Full disclosure: I dislike The Purge film franchise intensely. In particular, the sequels have expanded on a potentially good genre idea and just become absolute dreck. So, a comedic satire of the whole thing contained strong possibilities for me. I’d 100% be on board with something of the sort. At the same time, to only partially tackle the concept would just lead to a mess, and that’s where we are with The Binge. At times, this is an amusing lowest common denominator comedy. At other times, however, cringingly unfunny, almost disregarding its own premise in the hope of capitalizing on a joke that’s never going to work. Dropping this weekend on Hulu, it’s far too hit or miss to recommend. The movie is a comedy that satirizes The Purge and its central conceit. Here, a time period in the near future has descended into such chaos that...
- 8/27/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Growing up is about learning from your mistakes. Part of that process is, of course, making those mistakes in the first place. The new movie Big Time Adolescence leans into this aspect of the coming of age story with a surprising amount of effectiveness. On the surface, this Sundance Film Festival alumni appeared like an independent vehicle for Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson. Instead, it’s more than that, deftly mixing comedy and drama to tell a rather impactful story. Moreover, it showcases some solid chops from Davidson, making his upcoming starring vehicle from Judd Apatow something to really look forward to. In true teen comedy tradition, this is about the influence on a good kid that a “bad” one has. It just happens to zig when it otherwise might have zagged. Mo (Griffin Gluck) has always looked up to Zeke (Davidson), going back to when he was...
- 3/12/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
IndieWire reached out to the cinematographers and directors behind the scripted narrative features premiering this week at Sundance to find out which cameras, lenses, and formats they used, and why they chose them to create the looks and meet the production demands of their films. Here are their responses.
Films in U.S. Dramatic Competition are below, Premieres are on Page 2, Next Page 3, Midnight Page 4. Films appear in alphabetical order by title.
Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition
“Before You Know It”
Dir: Hannah Pearl Utt, DoP: Jon Keng
Format: 3.2K Prores 4444
Camera: Arri Alexa Mini
Lens: Cooke S4i
Keng: The cast was made up of primarily women across all age groups, so I wanted a lens set that would render their faces well without being overly clinical and sharp. The S4s have a very pleasant way of compressing people’s faces, even at wider focal lengths. I chose...
Films in U.S. Dramatic Competition are below, Premieres are on Page 2, Next Page 3, Midnight Page 4. Films appear in alphabetical order by title.
Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition
“Before You Know It”
Dir: Hannah Pearl Utt, DoP: Jon Keng
Format: 3.2K Prores 4444
Camera: Arri Alexa Mini
Lens: Cooke S4i
Keng: The cast was made up of primarily women across all age groups, so I wanted a lens set that would render their faces well without being overly clinical and sharp. The S4s have a very pleasant way of compressing people’s faces, even at wider focal lengths. I chose...
- 1/29/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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