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The Power of the Dog is a 2021 drama western film, directed by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst.
- 79 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Dec 1, 2021 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 90 · most liked firstFour 📽 Faves: Jane Campion Birthday Edition: 4/30/54 Started in New Zealand, now 2-time Oscar winner. 89 Sweetie 90 An Angel at My Table 93 The Piano 21 The Power of the Dog And: Bright Star & Top of the Lake 📺. Barbara Hershey should have won supporting Oscar for Portrait of a Lady. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Jane Campion (with scenes from her film "The Power of the Dog" featuring fellow birthday celebrant Kirsten Dunst) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Sinners is not Parasite or Barbie. Hamnet is not The King’s Speech. One Battle After Another is not The Power of the Dog. Delroy Lindo is not Marcia Gay Harden. Each movie and performance is unique and only exists in their own film and awards year. Hope this helps.
neutral · AI labelView post →4 years ago today, 'The Power of the Dog' had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Benedict's performance as Phil Burbank was elected by critics as the best performance of the year and earned him a NYFCC award and his 2nd Oscar Nomination! 🪢🐎
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact: it has equalled the most nominations lost by a film! But unlike The Color Purple, Becket, The Power of the Dog etc it deserved to lose more! 😬
neutral · AI labelView post →Four 📽 Faves: Jane Campion Birthday Edition: 4/30/54 89 Sweetie 90 An Angel at My Table 93 The Piano 21 The Power of the Dog Also appreciate Bright Star & Top of the Lake 📺. Barbara Hershey should have won supporting Oscar for Potrait of a Lady. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →I've got one more chapter to go before I finish reading The Power of the Dog but it's just making me want to revisit the movie again. And I think I shall tomorrow.
positive · AI labelView post →THIS MOVIE IS SO DAMN GOOD. For a good chunk of time, Titane was my favorite film from 2021. But if there's anything that COULD topple it, it's The Power of the Dog. Then again, I need to give that some thinking. Any which way, Titane is up there because Titane is freaking *amazing.*
positive · AI labelView post →3 years ago today, "The Power of the Dog" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. The movie premiered to rave reviews and earned many accolades to Benedict Cumberbatch, including "Best Performance of the Year", elected by critics worldwide, and his second Oscar Nomination
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to award-winning actress Kirsten Dunst, born April 30, 1982, in Point Pleasant, NJ! Fave film/TV roles incl. The Virgin Suicides (1999), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Power of the Dog (2021), and TV's "Fargo" (2015) and "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →Five essential films of the 2020s: Saltburn The Power of the Dog Triangle of Sadness All of us Strangers Red Rocket #FilmSky 🎬📽️ 2020s Top 100 boxd.it/v1r5Y
neutral · AI labelView post →Jonny Greenwood (with scenes from "Norwegian Wood", "We Need to Talk About Kevin", "Inherent Vice" and "The Power of the Dog" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Putting the + in #ACenturyPlus! Favorite + Best film for 2020-25: 2020: Blow the Man Down + First Cow 2021: Petite Maman + The Power of the Dog 2022: Kimi + Babylon 2023: La Chimera + Past Lives 2024: Rebel Ridge + The Substance 2025: The Ballad of Wallis Island + Sinners What are yours? #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Power of the Dog (2021) Wow. The only criticism I have is that it took me the first 30 minutes of the movie to acclimate to Benedict Cumberbatch in the role, but he got there. Genuinely brilliant, so much imagery and symbolism to capture the eye and such a slow burn. Masterwork of an ending.
positive · AI labelView post →Choose one film from each of your 30 favorite directors. Name of the film and director, along with a still. 5/30 Film: The Power of the Dog| Director: Jane Campion #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #JaneCampion
neutral · AI labelView post →Decided to watch two movies tonight: The Power of the Dog, easy A+ film that makes the western genre darker and gayer at the same time and has some amazing acting and direction. No notes. Gorgeous. And then The Gorge, which is a movie that exists as a thing that was made.
positive · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson One film: The Power of the Dog: from Jane Campion One Album: Talking Book by Stevie Wonder One show: The Good Place
neutral · AI labelView post →#FilmSky #Movies🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just gifs Day 15: The Power of the Dog
neutral · AI labelView post →The Power of the Dog. In the last minute of the film, you realize you've been watching a different movie that you thought you were. It only won a Best Directing Oscar for Jane Campion despite 12 nominations. "For what kind of man would I be if I did not help my mother? If I did not save her?"
positive · AI labelView post →'One Battle After Another' is up for 13 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, for which it won Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. Jonny Greenwood was previously nominated for his scores to Anderson's 2017 film 'Phantom Thread' and Jane Campion's 2021 film 'The Power of the Dog.'
neutral · AI labelView post →Writer Eoin Daly @eoindaily.bsky.social is back on the podcast, and they’ve joined Morgan to discuss Jane Campion’s 2021 film, “The Power of the Dog.” Episode available now wherever you listen to podcasts! www.buzzsprout.com/1638073/epis...
neutral · AI labelView post →36. Ben was filming The Power of the Dog when the lockdowns started. 37. TPOTD is directed by Jane Campion and Benedict is the first male lead in one of her movies. 38. Ben spent the quarantine in New Zealand where the movie was being shot. 39. All his family was with him.
neutral · AI labelView post →Was thinking about my favorite movie from each year of the past decade. I sense some... trends. 2015: Mad Max Fury Road '16: The Nice Guys '17: Blade Runner 2049 '18: Mission: Impossible Fallout '19: Parasite '20: TENET '21: The Power of the Dog '22: NOPE '23: Oppenheimer '24: I Saw The TV Glow
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s unusual for me when watching #movies 🎬🎥 to want to know what type of camera lens is being used in the film. But here we are! Watching The Power of The Dog, the visuals are just stunning, both in wide shot and close up. Both Arri/Fujinon Alura Lense plus Panavision Ultra Panatar Lenses.
positive · AI labelView post →The Power Of The Dog: This movie—despite having "Dog" in the title—had more horses in it than dogs.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched the Power of the Dog because on the Flop House podcast they said it was insane that CODA won in the year which had that. Turns out, it is a really good movie. 4/4 would recommend. I still have no interest in watching CODA, but Drive My Car and Nightmare Alley are also good.
positive · AI labelView post →Completing the year with another appearance on the Female Gaze podcast to discuss Jane Campion's brilliant The Power of the Dog was brilliant. A film I can never grow tired of discovering more in depth details and appreciating it. bsky.app/profile/fema... open.spotify.com/episode/3u8u...
positive · AI labelView post →Depends on the movie. After seeing something like The Power of the Dog, I'm like WTF did I just see? I read up on it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Byzantium Near Dark And I feel like The Power of the Dog is a vampire movie without any actual vampires.
neutral · AI labelView post →No Home Movie (Akerman, 2015) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniels, 2022) The Power of the Dog (Campion, 2021) Looper (Johnson, 2012) 24 Hour Party People (Winterbottom, 2002) There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007) All of Us Strangers (Haigh, 2023)
neutral · AI labelView post →June 22: freebie/any movie character #EdwardsMovieCharacterChallenge2025 #FilmSky #MovieSky 👨🎞️ Phil Burbank from The Power of the Dog (2021)
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Vera last night & now reading The Power of the Dog (loved the Netflix film)
positive · AI labelView post →@brettculbert.bsky.social It’s a tie between “The Power of the Dog,” and “Don’t Look Up.” Even though it’s way older, I still consider “V For Vendetta” to be the most meaningful film of recent times.💙🇺🇸🌈🌎
neutral · AI labelView post →#TheBeautyofCinema One film | One shot | One frame The Power of the Dog (2021) Director: Jane Campion Director of Photography: Ari Wegner
neutral · AI labelView post →#274 - The Power of The Dog (2021) (Rewatch) ★★★★★ Review: boxd.it/g6YcEp
positive · AI labelView post →also i was right that i dont need to go watch the movie i simply needed to sit and read The Power Of The Dog oh my god
positive · AI labelView post →I was rooting so hard for him or Cumberbatch that year. I still love The Power of the Dog and think it should've won way more than it did. Fucking ABC Family Original Movie ass winner that year. 🙄
positive · AI labelView post →GREAT MOVIE "THE POWER OF THE DOG' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pow... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyp...
neutral · AI labelView post →To those outraged about Emilia Perez getting 13 Oscar nominations. Don't lose hope! The Power of the Dog got 12 nominations,a much more prestigious film, and only got 1, best director, to Jane Campion. And it was Jane Campion, a legend director. So hey! don't give up!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Power of the Dog. It's a perfect movie if you can be detached from the plot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are muppets. The Power of the Dog. Phil Burbank ranting and raving at muppets... I honestly feel it would work.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Power of the Dog (2021), with Kirsten Dunst, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee. I recently read the excellent novel, and wanted to see the film version, written and directed by Jane Campion, who won the Oscar for direction.
neutral · AI labelView post →Read this, which has no association with that awful movie we never saw all the way through, The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kipling. Just keep in mind that we are emotionally powerful enough to give our hearts to animals that we will outlive. americanliterature.com/author/rudya...
neutral · AI labelView post →270. The Power of the Dog (2021), directed by Jane Campion, first time viewing the kid in this movie is like watching a weeb who time traveled back to the old west and uses their weirdo knowledge for good and evil
neutral · AI labelView post →Recently rewatched Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and was awestruck by how the film translates the textures of surfaces and objects to screen. One of those rare cases where a director uses closeups not for dramatic intensity but to make a film’s world more tangible and alive.
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.50pm, The Lost City on Film4. At 8pm, Tales Of The Grim Sleeper on Sky Docs. At 9pm, Die Hard on Film4 or Red Heat on ITV4. At 10pm, Blades Of Glory on TLC. At 11.40om, Darkman on Film4. At 11.55pm, A Simple Favour on BBC1. At 12.05am, The Power of the Dog on BBC2 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Jane Campion's 2021 film 'The Power of the Dog' serves as a compelling example of the modern revisionist Western. Her precise direction creates a masterclass in tension, cementing it as a notable character study in recent cinema. #CinemaHistory
neutral · AI labelView post →did you ever watch the movie THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021)?
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie was so ridiculous and so much fun in 1999😄 It's a good script but it works mostly because Kirsten Dunst (Oscar nominated for The Power of The Dog (2022)) and Michelle Williams (FIVE Oscar nominations!) are such talented actresses.😊#FilmSky Dick (1999) www.youtube.com/watch?v=33AL...
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel your pain! Film that lasted longest in my life was The Power of The Dog….. last 10 minutes was good, but took a week to get there…
negative · AI labelView post →Happy Sunday! Snow earlier & will come back later thru midnight. Just watched The Power of the Dog on Netflix. What an ending! Saw The Rip yesterday which i also enjoyed🎬 About to have salad for lunch & then back to my movie watchlist. Hope everyone's having a relaxing Sunday!
positive · AI labelView post →📽️ Movies We Like is back from hiatus, and this month's ep is live! 🎥 Andrew McAlpine, production designer on films like The Piano, Clockers, Home for the Holidays, and Sid & Nancy, joins us to discuss Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, a movie he likes! #filmsky trustory.fm/movieswelike...
neutral · AI labelView post →(and no, I didn't like that the edition I was reading of The Power of the Dog had the movie tie-in cover, but what can you do)
neutral · AI labelView post →Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Jane Campion's powerful western The Power of the Dog (2021 127 mins.) starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. [BBC2 23.00 & iPlayer for 30 days] www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose one film from each of your 30 favourite directors. Name of the film and director, along with a still. 19/30 Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” (2021)
neutral · AI labelView post →Walter van Tilburg Clark - The Ox-Bow Incident 1940 My impressions of Nazi demagoguery in film proved right. Throwaway comment by son of consciously not acting on gay inclination - cf. repression and toxic masculinity in Thomas Savage's The Power of the Dog (1967) / Campion film.
neutral · AI labelView post →A movie can get a lot of nominations by being widely admired, like The Power of the Dog and most Scorsese films (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Irishman, Gangs of New York) But getting actual wins usually requires more love than admiration. (2/7)
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the Power of the Dog and I am not sure I have ever been less invested in a movie
negative · AI labelView post →Is The Power of the Dog a way more engaging and less obnoxious There Will Be Blood? Remember when I saw that movie* and was praying for the ceiling to collapse on me 33 seconds in?
positive · AI labelView post →The Power of the Dog being filmed in NZ and not Montana ruined that movie for me
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