You could be forgiven for thinking that the Caroline Vignal-directed film, Antoinette in the Cévennes (Antoinette dans les Cévennes), is just one big long romantic screwball romp were you to rely on the trailer alone. Certainly there are elements of visual slapstick in the film – if you have ever Continue Reading
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Fantastic characters and amazing creatures: The many faces of actor Doug Jones
SNAPSHOTDoug Jones is an actor mostly known for portraying inhuman creatures, usually via heavy make-up and/or visual effects in films and television series. He’s also the go-to colossus in the movies of monster king Guillermo del Toro, first appearing in Mimic and later portraying both the Faun and the Pale Continue Reading
Movie review: Raya and the Last Dragon
Animation by its very limitless nature is always predisposed to taking us to places that enchant and enthrall our imaginations. In a world that, for all its wonder and expanse, has quite firm parameters on what can and can’t happen, animation offers the chance for filmmakers to go all out Continue Reading
Movie review: The Thing About Harry #queerscreen
The Thing About Harry is a deceptively simple film. It looks for all the world, which is quite appropriate because it is, like your usual pleasantly-delivered, joyously light and fluffy romantic comedy replete with attraction, misunderstanding and eventual coming together, the kind that makes the heart swoon and the world Continue Reading
Movie review: Nomadland
There are movies, and they are surprisingly few and far between (despite what the endless awards ceremonies may decide and confer), which says an extraordinarily moving amount about the human condition in a voice barely above a whisper. As a society, we tend to associate loud and vocal with important Continue Reading
Movie review: Sublet #queerscreen
Getting lost in life is easier and far more common than we might suppose. In a world filled with definitive answers (not all of them right, of course), exhortations to be yourself and a sense that anything is possible, many people feel guilty when they feel adrift as if being Continue Reading
Lessons from the Screenplay: The Soul of character design
SNAPSHOT[This video examines] two fundamental elements of character design—want and need. Pixar’s film Soul puts these aspects of story structure right on the surface, and demonstrates why they’re so critical to creating a compelling, emotional character arc. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Lessons from the Screenplay) Soul is a beautiful, funny, Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The bear and fleeting fame of The Moon’s Not That Great
SNAPSHOTAfter an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) There is a compellingly beautiful heart to this most attractively animated of short films. The Continue Reading
Underdogs forever! Luca releases gorgeous teaser trailer
SNAPSHOTSet in Italy, Luca is a fun and heartwarming story about friendship, stepping out of your comfort zone and two teenage sea monsters who experience a life-changing summer. This coming-of-age adventure will tell the story of a young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer with his newfound best friend in a Continue Reading
Movie review: Cowboys #queerscreen
While you could be forgiven, when viewing the events of the last few years, that humanity has gone backwards with their collective foot on the pedal, films like Cowboys reassure you with rich humanity and quietly-spoken but exuberant heart that we have not lost complete sight of what we could Continue Reading