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‘Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry’ opens a door and delivers some insider clarity

Jeff Mitchell

“I had a dream.  I got everything I wanted.”  – Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted” (2019) Princess of the Pop-Star Universe Billie Eilish has 50 million monthly Spotify listeners and 38 million YouTube subscribers.  Her song “Bad Guy” has over a billion YouTube views, she’s played live in over 20 countries, and on January 26, 2020 – at the age of 18 – Ms. Eilish won five Grammy awards. Five Grammys!  And what did you accomplish at 18?  Yea, same here. She also stars in a movie: a documentary helmed…

AHFW’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #1 ‘Soul’

Jeff Mitchell

1.“Soul” –  Joe (Jamie Foxx), a piano player, misses his shot to perform on a big stage, and he – without warning – finds himself in the afterlife.  This passionate jazz musician now exists in The Great Beyond and The Great Before, and he mentors a soul-in-training (Tina Fey) while hoping to return to his first love: music…on Earth!  Directors Pete Docter and Kemp Powers strike hilarious and affecting notes, as their animated film magically offers tangible life lessons that our parents, teachers, and friends have told us a thousand…

AHFW’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #2 ‘Gunda’

Jeff Mitchell

2. “Gunda” –  Have you ever lived on a farm?  Have you ever spent a few hours on one?  Well, director Viktor Kosakovskiy – inspired by his childhood pet piglet – places his camera on a small Norwegian homestead and follows the stories of a mama pig named Gunda, her piglets, nearby cows, and a one-legged chicken in a 93-minute documentary sans dialogue.  Shot in dreamy black and white, Kosakovskiy frames his friendly subjects at exceptionally close range and watches them stroll through their days.  While some carefree moments trigger…