Director Chloé Zhao announced in an interview with Empire that she’s used Richter’s soulful tune for the emotional denouement in her upcoming adaption of Maggie O’Farrell novel Hamnet. But why is the song so popular on the big (and small) screen, and is it at saturation point with its overuse, or has it become a more universal tool to signal cinematic sadness?
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Ok, so I’ve caught em’ all on this one (as much as it’s possible to catch ‘em all in these newfangled games, anyway), so I thought I’d give this latest Pokémon entry a quick review.
Continue reading “Review: Pokemon Legends Z-A”The Lynne Ramsay Ranking
I recently watched Lynne Ramsay’s latest film Die My Love, the first she’s released in about 8 years, so it’s appropriate to do a ranking of one of my all-time favourite directors.
Continue reading “The Lynne Ramsay Ranking”The Yorgos Ranking
Recently watched Bugonia and really hated it, so but it’s time to do a ranking of a supremely marmite director. Marmite closer to the bad side in that I hate more of the director’s films than love them, but yeah, there’s levels of hate and love to everything. Nice. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
Continue reading “The Yorgos Ranking”Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, First Man and the Power of the Unspoken Word in the Biopic
Yeah, that title doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But anyway, I really enjoyed this particular Boss biopic at the cinema recently, and a big part of that reason was down to its central character’s minimal speech. It also reminded me of another great biopic that doesn’t focus on speech. Me, talking about the power of silence in film? Never.
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