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November 1, 2020

Episode 711: AFI Fest 2020 Wrap-Up

In this episode, David and Scott discuss the films of this year’s AFI Fest as well as the return of the unending Twitter movie bracket.

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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...

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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 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...

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October 21, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: Hopper/Welles, by Scott Nye

Hopper/Welles is the perfect film, the one the modern era has been crying out for, and if such a thing is possible at all, it is one of the year’s few truly necessary films. It is not necessary because it...

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October 19, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: The Intruder, by Scott Nye

The “House of Psychotic Women” movie, a genre Kier-La Janisse defined in her seminal autobiographical study of female-fronted psychological thrillers, has of late de-emphasized the direct way in which men traumatize women, recognizing that the more things change, the more...

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October 18, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: New Order, by Scott Nye

Michel Franco, despite his considerable gifts at staging and mounting tension, has not proven thus far to be the most intellectually thorough filmmaker, and though I largely like the work of his I’ve seen, I recognize the degree to which...

Category: afi fest

Episode 711: AFI Fest 2020 Wrap-Up

AFI Fest 2020: Jumbo, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2020: Collective, by David Bax

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

AFI Fest 2020: Wildland, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: Jacinta, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: Notturno, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2020: Hopper/Welles, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2020: The Intruder, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2020: New Order, by Scott Nye

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