Hey, movie fans!
How about those Golden Globe nominations?
As usual, it’s a hefty list. The Projectionist, a.k.a. our Oscars expert, Kyle Buchanan, wrote about what got left off (namely “Wicked: For Good” in the best musical or comedy category) and what surprisingly made it on (both of Richard Linklater’s comedies from the year, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague”).
One of the most nominated films was “Sinners,” which received seven nods, including best motion picture drama. Its director, Ryan Coogler, was among the nominees and Buchanan caught up with him recently on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. The filmmaker, who is having one of the best years of his career, spoke about the drive to make a connection to his audience.
“My mission every time I pick up a camera is to know that the only reason I have this job is because we’re basically all the same in different circumstances,” he said.
In theaters this week is the latest film from the comedy veteran James L. Brooks, “Ella McCay.” But this one left our critic Alissa Wilkinson more confused than amused. In her review, she called it “a real baffler of a movie, the sort where you repeatedly wonder if you somehow dozed off briefly.”
On the art-house front, there’s “Resurrection,” the latest fever dream of a film from Bi Gan that evokes the nature of moviemaking itself. In her critic’s pick review, Manohla Dargis called it a “beautiful, sprawling and boundary-pushing hallucination.”
And if you’d like to catch something at home, you have some good options. The latest installment in the “Knives Out” mystery series, “Wake Up Dead Man,” has just landed on Netflix. Wilkinson made it a critic’s pick, calling it a “bawdy romp with a stacked ensemble cast, chock-full of twists and turns, and laced with winking contemporary references.” About that ensemble: You can see them at work in this scene from the film, which includes commentary from its writer and director, Rian Johnson.
And if you’d like to go further down the genre lane, our experts on horror, sci-fi, action and international cinema made their selections for the best of the year. Go check those out, and enjoy the movies!
