By Bianca Garner
“Why’d ya spill yer beans?” If anyone is aware of Robert Eggers’ surreal black comedy/horror film “The Lighthouse” then they’ll most certainly get this reference. As I found myself standing in line at 7:30 am for the press screening of “The Lighthouse” I was wondering just what had I gotten myself into. Is this film really as bizarre as everyone claims it is? Would I find it a challenge to watch and a film that would leave me frustrated, and dissatisfied as a result? Well, “The Lighthouse" is most certainly bizarre and at times, it’s a real challenge to watch, but it was the most fun I have had in the cinema this year so far. Perhaps, fun isn’t the right word because this isn’t exactly a laugh-out-loud comedy, but the surrealness of the events taking place manage to evoke laughter. I wonder whether this was just an involuntary reaction that I had little control over. Even so, I found the film frightfully funny to watch, I also found it frightening and disturbing to watch, and the imagery that Eggers has created has burned its way into my skull.
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By Bianca Garner
I know they say don't believe the festival hype, but there are some films that are worth the hype. “Bacurau” is one of those films. It’s hard to explain what the film is about without revealing too much. It’s a film that needs to be experienced and absorbed. Whereas, “Monos” had a narrative that left me puzzled and frustrated, “Bacurau's” narrative is such an intriguing puzzle that the viewer can’t second guess what will happen next. Writers and directors, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Juliano Dornelles manage to weave together a complex plot that slowly unfolds in a bloody showdown that the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Sam Peckinpah would be jealous of. Google classes “Bacurau's” genre as a ‘weird Western’ which it is, but it is also so much more. 
By Bianca Garner
Even before I had started to watch “Monos” I had already been experiencing a surreal nightmare of my own. Being a traveling film critic is not all fun and games, I’ll have you know! I won’t go into details but long story short- never judge a hostel by their photos. It’s officially my first day at LFF and the films I have caught today have made me laugh, grimace, gasp and cry. Each film has been unique in their own sense, and have been an interesting watch although I’m still not sure if I like “Monos." |
BEST PICTURE Parasite (27) - AACTA, AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, GALECA, GFCA, HFCS, LAFCA, LEJA, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PCC, SAG, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (10) - CCA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, IPA, LVFCS, NDFS, OFCC, SFBAFCC, StLFCA 1917 (7) - DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, HCA, KCFCC, MCFCA, PGA The Irishman (5) - AARP, NBR, NTFCA, NYFCC, SDFCS Marriage Story (5) - DFCC, GWNYFCA, IFJA, IFP, NFCS Knives Out (2) - CIC, PFCC Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2) - FFCC, WFCC Dolemite Is My Name - BFCC Ford v Ferrari - IPA For Sama - BIFA Harriet - WFCC Joker - PFCS Little Women - BSFC Us - AAFCA BEST DIRECTOR Bong Joon-ho (27) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, GALECA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, LAFCA, LEJA, NCFCA, NDFS, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PCC, SFBAFCC, SFCS, TFCA, VFCC, WAFCA Sam Mendes (9) - CCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, KCFCC, MCFCA, NTFCA, PFCS, UFCA Martin Scorsese (7) - AARP, BFCC, DFCC, DFCS, OFCC, PFCC, SEFCA Quentin Tarantino (6) - AACTA, HFCS, IFCA, LVFCS, NBR, StLFCA Noah Baumbach (2) - HCA, NFCS Greta Gerwig (2) - CIC, NSFC Josh & Benny Safdie (2) - NYFCC, SDFCS Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - IFP Kassi Lemmons - BFCC James Mangold - IPA Jordan Peele - AAFCA Celine Sciamma - FFCC Olivia Wilde - HCA Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts - BIFA BEST ACTOR Adam Driver (30) - AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, IFP, KCFCC, NCFCA, NFCS, OAFFC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA, WFCC Joaquin Phoenix (14) - CCA, DFCS, GG, HCA, HFCS, IFCA, LEJA, MCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA, NYFCO, PFCS, SAG, SDFCS Adam Sandler (8) - AARP, AFCA, BOFCA, BSFC, LVFCS, NBR, OFCC, StLFCA Antonio Banderas (6) - EFA, GALECA, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, SFBAFCC Taron Egerton (2) - GG, IPA Eddie Murphy (2) - AAFCA, BFCC Christian Bale - IPA Josh O'Connor - BIFA BEST ACTRESS Lupita Nyong'o (27) - AFCA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, FFCC, GFCA, HCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, TFCA, WAFCA, WFCC Renée Zellweger (13) - AARP, AFCC, BIFA, CCA, GALECA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, LVFCS, NBR, PFCS, SAG, SEFCA Scarlett Johansson (12) - DFCC, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, IPA, NFCS, OAFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, VFCC Awkwafina (5) - GG, HFCS, IFP, IPA, LEJA Mary Kay Place (2) - LAFCA, NSFC Saoirse Ronan (2) - AACTA, BSFC Charlize Theron (2) - NFCS, NTFCA Cynthia Erivo - WFCC Florence Pugh - NDFS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Brad Pitt (33) - AACTA, AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, HFCS, HFCS, IFCA, LEJA, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, OFCC, OFCS, PFCC, PFCS, SAG, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, VFCC, WAFCA Joe Pesci (12) - DFCS, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, KCFCC, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, PFCC, SDFCS, UFCA Willem Dafoe (6) - COFCA, IFJA, IPA, LVFCS, NDFS, SFCS Song Kang-ho (4) - CIC, GALECA, LAFCA, PCC Tom Hanks (2) - AARP, NTFCA Jamie Foxx - AAFCA Shia LaBeouf - OAFCC Hugh Laurie - BIFA BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Laura Dern (20) - AARP, AFCC, BSFC, CCA, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, HFCS, IFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, PFCS, SAG, SEFCA, TFCA, VFCC Jennifer Lopez (14) - AFCA, GALECA, HCA, IFJA, IPA, LAFCA, LEJA, NFCS, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, WAFCA Florence Pugh (11) - AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, GFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, NCFCA, UFCA Zhao Shuzhen (4) - CIC, HFCS, NTFCA, SDFCS Da'Vine Joy Randolph (3) - AAFCA, BFCC, KCFCC Margot Robbie (3) - AACTA, LVFCS, StLFCA Kathy Bates - NBR Ruthxjiah Bellenea - BIFA Thomasin McKenzie - PCC BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Little Women (15) - AFCA, AWFJ, BOFCA, CCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, FFCC, IFJA, KCFCC, LEJA, NCFCA, UFCA, WAFCA, WFCC The Irishman (10) - BFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, NBR, OFCC, OFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, TFCA Jojo Rabbit (6) - AACTA, HCA, NFCS, OAFFC, PFCS, SFBAFCC Joker - IPA Luce - SDFCS The Personal History Of David Copperfield - BIFA The Two Popes - LVFCS BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Parasite (19) - AFCA, AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, CFCA, COFCA, GALECA, GFCA, HCA, LEJA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCO, OFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, UFCA Marriage Story (14) - AARP, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, IFP, IPA, LAFCA, OAFFC, SDFCS, StLFCA, VFCC, WAFCA Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (10) - BOFCA, BSFC, CCA, GG, HFCS, LVFCS, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCC, StLFCA Knives Out (8) - CIC, DFCS, HFCS, KCFCC, OFCC, PCC, PFCC, PFCS Uncut Gems (2) - FFCC, NBR Portrait Of A Lady On Fire - EFA Queen & Slim - BFCC BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1917 (33) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, IPA, KCFCC, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (5) - BSFC, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC The Lighthouse (3) - NDFS, PFCC, SDFCS Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2) - BOFCA, OFCC Ad Astra - DFCC Beats - BIFA BEST COSTUME DESIGN Dolemite Is My Name (7) - CCA, CIC, IPA, LEJA, LVFCS, SDFCS, SFCS Rocketman (3) - HCA, HFCS, PFCS Little Women - CFCA The Personal History Of David Copperfield - BIFA BEST FILM EDITING 1917 (5) - CCA, CIC, HCA, MCFCA, PFCS Ford v Ferrari (5) - IPA, LVFCS, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, WAFCA The Irishman (4) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA Apollo 11 (3) - ACE, LAFCA, UFCA Parasite (3) - ACE, LEJA, OFCS Uncut Gems (3) - AFCA, GWNYFCA, SFCS Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2) - HFCS, StLFCA For Sama - BIFA Jojo Rabbit - ACE Knives Out - COFCA The Lighthouse - NDFS Toy Story 4 - ACE BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Bombshell (5) - CCA, CIC, HCA, LEJA, MUAHS Joker (2) - HFCS, MUAHS Downton Abbey - MUAHS The Personal History Of David Copperfield - BIFA BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Joker (10) - CCA, DFCS, GFCA, GG, HCA, HFCS, IPA, LVFCS, NDFS, PCC 1917 (9) - AFCA, AFCC, DFWFCA, HFCS, IFCA, LEJA, MCFCA, PFCS, StLFCA Us (5) - CIC, COFCA, IFJA, OFCS, WAFCA Uncut Gems (4) - BOFCA, FFCC, OFCC, SFCS Little Women (2) - BSFC, CFCA Apollo 11 - UFCA I Lost My Body - LAFCA The Last Black Man In San Francisco - SFBAFCC Marriage Story - GWNYFCA BEST ORIGINAL SONG Wild Rose (7) - BIFA, CCA, DFCS, GFCA, HCA, HFCS, NDFS Rocketman (6) - CCA, GG, HFCS, IPA, LEJA, MCFCA Always Be My Maybe - CIC Frozen II - PFCS Harriet - LVFCS Toy Story 4 - IFCA BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (12) - CCA, CFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA 1917 (4) - GFCA, LEJA, PFCS, SDFCS Knives Out - CIC Motherless Brooklyn - IPA Parasite - HFCS The Personal History Of David Copperfield - BIFA BEST SOUND EDITING 1917 (3) - LEJA, MCFCA, MPSE Ford v Ferrari (3) - HFCS, IPA, MPSE BEST SOUND MIXING 1917 (2) - LEJA, MCFCA Ford v Ferrari (2) - HFCS, IPA Beats - BIFA BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Avengers: Endgame (8) - CCA, HCA, LEJA, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, PFCS, StLFCA 1917 (3) - CIC, DFCS, HFCS Ad Astra (3) - CFCA, SDFCS, SFCS Alita: Battle Angel (3) - FFCC, HFCS, IPA BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Toy Story 4 (30) - AFCC, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, IFCA, KCFCC, LEJA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA I Lost My Body (13) - AFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BSFC, CIC, FFCC, LAFCA, NDFS, NYFCC, NYFCO, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, UFCA Missing Link (3) - GG, LVFCS, TFCA How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2) - IFJA, NBR Abominable - AAFCA The Lion King - IPA BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Parasite (45) - AFCA, AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BIFA, BOFCA, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, IFJA, KCFCC, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA, NYFCC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (3) - FFCC, NYFCO, WFCC Pain and Glory (2) - AARP, LAFCA Truth and Justice - IPA BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Apollo 11 (35) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, IFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA Honeyland (7) - BSFC, DFCS, GALECA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, VFCC American Factory (4) - IFP, LAFCA, OFCC, TFCA For Sama (4) - BIFA, EFA, IDA, IFJA One Child Nation (2) - PFCS, SDFCS 63 Up - IPA Amazing Grace - KCFCC The Black Godfather - AAFCA Knock Down The House - LEJA Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice - AARP Maiden - NBR Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am - 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