Many of my generation went through the most significant developmental phase of our lives over the last decade, and many of us were influenced by cinema and the stories it showed to us. Maybe we fell in love (I did, … Continue reading Formative Films of the Decade Originally Published in Print February 2019
Best International Feature Film – Peter Horan Dolor y Gloria / Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar, 2019) Sensitive and sensuous in equal measure, Pain and Glory is an intensely personal piece for Spanish auteur, Pedro Almodóvar. Although not quite autobiographical, … Continue reading Three Other Oscar Nominations
Little Women (Greta Gerwig) Where to start with Little Women? If we are to write a report card home to the Gerwigs, let the record show that Greta is “a model student,” “no trouble at all,” “top of the class!” … Continue reading Tn2’s Oscars Buzz Part One Two of our writers break down this year’s Best Picture nominations. Part one of two.
●●●○○ In her seminal essay, ‘The Politics of Abstraction,’ experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer advocated that ‘radical content deserves radical form.’ Cats is an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name, which, in turn, is an adaptation of … Continue reading Cats // Review Peter Horan purrs over Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of Cats