Language Lessons, 2021.Written and Directed by Natalie Morales. Starring Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, and Desean Terry.SYNOPSIS:A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.Given the opening scene of Language Lessons, which sees a confused online Spanish instructor named Cariño not even sure who she is supposed to be teaching, it’s fair to presume that […]
Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021
Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021…And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at home.In […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Language Lessons
Language Lessons, 2021.Co-written and directed by Natalie Morales. Starring Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales.SYNOPSIS:A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.A year-plus into the COVID-19 pandemic, many if not most of us are surely fed up with films about the global predicament, whether explicitly or tangentially. But Natalie Morales’ feature directorial debut Language Lessons […]
