What are the must-haves offered by Crave? Here are some ideas proposed by our journalists.
Posted at 4:00 p.m.
The Batman
More than half of the story The Batman by Matt Reeves and Peter Craig is devoted to the search for clues, the decoding of enigmas and the interviews with very unwilling sources. It’s delicious! The reference will possibly escape those who do not play video games, but feel like they are in a game of the series Arkham is real. The brutal fights, the frenzied chases, the complex puzzles, the dark places, the constant rain, the silence of the alleys… We also think of the film Sevenby David Fincher.
Pascal LeBlanc
King Richard
Any tennis fan will enjoy the period re-enactment, especially during the chapters dedicated to coaches Paul Cohen (Tony Goldwyn), with whom John McEnroe and Pete Sampras worked, and Rick Macci (Jon Bernthal). The tennis matches are also well recreated. The assembly would no doubt have benefited from being tightened up a little, but King Richard (King Richard: Beyond the Game in French version) remains a well-made, well-told film.
Marc-Andre Lussier
The Vinland Club
Mainstream film, period film, The Vinland Club is also a tribute to Quebec educators. A wink is also made to them in the end credits where, next to the name of each of the main actors, is that of a real teacher, religious or secular, inspiring. Decidedly, this film is woven of beautiful ideas until the end.
Andre Duchesne
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Spying on drivers, a public relations fiasco and surveillance of curious reporters is more than enough to give a three-star rating to Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Bonus: you don’t have to carry on frivolous conversation during your TV commute.
Hugo Dumas
Maria Chapdelaine
With a duration of 2h 38min – 3 minutes longer than Dunes ! –, some viewers will no doubt find the contemplative experience a bit long, but Sébastien Pilote offers here a work that will go down in history as the indisputable and definitive version of Louis Hémon’s novel in the cinema. This fourth version, produced by a filmmaker who himself carries this story in his flesh, is thus fully justified.
Marc-Andre Lussier
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Fascinating characters played by an all-star cast. The early 1980s in a city that shines brightly. A mix between documentary and pure entertainment. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty tells the story of one of the most successful basketball teams in history during a frenzied era. This series is much more than a work on sport, it is a page of history.
Pascal LeBlanc
Dune – Part 1
Dunes is a blockbuster copyright in the best sense of the word. A large-scale, epic, ambitious film that bears the aesthetic signature of Denis Villeneuve. The curves of spaceships recalling Arrivalthe aerial shots of helicopters (in the shape of dragonflies) evoking Sicariothe arid scenery inevitably making one think of blade runner 2049even to Fires. We find in Villeneuve’s 10th feature film, in a condensed version and in all its splendor, the know-how and mastery of the Quebec filmmaker. Dunes is cited in 10 categories, including Best Film.
Marc Cassivi
Kaamelott – First part
Coming to us from Gaul, this film landed on Crave last March with a baggage of 6 TV seasons and 458 episodes of medieval fantasy inspired by Arthurian legend. Let us be reassured! We can see this film with an uninitiated look and take great pleasure in it.
Andre Duchesne
Beans
Tracey Deer doesn’t dwell too much on land claims (present in the background, of course) or politics. This also serves his film well. It shows what we had not seen or seen too little so far: the human beings who were on the other side of the barricades while hate speech inflamed public opinion. It was necessary.
Alexandre Vigneault
A criminal case
Céline Bonnier is dangerously close to a Gemini award thanks to her role as a combative and dysfunctional mother in the miniseries A criminal case, Crave’s new high-caliber detective offering. It’s very good television, punctuated with nice touches of humor.
Hugo Dumas