Author: Caitlin Abe Gokool
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Oscars 2023: My Picks and Reactions
Each year, the morning of the Academy Awards Nominations is always a fun time to be on the internet. Although the Oscars has faced loads of backlash that effectively take away a lot of their integrity as a stage of merit for accolades in the film industry, I and countless others still love watching this…
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Women Talking
Women Talking (2022) is the latest film from Canadian actress-turned-director Sarah Polley. Based on the novel by Miriam Towes by the same title, the film follows a group of women over the course of one day and night as they decide whether they should stay or leave their isolated, religious colony following a string of…
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Babylon
One of my favourite days in December 2022 was a Tuesday spent alone at the movie theatre watching Babylon. And as I admitted in my top films of 2022 post, I loved it. From director Damien Chazelle, the mind who brought us Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), and First Man (2018), Babylon tells the…
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My Most Anticipated Films of 2023
January and February are typically very slow months for new film releases. In the spirit of looking forward, here are some of my most anticipated films of 2023. A Good Person (dir. Zach Braff)Written and directed by Zach Braff, A Good Person will follow Florence Pugh as a young woman who survives a tragedy and…
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2022, or: The Year of the “Eater”
The following post may contain brief spoilers on plot points of the following films and television series: Yellowjackets (2021-), Fresh (2022), Bones and All (2022), Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022), The Menu (2022), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), as well as the themes and story of the concept album…
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Film or Theatre: Through the Lens of Singin’ in the Rain
After seeing Babylon last week, I found myself spending this Sunday rewatching Singin’ in the Rain. With both films featuring prominent discussions on the often-argued topic of film or theatre, asking the question of which requires more “talent” and which is “real acting”, I was left thinking about the Singin’ in the Rain theatre adaptation I attended in November 2022…
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My Top 22 Films of 2022
I was lucky enough to see 70 of the 2022 new releases before the end of the year. The following ranking is mainly based on how much I enjoyed each film, rather than focusing on technical aspects, but of course, these aspects still did impact my viewing experience and thus each film’s place in the…
After Screening Cinema 