Category: 2017

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November 14, 2017

AFI Fest 2017: Spoor, by David Bax

“Don’t treat animals like people. It’s a sin.” So instructs a local priest to Janina Duszejko (Agnieszka Mandat-Grabka), a woman who is mourning the sudden disappearance of her two dogs, in Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik’s Spoor. For more than...

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November 13, 2017

AFI Fest 2017: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond: Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, by David Bax

“I decided for the next few days to talk telepathically to people.” Jim Carrey, professional comedian, says this early in Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, the new documentary...

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November 10, 2017

AFI Fest 2017: Call Me by Your Name, by David Bax

The characters in Luca Guadagnino’s quietly staggering Call Me by Your Name are members of an incredibly wealthy family. These “Jews of discretion” whose family tree covers most of Western society and who spend summers and holidays at their country...

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November 9, 2017

AFI Fest 2017: Mudbound, by David Bax

Mudbound is not just a clever name for Dee Rees’ extraordinary new film. Rain and the thick, brown, sticky slop that ensues are a constant presence. In the opening scene, which we’ll soon learn is a flash-forward, two brothers (Jason Clarke...

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November 6, 2017

MondoCon Austin 2017, by Chase Beck

The convention starts today and there will probably be a few surprise additions just like Mondo surprised those lining up last evening with a free outdoor screening of Batman Returns. However, I thought I would share just a few of...

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October 12, 2017

MondoCon 2017: More Than Posters, by Chase Beck

MondoCon Austin happens next month in Austin, TX (Nov. 4th and 5th). Tickets for the convention are currently still available. From my previous posts at Battleship Pretension, you might think you know all about MondoCon, a yearly mostly-film poster convention...

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October 12, 2017

New York Comic Con 2017: Dean Devlin Unveils New Crime Thriller, by Andrew Benjamin

At this year’s New York Comic Con, one of the first panels to be presented was a reveal of director/producer Dean Devlin’s new movie, Bad Samaritan. The longtime producer, whose credits include Independence Day, Godzilla, and Stargate, is making his...

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October 12, 2017

MondoCon 2017: The Artists and Their Posters, by Chase Beck

In my experience, simply waiting a few weeks, or months, can cool off much of the excitement around a poster release. Some posters are released in multiple editions with multiple versions and variants all leading to unique circumstances affecting their...

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August 13, 2017

Next Fest 2017: L.A. Times, by David Bax

Michelle Morgan’s L.A. Times is an attempt to update the ‘hyper-verbose, aimless young people’ blueprint of 90s fare like Reality Bites to the current day. From the opening scene, in which jaded but overly confident lifestylers at a bourgeois cocktail bar casually assert...

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August 13, 2017

Next Fest 2017: Golden Exits, by David Bax

In the first full scene of Alex Ross Perry’s Golden Exits, a palpable tension hangs over the seemingly innocuous preparation for a small dinner party. An archivist named Nick (Adam Horovitz) is about to introduce to his wife Aly (Chloe Sevigny) and...

Category: 2017

AFI Fest 2017: Spoor, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2017: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond: Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2017: Call Me by Your Name, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2017: Mudbound, by David Bax

MondoCon Austin 2017, by Chase Beck

MondoCon 2017: More Than Posters, by Chase Beck

New York Comic Con 2017: Dean Devlin Unveils New Crime Thriller, by Andrew Benjamin

MondoCon 2017: The Artists and Their Posters, by Chase Beck

Next Fest 2017: L.A. Times, by David Bax

Next Fest 2017: Golden Exits, by David Bax

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