it s possible to make movies with covid protocols, and i ve been lucky that these movies have been made without problems. personally, it s a little tough, because like for everyone, i m isolated, i m in strange places during quarantine when i m not working, going outside for dinner or something is not very promising, or sometimes it s even forbidden. i have found myself feeling a bit sad - i because i didn t get to release| this movie that was intended to come out a year ago, and i felti there wasn t really the room to feel this way and i felt a little shame or embarrassment that one of my biggest woes was that a film wasn t coming out. i everybody became very intimate with stories during the pandemic, were it books, movies, tv series, we needed stories to stay alive, and i felt it very much in a way i have not felt it before.
and beset by tragedy. watch out for that traffic there. number eight, from sir kenneth branagh, another personal film account of childhood, in this case belfast. the film is a valentine to the city and a loving tribute to his family, helped by a brilliant portrayal by young actorjude hill. your reading is stressing me out. this will affect the entire planet. in seventh place, don t look up, adam mckay s refreshing media satire, speculating on what would happen if a giant comet was hurtling towards earth, spelling total extinction. what i see in her is obvious. what she sees them he is a little more puzzling. in sixth place, and it, the opening film at this year s cannes film festival, in which the story and songs came from the pop duo sparks. a seriously weird but thoroughly engaging film.
that are documentaries. flee is a perfect example of how documentaries are blurring lines. it is a foreign language film, its an animated film and it s a documentary. and it excels in all categories. flee tells the story of an afghan refugee who fled the taliban in the 1990s as a boy. his difficult, solitaryjourney from kabul to moscow and then copenhagen. one he d never told anybody. the director said choosing animation as a way to tell the story freed him to tell details of his life as a refugee that he had kept secret for 25 years. what you see in the film, what you hear in the film it s the first time he talks about these things, and it is difficult to talk about. the fact that he could stay anonymous and wouldn t meet people in the street who would ask him about his traumas and secrets was really key to freeing him and enabling him to open up
of a man fleeing from the taliban 25 years ago. what s it doing? getting mixed up with her. and the talking movies number one film of 2021 is the power of the dog, in which jane campion showed everyone just how film could be made. her western is a haunting portrait of toxic masculinity and cruelty, with a brilliant performance by benedict cumberbatch. that brings the review of 2021 to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the programme. remember, you can reach us online, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. from me, tom brooke, and everyone at talking movies, we wish you the very best.
some of the very best films that i saw in 2021 were documentaries. indeed, it was a very good year for adventurous nonfiction film making. 2021 brought us buzz worthy documentaries that run the gamut from roadrunner, a portrait of a late chef and late tv show host anthony bourdain to the first wave. one of a slew of films detailing the pandemic. 0ne documentary broke the storytelling mould, flea. there are a few remarkable films getting 0scar buzz that are documentaries. flea is a perfect example of how documentaries are blurring lines. it is a foreign language film, its an animated film and it s a documentary. and it excels in all categories. flea tells the story of an afghan refugee who fled the