There’s a scene early in Embrace of the Serpent where a German ethnographer, Theo (Jan Bijvoet), has his compass stolen from him by a Amazonian tribe he has befriended, after learning about the object’s navigational powers. It’s an intelligently written…
#TYFOscars 2016 Live Twitter Party + Giveaway
In honor of the 88th Academy Awards airing on Sunday, February 28 we are throwing a PARTY!! Yes, it’s another of our Live Twitter parties where The Young Folks’ writers take turns manning the @TYFofficial Twitter, sharing the night’s winners, our reactions and…
Interview: Directors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson talk Oscar-nominated ‘Anomalisa’
Anomalisa tells the story of Michael Stone (David Thewlis), a self-help author, who finds the world around him bleak and lifeless. To him, everyone literally has the same face and same voice (Tom Noonan). This featureless life, however, gets a hint…
10 Surprising 2016 Oscar Snubs
The Oscars are an event for recognizing the most talented artists working in film, but what if the most talented artists aren’t being recognized? Here are 10 different films and categories that were surprisingly ignored by the Academy in 2015.
Movie Review: Son of Saul
Movies are the epitome of escapism. It’s why blockbusters cause such commotion and why Marvel films are in a league of their own; they offer up spectacle for two hours where people can sit down and pretend the rest of…
Live Reaction to 2016 Oscar Nominations
The Oscar Nominations are out, and to the surprise of many, several blockbusters were granted coveted spots on the Oscar stage. Of the films nominated, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant received the most nominations with each garnering 10 and 12…
‘Anomalisa’ Directors Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson Interview
Charlie Kaufman, the brain behind the cerebral cult classic films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich, once wrote a play, as he describes, to fill in for the Coen Brothers in 2005 with a limited cast…