The 4th Annual Sheist Film Awards (2020)

I wasn’t sure whether or not to do my year-end list for 2020 but, with things pushed back, I had…

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The Power of the Blues – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2021)

Many, if not most, movies about musicians tend to put the music in the foreground. Even though the film opens…

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Resonance in Mind – Sound of Metal (2020)

A cacophony of sound washes over the audience as electric guitar feedback and muffled vocals buzz over the sound of…

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3rd Annual Sheist Film Awards

Since the Academy moved their awards forward by about three weeks, it’s time to get into the best and worst…

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Beginning and Back Again – Honey Boy

Shia LeBeouf has been in the public sphere for quite some time. Like many child actors, he struggled with substance…

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Dearest Tinsletown – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

It’s not every day…or, in this case, every year…we get to see a Quentin Tarantino film. The man is incredibly…

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Hand in Hand We Go – The Best of Enemies

Films made specifically to win over liberal Academy voters seem to have become something of a subgenre as of late.…

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Did That Really Happen? – Vice

The 76th Golden Globe Awards weren’t particularly eventful but, now that the curtain has fallen, the Oscar picture has gained…

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