Based on the controversial New Yorker short story, Cat Person’s cinematic adaptation, directed by Susanna Fogel, is an unfortunate, problematic depiction of how it demonstrates the anxieties of being a woman. Released two weeks before Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex, sandwiching Cat Person with Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, its political activism should have had strength…… Continue reading Cat Person
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Saltburn
Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn delivers as a follow-up to her socially relevant Promising Young Woman with a wickedly character-lead performance by Barry Keoghan. Keoghan, following his awards season success in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, maintains his reputation as a triumphant actor to mould his delivery and his identity to fit its setting, even though…… Continue reading Saltburn
Barbie
Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls. But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls, until there was Barbie. Ever since Barbies were invented, they have served as a way to allow children to express their imagination through the toy. Initially conceived for children to…… Continue reading Barbie
Promising Young Woman Set For UK Release
Releasing on 16 April, Oscar-nominated Promising Young Woman will be going straight to home release on Sky Cinema and NOW. Exclusively streaming on Sky Cinema and NOW (formerly Now TV) from 16 April 2021, Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, Promising Young Woman will finally be shared with British audiences. During the COVID pandemic, many films have…… Continue reading Promising Young Woman Set For UK Release
Oscar Nominations 2021: Baron Cohen and Mulligan nominated
The Academy Awards have announced their Oscar nominations for the 2021 ceremony. And, the 93rd Academy Awards will take place on 26 April 2021. To conclude those nominated, the list includes Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman, Sacha Baron-Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7, and Sir Anthony Hopkins for The Father. Additionally, they…… Continue reading Oscar Nominations 2021: Baron Cohen and Mulligan nominated
BAFTA Nominations 2021
The BAFTA Film Award Nominations of 2021 were announced ahead of the ceremony on Sunday, 11 April. Carey Mulligan’s Promising Young Woman, Olivia Colman’s The Father, and Frances McDormand in Nomadland were among those nominated. When cinemas are closed, it feels strange to be discussing the films that will be taking awards this film season. Especially…… Continue reading BAFTA Nominations 2021