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Film Review: A Compassionate Spy
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. In 1994, Steve James released Hoop Dreams, a 3 hour long documentary that, on the surface, was about two high school student who wanted to…
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Film Review: The Teachers’ Lounge
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Being a teacher is pretty damn stressful right? Or at least, hopefully not as stressful as Carla’s teaching job, which beyond the usual issues of…
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Film Review: Priscilla
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. I never got a chance to officially review Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis from last year, mainly due to traffic reasons as I tend to stick to…
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Film Review: Perfect Days
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Hirayama is living his best life, seemingly. He wakes up early day in the morning, does his wake up routine, and then heads off to his job as a toilet cleaner while listening to music on his old cassette player. He meets new people on the daily, with some interactions…
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Film Review: Green Border
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. In the first 20 minutes of Green Border, we follow the perspective of a single family attempting to cross the Belarus/Poland border as a way…
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Film Review: The Old Oak
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Another year, another Ken Loach film, which nowadays feels more like a part of existence then any kind of big celebratory event. Don’t get me…
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Film Review: Fallen Leaves
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Aki Kaurismaki, the acclaimed Finnish auteur, really likes the working class. This feels like a random thing to say, especially since many a director find…
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Film Review: No One Will Save You
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Brynn is a solitary girl who lives alone in a remote house. In said remote house, she spends her days taking…
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Film Review: Barbie
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s actually interesting that it’s taken this long for a live action Barbie film to come out. The long gestating brand,…
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Film Review: Oppenheimer
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. The year is 1945. Germany has surrendered in the wake of Hitler’s suicide and now only Japan is at war with…
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