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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Original Screenplays

John Stark

I know it’s been a minute since one of these, but I am still using this gap leading up to the Oscars to try and see every single film possible, and the few I think I might still see I’m certain fall under Adapted Screenplay. So, here are my top 10. I would definitely make guild voting fun, but at the same time, four of the five Oscar nominees are in my top 10. So am I really that radical? 10) A Love Song 9) Good Luck To You Leo Grande 8) The Menu 7) The outfit 6) Babylon 5) … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Original Screenplays

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Achievements In Sound (Film)

John Stark

Probably the one list no one was really excited for, and I’m sorry. but as a blind film critic, telling you my top 10 choices in Cinematography or Visual Effects just doesn’t make sense to me. But I can hear just fine. So, since Sound Design and Sound Mixing are now one category at the Oscars, I also just have “sound”. I know which films I still “need’ to seee, and the only possibility that could have taken a spot on this list was Avatar The way Of Water, which despite its best efforts, will be a Disney Plus release … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Achievements In Sound (Film)

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Tar

John Stark

Where i Watched it: iTunes English Audio Description Provided By: The Media Access Group Narrated By: Andrew Thatcher You’ve probably heard quite a bit about this tour de force Cate Blanchett turns in this year in Todd Field’s Tar. Certainly, it’s because the film is well crafted, and Blanchett is one of the best living actresses. But in Tar, a film that explores and seems to have something to say about our new world we’ve created for ourselves, the complex theories in Tar likely make this a limited appeal film. I know that critics love this film, but I don’t … Continue reading Tar