Zack Snyder’s Justice League: A Peek at What Was and What Could Have Been
The circumstances surrounding the saga of director Zack Snyder’s fabled cut of 2017’s Justice League are unprecedented in Hollywood history. After experiencing the tragedy of losing a child, Snyder opted to leave to tend to his family after…
Read More »Coming 2 America Revisits the Familiar and Stands On Its Own….Just Sans the Comedy
Following up an undeniably classic film with a sequel is probably the hardest landing to stick in the movie business. Doubly so if you attempt it a decade or more after the original’s release. The graveyard of failed…
Read More »Saint Maud Explores the Psychosis of the Fine Line Between Zealotry and Devotion
“You must be the loneliest girl I’ve ever seen.” Sometimes, the cure can be worse than the disease. That figure of speech meant to warn about solutions that result in a fate worse than what you sought to…
Read More »Land Has Its Moments Visually, but Fails to Stick With You (Sundance Film Festival)
Robin Wright is one of the most recognizable actresses in Hollywood and the star of some of the most beloved films in the history of cinema. Thus, her debut behind the camera is a director has been an…
Read More »Judas and the Black Messiah Examines the Weight of Struggle
“A badge is scarier than a gun. Any n—– in the streets can get a gun. A badge it’s like you got the whole damn army behind you.” The history of American leftist activism is rife with subterfuge…
Read More »Top Performances of the 2020 Awards Season
Awards season is upon us so we here at CinemaBabel thought we’d share with you our top picks for 2019’s best in film. Best Actor Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) 2. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) 3….
Read More »Malcolm & Marie: On Relationships, Personal and Professional
No one ever said love is easy. In the latest film from director Sam Levinson, we follow a couple in Hollywood who learns this the hard way during one late night at home. Malcolm (John David Washington), a…
Read More »Top Films of 2020 Awards Season
Well…this has been a year. 2020 was a year of unprecedent events and the year in cinema was no different. Just as other aspects of our society were forced to adapt on the fly, COVID-19 forced theaters to…
Read More »The Little Things is Psychological Thriller Comfort Food
There is certainly comfort in the familiar. Returning to things that are sure to satisfy can be more pleasurable than taking a chance on something new. In cinema, where is the line between a film being derivative and…
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The Father Underscores the Far-Reaching Pain of Elderly Mental Decline
Losing a family member is one of the worst pains imaginable. Losing them slowly as their cognitive abilities decline while they physically remain is an entirely different experience that hurts all the same. An adaptation of a stage…
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