2018 Archives - REEL GOOD

THE REELGOOD PODCAST | Capharnaum

They laughed, Blakey cried (as usual) and, obviously, they made insightful comments about Nadine Labaki's new film, Capharnaum.

Derek Armstrong / 11:57 / 18.02.19

Awards are, of course, hardly indicative of quality, and If Beale Street Could Talk’s other indicators are off the charts.

John Roebuck / 9:37 / 14.02.19

Not every film needs to have something to say. Sometimes a film can just be interesting. Vox Lux does not pertain to this notion.

Derek Armstrong / 20:13 / 05.02.19

Nadine Labaki's Capharnaum is a movie where whatever can go wrong, will, which makes it a lot like life. The title itself means “chaos."

John Roebuck / 9:19 / 22.01.19

The documentary Free Solo is a more thoughtful film than it initially appears. It may not have answers, but it has suggestions.

John Roebuck / 12:06 / 19.01.19

Glass is absolutely not Shyamalan's worst film, though it is another telling indication that he may never come close again to his best.

Derek Armstrong / 10:27 / 16.01.19

Movies like Peter Farrelly's Green Book are a useful reminder of the distance toward true equality that still remains to be travelled.

Hernando Cathedral / 9:22 / 15.01.19

You laughed, you cried. Maybe. We don't know that for sure. What we DO know are our opinions of the films that were released in 2018.

John Roebuck / 7:35 / 10.01.19

Josie Rourke's Mary Queen of Scots certainly had a great deal more awkward cunnilingus than we were expecting, which was none.