This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Peter Charney. The Father (2021) Director: Florian Zeller Screenwriters: Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell Aging is inevitable, and for many it arrives with confusion, loss and a painful erosion of identity. Florian Zeller’s … Read more
If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) Directors: Michael Govier, Will McCormack Screenwriters: Michael Govier, Will McCormack The animated short If Anything Happens I Love You, written and directed by Michael Govier and Will McCormack, stands out as one of the most affecting pieces of short-form cinema in recent years. Released on Netflix, this hand-drawn … Read more
Sound of Metal (2021) Director: Darius Marder Screenwriters: Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance Starring: Riz Ahmed, Paul Raci, Olivia Cooke, Mathieu Amalric, Chelsea Lee Some of life’s most defining moments arrive not in a single, cinematic instant but slowly, in shifts and fractures that remap who we are. Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal explores … Read more
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 — Winners and Highlights For the first time in its history, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts staged the BAFTA Film Awards across two nights — Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 April — combining a live in-person presentation from London’s Royal Albert Hall with a studio broadcast from Los … Read more
The Present (2021) Director: Farah Nabulsi Screenwriters: Farah Nabulsi, Hind Shoufani Starring: Saleh Bakri, Mariam Kanj, Mariam Basha Farah Nabulsi’s short drama The Present — a 24-minute film nominated for Live Action Short at the 2021 Oscars — uses a simple, everyday errand to expose the wider realities of life under occupation. The film places … Read more
Hunger Ward (2021) Director: Skye Fitzgerald To imagine the loss of a child is to confront a grief so profound it reshapes everything you think you know about suffering. Skye Fitzgerald’s short documentary Hunger Ward places that unbearable grief at its center and refuses to let viewers look away. Filmed inside two malnutrition treatment centers … Read more
Greyhound (2020) Director: Aaron Schneider Screenwriter: Tom Hanks Starring: Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham Tom Hanks returns to the writer’s chair with Greyhound, a concentrated World War II naval drama released on Apple TV+. Best known as an actor, Hanks has previously written for the screen and published popular short stories; in this film his screenplay … Read more
A Love Song for Latasha (2020) Director: Sophia Nahli Allison Review Sophia Nahli Allison’s Oscar-nominated short documentary A Love Song for Latasha is a quietly powerful piece of cinema that lingers well beyond its 19-minute runtime. The film does more than recount a tragic event; it reconstructs a life with tenderness, nuance and a lyricism … Read more
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Director: Adam Wingard Screenwriters: Max Borenstein, Eric Pearson, Michael Dougherty, Terry Rossio, Zach Shields Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Julian Dennison, Kaylee Hottle, Damián Bichir, Eliza González, Shun Oguri, Kyle Chandler, Lance Reddick, Hakeem Kae-Kazim Godzilla vs. Kong is the blockbuster culmination of Legendary’s shared … Read more
Spy Kids Movies Ranked: A Nostalgic Look at Robert Rodriguez’s Family Spy Franchise It has been two decades since the original Spy Kids debuted and a decade since the franchise’s most recent entry. Director Robert Rodriguez has confirmed the Spy Kids films exist in the same universe as Machete, which means the kids’ Uncle Machete … Read more