Film, Musical (2021)
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Based on the musical stage play by Quiara Alegría Hudes and
Lin-Manuel Miranda
A hard not-to-like extravaganza about Washington Heights, Manhattan with Bollywood-type dance scenes and unexpected special effects, based on the 2008 musical by the Hamilton wiz Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Gowns and Pajamas
Watching the 2021 Virtual Golden Globes
Television, Film
NBC
February 28, 2021
By Tim Jackson
A wry look at this year’s pandemic virtual Golden Globes, strung together from a lot of different celebrity living rooms.
Nomadland
Film (2021)
Written and directed by
Chloé Zhao
With Frances McDormand
An extended meditation on loss of love, work and home, and modes of survival afterwards, with a penetrating and deeply affecting lead performance by McDormand.
Promising Young Woman
Film (2021)
Written and directed by
Emerald Fennell
With Carey Mulligan
A feminist revenge thriller about a former medical student who has lost a dear friend because of sexual abuse. Particularly worth seeing because of Mulligan’s performance.
Mank
Film (2020)
Directed by David Fincher
Screenplay by Jack Fincher
Netflix
With Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried
A dramatized bit of interesting film history about the writing of the American film classic Citizen Kane