Et innsyn i markedsliberalismens skrekkvelde

Ken Loachs «Sorry We Missed You» (2019) er kanskje ikke den mest spenningsfylte, adrenalinfrigjørende filmen du kommer til å se, men dens underliggende tematikk burde være pensum for enhver som ukritisk hyller arbeidslivsreformer hvis eneste konsekvens er hyperindividualisering av ansvar og avpolitisering av (skyldige) samfunnsstrukturer.

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Too soon! “Space Force” laughs at the unlaughable and flops spectacularly

Movies and TV shows flop for various reasons. Sometimes the overall execution doesn’t quite hit the spot. At other times it’s the unfortunate historical context. With “Space Force”, Netflix’s attempt to put a smile on our faces when it comes to Donald Trump’s disastrous presidency, we have both.

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Strømmegigantens redningsfond - Netflix gir mer, og kinodriften åpner opp igjen

For noen få uker siden kom strømmegiganten Netflix ut med det som skulle bli en nødvendig redningsbøye til filmindustrien verden over, men nå har selskapet steppet up gamet sitt ytterligere; med hele $50 millioner til. Kanskje overlever den blomstrende industrien den pågående pandemien allikevel?

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Lie and let die: what Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" teaches us about lies, family, and love.

Lulu Wang’s 2019 “The Farewell” tells a compelling story about the power we have over others and the implications of how we choose to use it. It brings into focus uncomfortable questions about tradition, morality and ultimately about how far we would go for the ones we love.

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Strømmegigantens redningsfond - Netflix, $100 millioner, og en hjelpende hånd

Hele verden føler nå på den usikre tiden vi lever i, og det kan virke lenge til før koronaviruset covid-19 vil slippe sitt hold på verdenssamfunnet. Kulturindustrien og filmbransjen verden over har fått et realt slag under beltet - men Netflix sitt nye $100 millioners redningsfond er her for å gjevne uten denne kampen for filmbransjens produksjonsarbeider.

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The 92nd Academy Awards: four victories and a lot of defeats

The 92nd edition of the Academy Awards took us by surprise. Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho’s masterpiece about social struggle and inequality, received all the acclaim it deserved and swept four major awards. But does this mean that the Academy is going to pay more attention to good and original stories from now on?

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Screen, burn, kill: the forgotten story of nitrate film stock

At the end of his 2009 movie, Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino kills the entire Nazi high command in a mesmerizing example of revisionist cinema. The extreme gory vengeance which Tarantino exercises on screen, presumably in the name of the victims whose lives have been claimed by the Holocaust, is still the subject of many heated debates. 

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