
Dreams So Real, the feature-length 4k concert documentary, captures Canadian rock group Metric's last live performance of a year-long sold-out world tour. In 2016 the group traversed the globe on the most significant tour of their career. The show in Vancouver, BC was the culmination of a year's work on behalf of the band and their dedicated crew. Their performance was recorded by 26 cameras, finished in 4K with audio mixed by multi-Grammy winner David Bottrill. The film features fan favourites from over five albums including indelible hits Breathing Underwater, Gold Girls Guns and Help I'm Alive. With plenty of arena-worthy moments, Dreams So Real is a stunning recreation of an incredibly special evening.
Seeing that the film was essentially his first big, mainstream feature, and with garnering a leading role — portraying the revolutionary ball-player Jackie Robinson — Boseman, without question, delivered a performance that is still so incredibly moving, respectful, genuine, and true to the core of his obviously sincere, artistic heart; and with that, it is indeed so saddening to see him pass.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
There’s enough evidence to insinuate that What We Do in the Shadows is intentionally queer-coded.
Lee Daniels’s Billie Holiday biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday was released on February 26th, 2021, and my immediate reaction to it was one of discomfort.