Category: afi fest 2018

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November 13, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Everybody Knows, by David Bax

To a lot of people, the term “melodrama” carries a bad stench. That’s too bad because not only are so many examples of melodrama legitimate classics, it’s an adaptable format that can still surprise and hit us hard. For example,...

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November 13, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Dogman, by David Bax

Dogman starts out bearing some resemblance to a previous film from director Matteo Garrone, 2012’s Reality. That film’s lead was a fishmonger, well liked in his neighborhood; this time around, it’s a dog groomer named Marcello (Marcello Fonte), equally appreciated by the...

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November 13, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: The Weekend, by David Bax

Stella Meghie’s The Weekend stumbles clumsily out of the gate. To some extent, this might be a matter of personal taste as I can count on one hand the number of times a character doing stand-up comedy in a movie...

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November 13, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Lemonade, by Scott Nye

The Romanian New Wave is arguably the last really important cinematic movement, and so far, its chief members have avoided the common call to come make something in America. That leap has now been made by a first-time filmmaker, and...

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November 12, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Hotel by the River, by Scott Nye

It’s nothing but love among Hong Sang-soo fans, but I have noticed at least two factions of sorts crop up in the seven years I’ve been keeping up with his work. The first prizes most his rigidly-structured, more grounded features...

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November 11, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Never Look Away, by David Bax

In a promising opening scene before the agonizingly long decline that is the rest of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away, a child and his aunt in 1930s Nazi Germany attend an exhibit of modern art. But the tour guide,...

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November 10, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Her Smell, by David Bax

It wouldn’t come as a surprise if Her Smell, Alex Ross Perry’s movie about the fall and rise of a fictional grunge/punk rock star, eventually comes to be embraced by horror fans. It’s not that it’s scary or supernatural or...

2018 / afi fest / afi fest 2018 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 10, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Sunset, by David Bax

If, at any point in the years since 2015’s Son of Saul, you’ve found yourself thinking, “I wonder if László Nemes still likes close-ups,” then I can confirm, having seen his newest film, Sunset, that he does. He also maintains an affinity...

2018 / afi fest / afi fest 2018 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 9, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Green Book, by David Bax

With the current rise of white supremacy in America and the repulsive violence it brings with it, this is either an opportune time or a very inappropriate one to tell the true, heartwarming story of a white man and a...

Category: afi fest 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Everybody Knows, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: Dogman, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: The Weekend, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: Lemonade, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2018: Hotel by the River, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2018: Never Look Away, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: Her Smell, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: Sunset, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: Green Book, by David Bax

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