Category Archives: Entropy

Magical, musical ‘Encanto’ delights

Posted on December 16, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 In Encanto, off-brand Pixar does Colombian X-Men. This crazed Mad Lib is a real movie, and it’s pretty good. Colombia- As Alma Madrigal (María Cecilia Botero, with Olga Merediz stepping in for singing parts) flees an unspecified conflict in … Continue reading →

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‘Belfast’ full of heart, doesn’t dazzle

Posted on December 6, 2021 by reelentropy

4/10 Writer/director/producer Kenneth Branagh has a long track record of trying to let his stories tell themselves, and you just can’t do that with narrative fiction movies, a medium in which everything onscreen must be actively created, everything is a … Continue reading →

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Larrín’s mopey ‘Spencer’ still a step up from usual Oscar faire

Posted on December 6, 2021 by reelentropy

4/10 Spencer’s advertisements always have a moment to designate it as an “official selection” in the Venice, Toronto and Telluride film festivals, which is quite literally a show of participation trophies. “Official selection” means it got on the schedule, which … Continue reading →

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‘Dispatches’ from a perfectly romantic memory

Posted on December 6, 2021 by reelentropy

10/10 In an Oscar season that’s quickly turned into an onslaught of big-name directors’ newest works, seemingly both backlogged 2020 releases and lockdown productions, writer/director/producer Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun is the giant, perfectly … Continue reading →

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Refined ‘Passing’ rips open awards season with unique look, complex story

Posted on December 6, 2021 by reelentropy

9/10 Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is here in Passing, and it’s a doozy. Harlem, 1920s- Reenie Redfield (Tessa Thompson), a black woman nervously passing in a white part of town, runs into her childhood friend, Clare Bellew (Ruth Negga). Bellew, … Continue reading →

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