We didn’t have the opportunity to journey to
Telluride, Colorado for the recent Telluride Film Festival, but that certainly
didn’t stop us from following all the reviews, news, and excitement bursting
from this star-studded fun.
This is the place where the best of the best will
first be showcased before their release dates and the big show, the Academy
Awards. Last year Birdman, The Imitation Game, Wild, and Foxcatcher
were shown and garnered some serious awards attention. This year’s selections
are nothing to scoff at though. Johnny Depp is returning to form with Black
Mass, Michael Keaton is on the prowl for Oscar with Spotlight after
losing to Eddie Redmayne last year, and Carey Mulligan is apparently crushing
it as per usual in Suffragette opposite Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham
Carter.
We hope to screen some of these future awards
contenders in the next coming months. If you are interested in a certain film
to be screened here please let us know on our Facebook page or comment on this
blog. We’re not wanting to sway you by any means, but these reviews might.
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
“This is Depp bringing his skills to the table as a
man with a propensity for being both terrifying and charming, often switching
between the two on a dime...Ultimately, this is Depp’s show all the way,
featuring his best dramatic performance since another organized-crime movie,
1997’s “Donnie Brasco.” If this is the milieu we need to keep him this focused
as a thespian, then get out those pinky rings, Hollywood, and make Depp more
offers he can’t refuse.”
Justin Chang, Variety
“An enthralling
performance by Michael Fassbender fuels this brilliant, infuriating and richly
unconventional take on the life of an American visionary...This is an
actor who knows exactly how to toss off Sorkin’s dialogue, emphasizing rhythm
and inflection over volume, while embodying confidence and authority in his
every atom.”
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
“Thomas McCarthy is an unfussy, low-key director (The
Visitor, The Station Agent), and that style suits Spotlight,
which is all muted colors, linear storytelling and unobtrusive camerawork. It
allows the ensemble cast to shine without showing off: Michael Keaton, fresh
from Birdman, makes a second, perhaps even better comeback as Bostonian
Robby Robinson who heads up the paper’s investigative team…”
Cath Clarke, Time Out
“It’s a tremendous, awards-worthy performance from
Mulligan. The film plays out in her eyes. You see the emotion flicker in her
face as Maud wakes up and finds her voice. The rest of the cast is excellent
too – including Anne-Marie Duff as a gobby suffragette working in the laundry
and Helena Bonham Carter as a pharmacist cooking up homemade bombs.”
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
“Overall, it’s a decent shot at a tall target, but
real credit is due the lead actors, with Larson expanding beyond the already
considerable range she’s previously shown with an exceedingly dimensional
performance in a role that calls for running the gamut, and Tremblay always
convincing without ever becoming cloying.”
