Normally ahead of each Oscars ceremony we here at White Wall Cinema bring out in depth reviews of each major Oscar contender and earnestly pick apart the relative merits and demerits of each film individually. With 2021/2022 looking to be a arguably lacklustre crop of contenders it felt like doing something different was in order,... Continue Reading →
Dir: Chloé Zhao Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Supporting Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematograpy, Best Editing. Score: ★★★★☆ Chloé Zhao's Nomadland is a minor miracle of a movie, a sunset soaked dusty little diamond that encapsulates the grand beauty of the American landscape, as well as it's numerous vistas of industrial harshness that... Continue Reading →
Dir: Aaron Sorkin Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematograpy, Best Original Song, Best Film Editing. Score: ★★★★☆ There's always something deeply appealing about Aaron Sorkin's writing on films like A Few Good Men, The American President, Moneyball etc., and of course TV series like The West Wing, even if it... Continue Reading →
Dir: Darius Marder Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound. Score: ★★★☆☆ This touching and occasionally tough drama about a drummer who loses his hearing starts in the violently noisy confines of a gig as musician Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed), hammers his kit into oblivion backing... Continue Reading →
Dir: Florian Zeller Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Production Design. Score: ★★★☆☆ Anthony Hopkins offers an astonishing central performance as an ageing man (also called Anthony) who is resisting practical living help from his daughter as dementia begins to take hold of his mind. Hopkins gives what could... Continue Reading →
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