in Encanto "96,000" in In the Heights "Sunday" in tick, tick...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 18.02.2022

Despite all the inroads of studios like Pixar, Disney, and Sony Pictures, feature-length animated films are still mostly considered a genre of cinema made for children. It's a moderately fair generalisation for a style of film that began as pure family entertainment. That's why it's always such a thrill to see a filmmaker utilise animation in a decidedly adult manner. A brilliant fusion of documentary filmmaking and striking animation to uniquely deliver a compelling true story, Flee is simply extraordinary. It's not just an exceptional documentary or an...

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Awards Season / 15.02.2022

Now in its eighth (!) year, The Jam Awards are back to celebrate the best of cinema in 2021. While it was another year of covid-induced uncertainty, the film world still served up a delicious buffet of terrific movies. Some debuted in theatres. Others went straight to streaming. But no matter how you viewed them, they made their impact. It's always a pleasure to take a look back at the year that was and honour the finest achievements in cinema. So without further ado, here are the nominations for...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 12.02.2022

A film that runs for three hours can be a test of endurance, especially if it's doing little to validate the need for such an extensive running time. In most cases, it's a textbook example of a director failing to grasp the concept of editing. Less can sometimes be more. Then a filmmaker like Ryûsuke Hamaguchi comes along and somehow three hours float by without one even noticing. Such is the case with Hamaguchi's Drive My Car. A perfectly paced and exquisitely crafted masterpiece, this is an astonishing...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 03.02.2022

When a film becomes the early frontrunner for Best Picture, the mudslinging inevitably begins. Kenneth Branagh's Belfast saw glowing reactions after screening at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. At the latter, it won the People's Choice Award - a trophy three of the last five Best Picture winners all scored. But if you peruse the tweets of the vocal members of Film Twitter, its possible victory in late March would be a travesty not seen since the much-maligned Green Book won in 2018. I completely...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 27.12.2021

Absolute power corrupts absolutely and there are few texts in literary history that finer exemplify this statement than William Shakespeare's Macbeth. From Orson Welles and Roman Polanski to Geoffrey Wright and Justin Kurzel, Shakespeare's epic tale of ambition, fate, and witchcraft has seen its fair share of cinematic adaptations over the years. In 2021, we are gifted perhaps the finest interpretation yet. In his solo directorial debut, writer-director Joel Coen strips back Shakespeare's "Scottish play" to focus on the text's darker elements to create one of the most breathtaking...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 25.12.2021

Every so often, a film comes along that appears to follow the same well-worn tropes of many films that preceded it, particularly those in the romantic comedy/drama genre with a lost twentysomething protagonist. The trials and tribulations of young adults bumbling their way through life is rarely the most original of narratives. Then something like The Worst Person in the World shatters all expectations and reaffirms your faith cinema can still subvert those clichés and deliver something entirely new and refreshing. Hilarious, heartbreaking, insightful, and sensitive, this film is...

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Awards Season, Reviews / 22.12.2021

A film that won ten Academy Awards (the outright second-highest tally in history) including Best Picture is hardly something you would think requires a remake. Remember how well that 2016 update of Ben-Hur went? To be fair, Steven Spielberg's take on West Side Story is officially an adaptation of Jerome Robbins' 1957 stage musical and not a reimagining of Robert Wise and Robbins' 1961 Oscar-winning classic. Regardless, comparisons will inevitably be drawn. Lucky for us, Spielberg has crafted a gorgeous new interpretation that practically leaps off the screen....

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