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2019 / afi fest / afi fest 2019 / david bax / episode / movies / podcast / scott nye / tyler smith

November 24, 2019

Episode 662: AFI Fest 2019 Wrap-Up

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Battleship Pretension editor-at-large Scott Nye to discuss the films of this year’s AFI Fest.

2019 / afi fest / afi fest 2019 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 24, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Hala, by David Bax

Hala (Geraldine Viswanathan) loves poetry. She reads it, writes it and recites it to her classmates and her whole world changes when she discovers that her crush, a fellow skateboarder named Jesse (Jack Kilmer), shares her passion. But Hala, the...

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November 23, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Balloon, by David Bax

In the first of a few trips into town the farming family in Pema Tseden’s Balloon makes–exciting events, even if usually necessitated by something unpleasant–we see propagandistic signage encouraging people to plan their families wisely. We will come to realize...

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November 21, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: A Hidden Life, by Scott Nye

Terrence Malick, among many other notable things about his career, has to be one of the few artists who’s become more radical, introspective, and confrontational the more he’s embraced Christianity. While his films, starting at least with 1978’s Days of...

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November 20, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Deerskin, by David Bax

Quentin Dupieux has established a reputation for creating his own reality–or his own Reality (2014). In many ways, that holds true for his newest, Deerskin. But the movie’s biggest surprise (and the reason for its success) is how disturbingly relatable...

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November 20, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: The Friend, by David Bax

We can argue about to what extent a film critic is supposed to be a consumer advocate but I will at least use this very simple platform to warn you that, if you’re planning to see Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s The Friend,...

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November 17, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Clemency, by David Bax

Chinonye Chukwu brings no poetry to the long opening sequence of Clemency. Far from a complaint, though, that observation is a recommendation and also a warning. If you’re expecting a run of the mill issue advocacy movie from Chukwu’s death...

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November 17, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Citizen K, by David Bax

Nearing the end of the decade, there’s been a lot of looking back at trends and changes. One of the less remarked upon developments of the 2010s is the advent of affordable drone cameras that gave modest filmmakers the sudden...

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December 3, 2018

Episode 611: AFI Fest 2018 Wrap-Up

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Scott Nye to discuss the films they saw at this year’s AFI Fest, including 3 Faces, All Good, Ash Is Purest White, Bird Box, Cold War, Dead Horse Nebula, Dead Pigs,...

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November 28, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: 3 Faces, by Scott Nye

Late in Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces, the fourth film he’s made in Iran while banned from filmmaking, Panahi (playing himself) encounters three men on the edge of a small village he’s been visiting. They dispense some tips for sleeping rough...

Category: afi fest

Episode 662: AFI Fest 2019 Wrap-Up

AFI Fest 2019: Hala, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: Balloon, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: A Hidden Life, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2019: Deerskin, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: The Friend, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: Clemency, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: Citizen K, by David Bax

Episode 611: AFI Fest 2018 Wrap-Up

AFI Fest 2018: 3 Faces, by Scott Nye

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