Category: POC Filmmakers
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Endless Poetry
Is self-portraiture necessarily onanism? Society kinda looks down of self-involvement: look at public reaction to, well, any artist that’s work concerns themselves. The urge to capture ourself in our work is too great I guess. Like, Van Gogh did something like 20 and he died at 37. Artists bring their individual styles, liven up the…
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A United Kingdom
I don’t usually notice technical editing in a film. I know technicals are the wrong word for this, there’s artistry to be found in colour and compositing and audio mixing. But for want of a better term, we’ll stick with that. A United Kingdom has some of the most distracting choices in the regard I’ve…
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The Magnificent Seven
It’s time for this game again. This time our samurai are Sam Chisholm (Denzel Washington) tired, cynical, good-hearted; Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke) sleazy, opportunistic, often-drunk; and Joshua Faraday (Chris Pratt) Chris Pratt. They’re joined by Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier) who all seem more…
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Taika Watiti may be the best filmmaker at the moment. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is certainly the best film. Focusing on thirteen year old orphan, juvenile delinquent, Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) who runs from the system into the New Zealand bush. Accompanied by his reluctant caretaker Hector (Sam Neill) they soon find themselves the targets…
A Grand Quiet 