{"id":43720,"date":"2021-12-17T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=43720"},"modified":"2021-12-17T18:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:01:01","slug":"favorite-films-2021-shang-chi-dune-passing","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/favorite-films-2021-shang-chi-dune-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite 2021 Films: \u2018Shang Chi,\u2019 \u2018Dune,\u2019 \u2018Passing\u2019 and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38910\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-38910\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/dune_image-e1635278432866.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zendaya and Timothe\u00e9 Chalamet in Dune\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zendaya and Timothe\u00e9 Chalamet in <i>Dune<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of Warner Bros.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It has been a fantastic year for movies, particularly here toward the end of 2021. We\u2019ve had a massive pile-up of new films from <em>major<\/em> directors: Jane Campion\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/watch-2022-golden-globe-nominated-films-show\/\"><em>The Power of the Dog<\/em><\/a>, Steven Spielberg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/best-dressed-west-side-story-red-carpet\/\"><em>West Side Story<\/em><\/a>, Wes Anderson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/the-french-dispatch-timothee-chalamet-bathtub\/\"><em>The French Dispatch<\/em><\/a>, Ridley Scott\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/tom-ford-house-of-gucci-review\/\"><em>House of Gucci<\/em><\/a>, Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s <em>Licorice Pizza<\/em>. Obviously, we loved all of those cinematic experiences here at GRAZIA. But we\u2019re also taking a look back at the movies that each of our writers and editors loved most this year. These were our faves:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marvel Studios\u2019 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YjFbMbfXaQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Danica Lo, Strategic Editorial Advisor<\/h5>\n<p>I\u2019m Asian-American and I love Marvel movies, so (of course) I was super-excited to see a predominantly Asian-American cast and an Asian-American superhero take a star turn in the MCU. But beyond representation, I loved <em>Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/em> because it was so well-done, featured so many riveting fight scenes, and referenced some important stories and legends I\u2019d only heard about when I was growing up. Oh, and the animals! Hands down, <em>Shang Chi<\/em> had some of the best animals of any movie released in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dune Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9xhJrPXop4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Hannah Militano, Contributing Writer<\/h5>\n<p>Having been familiar with Frank Herbert\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/dune-trailer-zendaya\/\"><em>Dune<\/em><\/a> universe since my dad made me watch the 1984 David Lynch adaptation as a kid, I was excited to see a more technologically advanced take on the story. That\u2019s not to say that a huge driving factor for my excitement wasn\u2019t the fact that it starred a triad of my celebrity crushes, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/timothee-chalamet-responds-armie-hammer\/\">Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>, Jason Momoa and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac-tiktok\/\">Oscar Isaac<\/a>. That most definitely played a huge role. But to see director Denis Villeneuve stay true to the original story while making it all feel so new definitely felt like a feat to me. Now, I\u2019ll just have to wait for the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/dune-2-zendaya-villeneuve-timothee-chalamet\/\">Part Two<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Green Knight | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sS6ksY8xWCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>John Russell, Contributing Editor<\/h5>\n<p><em>The Green Knight<\/em> wasn\u2019t the first film I saw in a theater this year, in that brief, beautiful, post-vax, pre-delta moment last summer, but it was one of the first. But it wasn\u2019t just the momentary return to the immersive experience of seeing a film on the big screen that made this one stick with me. I mean, sure, it was part of it. But I have a feeling that even at home, David Lowery\u2019s strange and beautiful rendering of the legend of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) and his other worldly bargain with a mysterious knight would have had me riveted. I just can\u2019t overstate how gorgeous and transporting this film is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Passing | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/trwq3CNCMkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Ty Gaskins, Style Editor<\/h5>\n<p>I think <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/passing-review-tessa-thompson-ruth-negga\/\"><em>Passing<\/em><\/a> (streaming on Netflix) was a brilliant film. Inspired by Nella Larsen\u2019s novel, the black-and-white drama set in the 1920s follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends. One is a light-skinned Black woman living in Harlem (<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/tessa-thompson-and-chanel-are-a-match-made-in-heaven\/\">Tessa Thompson<\/a>), and the other is a light-skinned Black woman who has decided to live her life passing as a white woman (Ruth Negga). The two begin to become obsessed with one another, and jealousy ultimately deconstructs their seemingly perfect lives.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The United States vs. Billie Holiday - Trailer (Official) \u2022 A Hulu Original\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/USi-ppCfxEA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Josh Sokol, Multimedia Producer<\/h5>\n<p>At this point, we can all agree that biopics are arguably over-saturated and often times hit-or-miss. But <em>The United States vs. Billie Holiday<\/em> (streaming on Hulu) was truly something special, covering loaded, yet historically accurate, sociopolitical topics. With a <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/golden-globes-hfpa\/\">Golden Globe<\/a>&#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/2021-bet-awards-best-dressed\/\">BET Award<\/a>-winning performance from <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/andra-day-starved-billie-holiday\/\">Andra Day<\/a> as Billie Holiday, this film was one that stuck with me throughout the entirety of 2021. And we mustn\u2019t forget the costuming, music production and set design that really brought this movie together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":38910,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,3324,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Our Favorite 2021 Films: \u2018Shang Chi,\u2019 \u2018Dune,\u2019 \u2018Passing\u2019 and more<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It has been a fantastic year for movies. Grazia&#039;s writers and editors are taking a look back at the movies that we loved most this year. 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