Tag: Oscars

A Star is Born: Bradley Cooper Puts on the Performance of a Lifetime in an Emotionally Powerful Film

A Star is Born finds us on tour with country-rock superstar Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who, after stumbling into a bar on drag night, discovers former waitress and aspiring singer/songwriter Ally (Lady Gaga). After convincing Ally to join…

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Through Deliberate Storytelling and Tense Scares, Hereditary Firmly Sticks in Audiences’ Heads

Hereditary follows the Graham family, father Steve (Gabriel Byrne), mother Annie (Toni Collette), son Peter (Alex Wolff), and daughter Charlie (Milly Shapiro) in the wake of the death of the family’s matriarch, their grandmother Ellen. As the family…

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A Quiet Place Puts on a Clinic in Tension Building While Displaying the Power of a Parent’s Love

************************This review contains spoilers**************************** In the year 2020, the world has been besieged by a horde of blind, indestructible creatures with extremely sensitive senses of sound that hunt and kill anything that makes noise. A Quiet Place follows…

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The Best Performances of 2017

The year has finished and Oscar season is one again upon us. Before the Academy has all the fun, CinemaBabel has compiled its own list of “nominees” and top picks recognizing the best performances in film this year….

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The Best Films of 2017

2017 was a banner year in film. While there is no clear cut, consensus number one film of the year like last year (Moonlight), the depth of this year’s field was tremendous, with almost ten films having legitimate…

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The Post Hopes to Guide Us Toward Our Future Through Examination of Our Past

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. – Matthew 6:24…

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Phantom Thread Stumbles Down the Runway

Phantom Thread takes us into 1950s London as world renowned clothier Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) runs his studio House of Woodcock alongside his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville). Reynolds soon meets young waitress Alma (Vicky Krieps) who becomes his…

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I, Tonya Challenges What You Think You Know In Its Portrayal of the Cycle of Abuse

“I was loved. I can’t describe how that felt.” I, Tonya is a biopic that delves into the life of infamous former figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) from her upbringing in Portland, Oregon under the heavy-hand of…

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The Shape of Water Brings the Fairy Tale into Adulthood

“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere.” The Shape of Water follows Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins),…

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Darkest Hour Dazzles Visually Amidst Gary Oldman’s Virtuoso Performance

“Those who never change their minds never change anything.” After finally achieving his lifelong dream of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) is immediately thrust into facing the country’s most turbulent situation in its…

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