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October 4, 2020

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Episode 707: Movies About Twins

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss movies about twins as well as some now dated observations about this year’s TIFF.
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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

September 30, 2020

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Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax

There’s no overlooking the surname. Director Brandon Cronenberg is indeed the son of David Cronenberg and, in his new film Possessor, he wastes no time drawing from the same well of body horror as his father. In the movie’s first...
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September 17, 2020

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Infidel: Action and Reaction, by Tyler Smith

Conservative Christians have long been described as reactionary. It’s a label that I’ve always had a problem with. Increasingly so, in fact, as extreme knee-jerk responses to even the slightest perceived offense is quickly becoming the only thing that has...
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May 28, 2020

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BP Movie Journal 5/28/20

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: L’IMPORTANT C’EST D’AIMERCARO DIARIOA LEAGUE OF THEIR OWNON THE RECORDDEATH BECOMES HERSEVEN PSYCHOPATHSTOMMASOTHE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEKTHE LOVEBIRDSTALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHTTALES FROM THE HOODTHE VAST...

afi fest / afi fest 2020 / movies / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 28, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: Jumbo, by Scott Nye

You can almost picture Tony Shalhoub in full Barton Fink mode describing this movie to you – “French girl falls in love with a carnival ride. What do you need, a roadmap?” Indeed, for the price of admission (or whatever...

david bax / monday movie / movies

October 26, 2020

Monday Movie: Beverly Hills Cop, by David Bax

Recently, for this sporadic, nebulously defined column, I wrote (not entirely favorably) about Penny Marshall’s Jumpin’ Jack Flash. It got me thinking about a movie from a couple years earlier, one whose success was no doubt a partial inspiration for...

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October 26, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: Collective, by David Bax

We sometimes seem to forget that cinema ought to be just as much a part of documentaries as fiction films, overly praising docs for their righteous messages or agreeable subject matter. That said, there are instances in which a documentarian...

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October 26, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: My Psychedelic Love Story, by David Bax

My Psychedelic Love Story is an Errol Morris movie and you only need to take a quick scan of the subject matter to surmise which kind. The overstuffed montage and quirkily pulsing score (by Paul Leonard-Morgan, Morris’ collaborator for most...

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October 26, 2020

Episode 710: Ennio Morricone with West Anthony

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Battleship Pretension’s resident musicologist West Anthony to discuss the career of Ennio Morricone.

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October 23, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: Wildland, by David Bax

If you’re watching Jeanette Nordahl’s Wildland and you can’t quite put your finger on what’s so familiar about it–and you also haven’t read a single other review of it, as they’ve all pointed out this comparison without fail–it’s because the...

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October 23, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: Jacinta, by David Bax

Jessica Earnshaw’s Jacinta doesn’t come with the Kartemquin imprimatur but it produces great rewards by adhering to the Steve James methodology of years-long dedication. Starting with its namesake subject nearing the end of a ten month prison term and following...

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October 23, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: Notturno, by David Bax

After the Golden Bear win and the nominations at the Oscars, Césars and the David di Donatello awards, Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire at Sea, his fifth feature length film, finally secured him a place on the list of today’s most vital...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 21, 2020

Bad Hair: O, What a Tangled Web, by David Bax

Justin Simien’s Bad Hair–which finds him continuing to grow as a filmmaker six years after his debut, Dear White People–has a grainy, slightly washed out look, ostensibly intended to situate the audience in the movie’s period setting. The fact that...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 21, 2020

Over the Moon: Lunar Tunes, by David Bax

Like many animated features aimed at a young audience, Glen Keane and John Kahrs’ Over the Moon is a musical. Thankfully, though, it’s not one comprised of pop songs (or songs trying to be pop songs). With the occasional exception...

Episode 707: Movies About Twins

Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax

Infidel: Action and Reaction, by Tyler Smith

BP Movie Journal 5/28/20

AFI Fest 2020: Jumbo, by Scott Nye

Monday Movie: Beverly Hills Cop, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: Collective, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: My Psychedelic Love Story, by David Bax

Episode 710: Ennio Morricone with West Anthony

AFI Fest 2020: Wildland, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: Jacinta, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: Notturno, by David Bax

Bad Hair: O, What a Tangled Web, by David Bax

Over the Moon: Lunar Tunes, by David Bax

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