| Topic: | Re:Film Reviews 2025 | |
| Posted by: | Sara Nathan | |
| Date/Time: | 01/02/25 16:32:00 |
| Just saw this for the second time amid all the furore: the lead didn’t show up for Q&A, no audience questions and nervous looking security. Now it’s won so many nominations, there’s a serious campaign against it from Mexicans who say it’s not Mexican enough, trans lobby who say it’s not a good representation of trans issues and then there was digging into the (trans) star’s tweeting history which came up with a couple of dodgy, five- year old tweets. It may just be an anti Oscar campaign. I thought it still brilliant and original and honestly it’s a musical and a drama NOT a documentary…. This is what I thought after first viewing: This is a most original movie. It’s a musical but the songs are very much incorporated into the plot and action. The central character is a badly-treated Mexican lawyer who is hired by a dangerous monster to take on a very unusual assignment. she manages and, some time later, they join forces again. I’m not going into the plot in any more detail because it is quite unusual. It’s all rather compelling and the four central actresses jointly won best actress at Cannes this year. I’d tip it to do well at BAFTA and Oscar: certainly a contender for film not in the English language. And I thought that before I sat there dutifully at the screening reading the credits (the price you pay for BAFTA screenings) and blow me, my nephew’s name came up as lead orchestra. I squeaked with astonishment. He says that just means more of his work was left on the cutting room floor than anyone else’s. But I’m a proud auntie… |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Film Reviews 2025 | 04/01/25 15:25:00 | Susan Kelly |
| We Live in Time | 04/01/25 15:26:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:We Live in Time | 05/01/25 21:28:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Flow | 05/01/25 21:47:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The Substance | 06/01/25 21:45:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Seed of the sacred fig (Farsi and subtitles) | 08/01/25 00:03:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Seed of the sacred fig (Farsi and subtitles) | 26/02/25 21:47:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Re:Seed of the sacred fig (Farsi and subtitles) | 03/03/25 17:19:00 | Chris Hurley |
| A Real Pain | 11/01/25 15:51:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:A Real Pain | 11/01/25 23:06:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Nickel Boys | 12/01/25 16:46:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Nickel Boys | 16/01/25 21:53:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Heretic | 16/01/25 21:47:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Love Lies Bleeding | 18/01/25 22:19:00 | Sara Nathan |
| A Complete Unknown | 19/01/25 14:36:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:A Complete Unknown | 19/01/25 21:56:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Re:A Complete Unknown | 25/01/25 06:49:00 | Alastair Banton |
| Re:Re:Re:A Complete Unknown | 25/01/25 07:12:00 | Alastair Banton |
| Babygirl | 26/01/25 12:24:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:A Complete Unknown (saw last year) | 01/02/25 16:27:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The Brutalist | 26/01/25 17:50:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:The Brutalist | 02/02/25 09:25:00 | Norman Redfern |
| Inside Out 2 | 01/02/25 16:26:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Film Reviews 2025 | 01/02/25 16:32:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Emilia Perez (again!) forgot to change the header | 04/02/25 21:21:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Hard Truths | 02/02/25 14:23:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Vermiglio | 04/02/25 20:06:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Wild Robot | 04/02/25 21:27:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Becoming Led Zeppelin | 07/02/25 22:34:00 | Joe Conneely |
| September 5th | 08/02/25 15:02:00 | Susan Kelly |
| The Last Showgirl | 11/02/25 21:48:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Bridget Jones: mad about the boy | 15/02/25 23:38:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Bridget Jones: mad about the boy | 16/02/25 16:28:00 | Susan Kelly |
| BAFTAS | 16/02/25 23:09:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:BAFTAS | 18/02/25 14:25:00 | Alastair Banton |
| I'm Still Here | 04/03/25 17:09:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Cottontail | 08/03/25 14:23:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Mickey 17 | 08/03/25 16:46:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Mickey 17 | 09/03/25 16:50:00 | Susan Kelly |