#The Art of Cinematic Sound – /Film

#The Art of Cinematic Sound – /Film

“#The Art of Cinematic Sound – /Film” (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime The Pitch: Film may be considered a visual medium…

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#The Quarantine Stream: ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound’ is Fundamental for Film Fiends

#The Quarantine Stream: ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound’ is Fundamental for Film Fiends

“#The Quarantine Stream: ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound’ is Fundamental for Film Fiends” (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime The…

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#MLK/FBI Review: TIFF 2020 – /Film

#MLK/FBI Review: TIFF 2020 – /Film

“#MLK/FBI Review: TIFF 2020 – /Film” There’s a dark shadow cast over the life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, the infamous FBI Director who created the G-Man persona and ruled the Bureau with an iron fist for over four decades. Even if you want to overlook the unconfirmed rumors, the fact remains that for…

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#‘Good Joe Bell’ Review: Mark Wahlberg’s Anti-Bullying Drama Has Nice Message, Muddled Execution [TIFF 2020]

#‘Good Joe Bell’ Review: Mark Wahlberg’s Anti-Bullying Drama Has Nice Message, Muddled Execution [TIFF 2020]

“#‘Good Joe Bell’ Review: Mark Wahlberg’s Anti-Bullying Drama Has Nice Message, Muddled Execution [TIFF 2020]” Towards the end of Good Joe Bell, Mark Wahlberg’s titular character takes a load off his feet from his cross-country walk to condemn homophobic bullying. He sits down at a police station underneath pictures of Barack Obama and Joe Biden…

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#‘Fargo’ Season 4 Review: An Ambitious, Overstuffed, Ultra-Quirky Crime Saga

#‘Fargo’ Season 4 Review: An Ambitious, Overstuffed, Ultra-Quirky Crime Saga

“#‘Fargo’ Season 4 Review: An Ambitious, Overstuffed, Ultra-Quirky Crime Saga” The Coen Brothers make movies about quirky characters, but it would be nice if Noah Hawley and the team behind the Fargo TV series would remember that there’s more to those movies than the quirk. In adapting both the Fargo movie and borrowing several other beats from the Big Book…

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#‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers a Career-Best Performance in a Tragedy That Never Comes Together [TIFF 2020]

#‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers a Career-Best Performance in a Tragedy That Never Comes Together [TIFF 2020]

“#‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers a Career-Best Performance in a Tragedy That Never Comes Together [TIFF 2020]” How do we begin to put ourselves back together after everything falls apart? After our hopes and dreams suddenly go up in smoke? That’s the sort of question that lies at the heart of the…

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#The Quarantine Stream: ‘Amityville: It’s About Time’ is the Haunted Clock Movie You’ve Been Looking For

#The Quarantine Stream: ‘Amityville: It’s About Time’ is the Haunted Clock Movie You’ve Been Looking For

“#The Quarantine Stream: ‘Amityville: It’s About Time’ is the Haunted Clock Movie You’ve Been Looking For” (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Amityville: It’s About Time Where You Can Stream It: Shudder The Pitch: An old clock that was…

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#Pop Culture Imports: ‘#Alive,’ ‘Bacurau,’ ‘Cuties,’ and More

#Pop Culture Imports: ‘#Alive,’ ‘Bacurau,’ ‘Cuties,’ and More

“#Pop Culture Imports: ‘#Alive,’ ‘Bacurau,’ ‘Cuties,’ and More” (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) In this week’s Pop Culture Imports, we have quite a collection of international movies, from the critically acclaimed to the wildly controversial. The latter of which was a controversy that…

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