#SilverScreenBlack
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‘The Pope’s Exorcist’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 The Grapes of Guilt:
The Vatican’s Chief Exorcist is called to Spain for highly unholy business.
A heaven-sent,hell-raising horror thriller!
One of
@russellcrowe
’s career best!
Start praying now for a sequel
@popes_exorcist
‘Vengeance’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Kiss Me Deadly:
A New York podcaster is guilt-tripped into attending a Texan funeral, and begins questioning the official cause of his former lover’s death.
Exceptionally smart, ingeniously funny, astonishingly insightful and utterly riveting.
(1/3)
This Christmas,
#SilverScreenBlack
is ending the year with panache thanks to Bond idol, fashion model and horror icon, Britt Ekland!
Special thanks to
@BrittEkland
for sharing her festive memories,
and for making our winter days a little brighter this year 🎁
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Argentina, 1985’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Judgement at Buenos Aires:
Two prosecutors are tasked with bringing the the leaders of 🇦🇷’s last dictatorship to justice,
in the largest war crimes trial since Nüremberg.
Peter Lanzani and the great Ricardo Darín at their best!
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Full Time’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Paris Crush:
A single mum tries juggling her job, her interview, train strikes, children, trampolines & everything else in her worst week ever…
Superb work by Laure Calamy👍
Have your defibrillator on standby;
this is going to be tense!
#SilverScreenBlack
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‘She Said’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Monster’s Fall:
Two
@nytimes
journalists begin moving mountains to investigate serial rapist Harvey Weinstein.
Highly captivating, deftly devastating.
Not only one of the most important films of the last decade
but also one of the best.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Bardo’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣Iñárritu’s Ulysses:
A Mexican journalist wrestles with identity, truth, success, & his neighbour to the north.
A new surrealist classic!
Profoundly poignant, highly imaginative,
& utterly surprising.
Will stay with you long after it ends.
‘The Holdovers’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Dreaming a Whole Dream:
Funny, anarchic, poignant and impressive!
Deftly captures the immense pain of Christmas,
and the embers of inextinguishable love within us.
Well worth the Oscar noms!
This year’s ‘Coda’ 👍
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Missing’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 World’s Greatest Detective:
A mother goes missing abroad,
and her daughter scours every inch of the internet to find her.
Takes the cauldron of modernity and human nature,
and gives you one of the coolest thrillers this year!
‘Nope’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Close Encounters of the Carnivorous Kind:
Two horse-wrangler siblings discover that there’s something more deadly, volatile & inhuman than their usual Hollywood clients.
A caustic, chilling, sci-fi, Western redemption thrill ride!
Special thanks:
@Arden1066
#SilverScreenBlack
Jr:
‘Nimona’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Minority Report meets Wolfwalkers!”
“The story was better than Across the Spider-Verse.
My favourite character was Nimona!
I laughed a lot!”
“Better than The Sea Beast.
A great family film!”
@netflix
@Gingerhazing
@AnnapurnaPics
‘My Old School’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 21 Chump Street:
A quiet, new student at a Scottish secondary school somehow doesn’t quite fit in, & for an unbelievable reason.
Stylishly executed, constantly compelling & countlessly disturbing.
I missed the classmates’ company so much after this!
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘LOLA’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Remember Tomorrow:
1941:An inventor begins receiving broadcasts from future, and tries averting World War II as history unravels.
A stunning sci-fi wartime what-if!
Neil Hannon fans are in for a treat🎵
& David Bowie fans are in for a shock😲
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Ali & Ava’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣Love & Mercy:
Two lonely, wounded souls try awkwardly to connect via the lifeline of music and the magic of humour.
Immensely rewarding, unbelievably charming, and beautifully told.
One of Bradford’s finest moments on film.
(1/3)
‘The Other Fellow’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣The Man with the Golden Name:
A glorious, global account of the burden & beauty of being named James Bond,
and of ordinary people pitted against a monolith not of their making.
More twists than ‘No Time to Die’!
Far greater stakes than any Bond film!
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘The Woman King’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣The Swords of Dahomey:
An exceptional general tries to save her kingdom, both on & off the battlefield.
Highly impressive.
So many great performances!
It’s everything I wanted The Northman to be!
Well and truly deserves a sequel.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘To Leslie’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣Tell Me I’m Good:
A lottery winner who’s lost everything
returns to her hometown,
where second chances are hard to come by.
Awesome support from Marc Maron and Allison Janney!
Andrea Riseborough - absolutely worth the Oscar nom 👏
‘Late Night with the Devil’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Killer Ratings:
A terrific jolt of horror brilliance!
An exceptional cast;
David Dastmalchian at his very best!
Best Aussie horror since ‘The Babadook’!
⚠️ Warning: Viewing may induce a slow paralysis of fear, fascination, and dread… 😨
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘The Sweatbox’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Fallen Kingdom:
How Disney epic Kingdom of the Sun was sacrificed for Emperor’s New Groove.
A jackpot of lost gems from Sting & Eartha Kitt.
Such massive wasted potential from a corporate creative process so fluid it almost evaporated
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣How I Learned to Love the Bomb:
A group of the desperate and angry devise a plan to end Big Oil.
An astonishing, inspiring, expertly crafted thrill machine
that will rack your conscience as much as your nerves!
#SilverScreenBlack
‘The Fabelmans’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Almost Famous:
A boy discovers the fire in his soul from film-making,
as his family’s emotional cracks turn to chasms.
Melancholic,marvellous movie magic.
Gabriel LaBelle is perfect as young Spielberg.
Best David Lynch moment ever!
‘Mass’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Halls of Anger:
The parents, of a mass shooter and his victim, meet in person; and the line between healing and hate can be a fine one.
This generation’s ‘12 Angry Men’.
Heart-wrenching, mesmerising, brutal and bold.
Acted so well it feels like a documentary.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘20 Days in Mariupol’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣“Virus of Destruction”:
An exceptionally brave feat of journalism on how Russia murdered a city.
Unflinching, searing, and a profoundly important record.
“War is like an x-ray.
All human insides become visible.”
@mstyslav9
#SilverScreenBlack
:
'Elvis' (2022)
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Interview with the Vampire:
Tom Hanks’s ghoul sucks the lifeblood from his doomed songbird via a golden cage.
One of Baz’s best,
Austin’s awesome,
and Hanks is haunting as the manager without morals;
+ Little Richy 👍 (1/3)
#Elvis
#SilverScreenBlack
- 🇺🇦 Mul Angelina recommends:
‘Matchmaking in Goncharivka’ (1958, musical comedy)
@themoviedb
: The beautiful Ulyana is promised as a bride to the rich fool, Stetsko; but her heart belongs to the poor serf, Alexei. (1/3)
#StateFilmAgencyOfUkraine
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Barbie’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣The Unbearable Darkness of Being:
Thoughtful and faithful,
caustic yet kind-hearted,
unashamedly inspirational,
and very, very funny!
Robbie and Gosling are exceptionally impressive.
Gerwig’s finest hour to date!
Sequel?🤞
@IssaRae
🎁 This Christmas,
#SilverScreenBlack
is ending the year with a wonderful warmth courtesy of acclaimed Kiwi actress, presenter and model, Antonia Prebble! 🎁
Thank you to all friends of this channel 🙏
Merry Christmas to all of your families 🎄
and see you soon in 2024 😉
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Athena’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣O Brother, Who Killed Thou?:
A Muslim boy is beaten to death and a council estate explodes demanding answers.
Easily one of 2022’s best directed films!
Epic, operatic, and electrifying from the outset.
Best revenge tragedy since Hamlet.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘A House Made of Splinters’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Alone in the Crowd:
In a Ukrainian orphanage, neglected and forgotten youth find a fleeting haven.
A heartbreaking, remarkable & unforgettable tale of children forced to comprehend an adult’s world.
“Hope dies last.”😢
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Polite Society’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 (Bridal) House of Flying Daggers:
A schoolgirl uses every (Kung Fu) means necessary to save her sister from an arranged marriage of menace!
Unbridled fun battling unscrupulous scum!
Freshest cast since ‘Trainspotting’👍
3/3
‘Deadstream’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Mr Beast:
A disgraced, obnoxious influencer tries winning back his audience with a haunted-house livestream.
Ingenious, hilarious, gruesome and terrifying.
Part-satire, part-unholy Day of Reckoning.
Easily one of the best horror movies of the year.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘A Fantastic Woman’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Last Night in Santiago:
A trans woman suffers the sudden loss of her partner, and is erased by his family & criminalised for existing.
2018 Oscar Winner 🏆
Daniela Vega is outstanding with her silent, unstoppable resolve.
(2/3)
‘No One Will Save You’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 A Quiet Place (to be Abducted):
A small-town outcast discovers a knack for improvising during an alien invasion.
Inventive, grotesque, emotional, and astonishing.
A career highlight for Kaitlyn Dever!
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
⭐⭐⭐
📣The Extraordinary League of Spider-Heroes:
👍 Visually astonishing,
colour-popping,
and staggeringly ultra-stylish!
👎 Disappointing story and script.
Not as great as the first 😢
‘Navalny’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Fear and Loathing at the Kremlin:
Putin’s failed attempt to assassinate his most powerful rival
leads to an astonishing investigation,
and an inept govt cover-up.
The truth and courage onscreen are equally heart-stopping.
This year’s ‘Collective’!
‘The Quiet Girl / An Cailín Ciúin 🇮🇪’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 120 Days of Summer:
A neglected girl is sent to stay with her relatives, and discovers what it means to be loved.
Your heart may burst by the end of this.
The film also contains the most devastating final word in cinema.
‘The Artifice Girl’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Hearts of Stone and Sadness:
The FBI bring in a young man for questioning,
unaware of the revolution he’s already created.
Phenomenal, ingenious, gripping and greatly relevant.
This year’s ‘Mass’!
One of the best films about AI. Ever 👏
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Extraction 2’
⭐⭐⭐
📣Modern Family:
Family ties draw our hero to Georgia 🇬🇪 for one more extraction.
First-rate action,
second-rate story.
Hemsworth and Farahani are impressive throughout!
But the first film remains smarter, sharper and more affecting.
#SilverScreenBlack
- 🇺🇦 Stepchuk family favourites:
‘Queen of the Gas Station’ (1963, comedy)
@IMDb
: Thanks to her kindness and optimism, a young lady turns a neglected Ukrainian gas station into a significant landmark. (1/3)
#NadezhdaRumyantseva
#SilverScreenBlack
- Hot Picks 📽️🔥
‘Old Henry’ (🇺🇸2021)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 No Country for Old Men:
One of the best Westerns since ‘Unforgiven’!
A smart, startling tale of greed and lies,friction and fatherhood.
Exceptionally acted & crafted.
Absolutely no blanks in this revolver!
1/3
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘You Only Live Once’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣No Way Out:
A former convict is released into a society that wants to send him straight back.
Henry Fonda bristles with anger and brilliance,
& Sylvia Sidney shines with an unconditional optimism that’s about to be overwhelmed.
‘May December’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Naivety Bites:
A researching actress upsets the domestic facade of a sex offender and her husband victim.
Dark, smart, fascinating and heart-wrenching!
Charles Melton, Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore ace it 👍
@netflix
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Still’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 You’re Only as Sick as your Secrets:
A bold, brave, brilliant biopic!
A journey into the insanity of Hollywood,
the nightmare of illness,
and the tenacity of hope.
Tracy Pollan deserves a 🏆!
A masterpiece of editing.
Truly worth watching!
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Red, White and Brass’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Play Māfana for Me:
Need tickets for the Rugby World Cup?
Then try forming a brass band in one month.
Lots of charm, plenty of laughs, & a stadium’s worth of joy.
Brass bands haven’t been this cool since ‘Brassed Off’ (1996)!
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Breaking’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Are You Listening?:
An ex-Marine takes a bank hostage as a last resort against 🇺🇸Dept of Veteran Affairs.
Top-notch work from Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva;
& a damning indictment on institutional racism and the value of veterans.
‘The Lost King’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣Shallow Grave:
An amateur historian attempts to unearth the burial site of King Richard III, & discovers that the worst usurpers are those among the living.
An inspiring, eye-opening account of the great Philippa Langley, to whom England is indebted.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘John Wick 4’
⭐⭐1/2
📣John Wick Revolutions:
Almost as good as JW3,
& the least satisfying of the series.
👍Donnie Yen, Raft of the Medusa, Paris action scenes (cars, stairs, & a bird’s eye’s brutal view!)
👎clichéd 🇯🇵🇩🇪🇫🇷 scenarios; dialogue, plot, ending.
#SilverScreenBlack
- 🇺🇦 Stepchuk family favourites:
‘The Black Stallion’ (1979, adventure)
@IMDb
: After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion and trains him to race after their rescue. (2/3)
#CarrollBallard
‘Godzilla Minus One’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Army of Me:
One of the best Godzilla movies ever made!
Thrilling, emotional, awe-inspiring, terrifying!
Much more than a monster movie,
it’s an impressive take on survivors’ guilt,
& effectively challenges cultural norms of ‘death with honour’…
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Elemental’
⭐⭐⭐
📣Portrait of a Lady on Fire:
Opposites attract,
even if they’re classical elements,
in this clever cross-cultural rom-com.
Beautifully crafted,
despite heavy-handed and generic storytelling.
Not as great as ‘Turning Red’ or ‘Zootopia’.
‘Emily the Criminal’
⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Training Day:
Squeezed by student debt and abysmal opportunities, a talented artist accepts an offer in credit-card fraud.
A well-crafted thriller. Cool, tense, and staggering.
So many great characters that you’ll yearn for a sequel.
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Beau is Afraid’
⭐⭐
📣 Sins of the Mother:
Bizarre, intense, traumatic, and relentlessly unsatisfying.
This isn’t so much a film to watch as it is a feat of endurance.
Nowhere near as good as ‘Hereditary’ or ‘Midsommar’ 😢
Ari Aster’s ‘Tenet’… 😭
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 The Wonder Fears:
An 11-yr-old girl re-evaluates her life in 1970, New Jersey.
Beautiful, touching, and immensely uplifting!
Rachel McAdams: Oscar worthy🏆
Are you there, God?
It’s not Margaret, but thanks for this film 🙏
This weekend,
#SilverScreenBlack
welcomes guest reviewers from
@Ukraine
🇺🇦
13-yr-old graphic artist Dasha (from Kyiv) is sharing her country’s cherished films🎞️
Dasha’s incredible creations are available via her trend-setting CraftGraficaOutfits on
@Etsy
👇
This weekend,
#SilverScreenBlack
welcomes guest reviewers from
@Ukraine
🇺🇦
Mul Angelina (from Khmelnytskyi) is sharing her country’s cherished films 🎞️
Mul Angelina and her family’s impressive artwork is available via the excellent UAsouvenir on
@Etsy
👏:
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘We Are Still Here’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣Fool Britannia:
An outstanding anthology spanning 1859 - 2274, which explores the effects of British imperialism,
and its legacy of ashes in Australia and New Zealand.
One of the most thought-provoking films this year.
(2/3)
‘Blix Not Bombs’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Death Cleaning:
A remarkable, mesmerising portrait of the great Dr Hans Blix,
the 2003 US invasion of Iraq,
and the dangers of political leaders creating their own reality.
“Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred.”
#GretaStocklassa
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
📣 Catch-1917:
A group of young Germans answer the Kaiser’s call to war,
and soon discover the horror and insanity of battle.
Faultlessly acted all around.
The tank assault is a spiralling nightmare unlike anything seen before.
#SilverScreenBlack
Jr - School Holiday Edition:
‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mr Black: My new favourite film! A great story to watch & an amazing comedy to remember!
Mr Grey: I want to go on that road trip (without the killer robots)!
Mr Blue: I laughed A LOT!
4/4
This weekend,
#SilverScreenBlack
is finding its passion in life.
You can OFFICIALly try your best,
You can RUN for all you’re worth,
But if don’t find the FIRE,
then you won’t find the LOVE.
#Pen
élopeCruz
#SaoirseRonan
#KatiaKrafft
‘Tár’
⭐⭐
📣 Moonage Nightmare:
Maybe worth a look for fans of
@Porsche
(a Taycan EV!), classical music, and Julian Glover.
But students of human nature, effective pacing and compelling storytelling, may be left disappointed.
If you don’t find this film special,
it’s not you.
This weekend,
#SilverScreenBlack
has the children in charge.
There’s THIRTEEN reasons to struggle on,
Four INNOCENT reasons to be scared,
And two PETITE reasons to smile again.
‘Scoop’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Maitlis/Windsor:
The story behind the story of bringing Prince Andrew to BBC Newsnight + accountability.
Exceptionally insightful, relentlessly gripping, and masterfully crafted.
Full honours to Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, Gillian Anderson + Rufus Sewell👏
#SilverScreenBlack
:
‘Thirteen Lives’ (🇺🇸2022)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📣 Touching the Void:
Riveting, agonising, haunting, inspiring!
Two teams attempt the impossible at surviving 4km in a cave.
One of Thailand’s proudest moments,
And Ron Howard’s cinematic best.
1/3
@PrimeVideo
@mgmstudios