Ryan McQuade

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“It’s a reinterpretation – not a remake!” This is what Spike Lee said back in September 2024 about his latest joint Highest 2 Lowest, inspired by the classic Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Japanese film High and Low, itself loosely based on the 1959 novel “King’s Ransom.” The last time Lee took on an American adaptation of a renowned piece of cinema was back in 2013 with Oldboy, widely regarded as Lee’s worst films of his filmography, and one the director has distanced himself from as the studio took...

1 month ago | awardswatch.com | Ryan McQuade

From the opening frame of Lynne Ramsay’s fifth feature film, Die My Love, we see a house in shambles. A once promising place full of laughter and memories has been reduced to dust, leaves scattered on the floors, rats in various rooms, the paint chipping off the wall both inside and out; a complete overhaul.

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Four years ago, a tidal wave hit cinema with Julia Ducournau’s second feature film, Titane. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Ducournau announced herself as a cinematic voice to be reckoned with as she delivered a film that felt like an adrenaline shot to the head of originality, blending body horror, sexual identity, loneliness, and found-families all within a crazy narrative swing.

1 month ago | awardswatch.com | Ryan McQuade

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema’s greatest auteurs. In doing so, they will look at their filmographies, explore what drives them artistically and what makes their decision making process so fascinating. Add in a few silly tangents and a fun game at the end of the episode and you’ve got yourself a podcast we truly hope you love.

1 month ago | awardswatch.com | Ryan McQuade

For nearly thirty years, audiences around the world have watched one man accept impossible missions while performing ridiculous stunts to save the world from a destructive doom. That man is Thomas Cruise, and his character is IMF (Impossible Mission Force) agent Ethan Matthew Hunt. Two sides of the same coin, Cruise has used Hunt and the Mission Impossible franchise as a vehicle to explore and create indelible cinematic memories that test the stress level of everyone who watches them.