Category: 2021

2021 / awards / movies / the BPs

January 16, 2022

The 2022 BPs Nominations

The BPs nominations are determined by tallying the ranked submissions of Battleship Pretension contributors. In the instance of a fifth-slot tie, both submissions have been included. Best PictureTHE FRENCH DISPATCHTHE GREEN KNIGHTLICORICE PIZZATHE POWER OF THE DOGWEST SIDE STORY Best...

2021 / aaron neuwirth / movies

January 15, 2022

Aaron’s Top Ten of 2021

10. The Power of the Dog As a revisionist western tackling the idea of the very masculine rancher, the way this story unfolds leaves plenty to consider and more rewards when prompted to reconsider. 9. Last Night In Soho Pushing...

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November 22, 2021

AFI Fest 2021: Procession, by David Bax

According to a quick Wikipedia search (so take it with a grain of salt), Missouri comes in at 33rd on a list of states ranked according to the percentage of their population that identifies as Catholic. That’s surprising to me...

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November 19, 2021

AFI Fest 2021: Medusa, by David Bax

Anita Rocha da Silveira’s Medusa opens with a solo interpretative dance performance to Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Cities in Dust” until, a couple minutes in, the camera pulls back to reveal that what we’ve been seeing is actually being watched...

2021 / afi fest / afi fest 2021 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 19, 2021

AFI Fest 2021: Huda’s Salon, by David Bax

Huda’s Salon is eager to let us know right away that it is “based on true events.” Whether or not that’s a bit of Fargo-style theatrics, I don’t know. But this harrowing thriller about espionage, blackmail and brutal political life-trading...

2021 / afi fest / afi fest 2021 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 18, 2021

AFI Fest 2021: Simple as Water, by David Bax

Megan Mylan’s first feature documentary, 2003’s Lost Boys of Sudan, followed Sudanese refugees living in the United States. Now, with Simple as Water, she’s returned to the subject of refugees, this time Syrians who have been scattered across the globe,...

2021 / david bax / episode / julie sesnovich / kyle anderson / movies / podcast / scott nye / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2021

May 18, 2021

Episode 739: TCM Classic Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up

In this episode, David is joined by Julie Sesnovich, Scott Nye and Kyle Anderson to discuss the films of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival.

2021 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2021

May 12, 2021

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part Three, by David Bax

For a long time, I had very little interest in seeing Bullitt, a movie I snobbishly thought of as a Steve McQueen vanity project, something he reverse engineered from the idea for a car chase scene. I softened my stance...

2021 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2021

May 11, 2021

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part Two, by David Bax

1947’s T-Men is one of a flurry of propaganda movies made in the 1940s and 50s with the cooperation of various law enforcement agencies. Like 1949’s Trapped, this one’s about treasury agents tracking counterfeiters. Other examples include 1954’s Down Three...

2021 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2021

May 10, 2021

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part One, by David Bax

For the second year in a row, there was no in-person TCM Classic Film Festival this spring. No drinks with old friends at the Pig ‘n Whistle, no charming anecdotes from well-seasoned celebrities, no nitrate at the Egyptian. And I...

Category: 2021

The 2022 BPs Nominations

Aaron’s Top Ten of 2021

AFI Fest 2021: Procession, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2021: Medusa, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2021: Huda’s Salon, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2021: Simple as Water, by David Bax

Episode 739: TCM Classic Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part Three, by David Bax

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part Two, by David Bax

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