Mudbound: Netflix wades into the Oscars with stirring Deep South drama First They Killed My Father (Photo: Netflix)Īngelina Jolie’s adaptation of Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung’s memoir casts a stark gaze upon the deadly Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1978.
I‘s review called it “superbly written and brilliantly acted,” and the drama marks out director Dee Rees as a significant talent to watch. Based on the novel of the same name, Mudbound tells the story of two World War II veterans – one white, one black – who return to rural Mississippi, and face racism and PTSD in their own way. Mudbound is Netflix’s prestige offering this year. This film could also be taking home top awards come 2018. Mudbound A timely and resonant race relations drama (Photo: Netflix) It stars Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist and Emma Stone as an aspiring actress, who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles while pursuing their dreams. This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture for a hot second, before the Oscar was handed to actual winner Moonlight.īut Damien Chazelle’s feel-good romance was the talk of the film world at the start of 2017, showing that musicals can still draw a crowd. La La Land Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling dance their way around Los Angeles in ‘La La Land’ (Photo: Summit Entertainment)
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