Category: movies

Craig Schroeder / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 21, 2019

Ramen Shop: For the Hungry Boy, by Craig Schroeder

Just as movies are empathy machines, as Roger Ebert famously quipped, food also allows people to relate to experiences wildly different from their own. Some of cinema’s greatest moments are those that exploit the inextricable link between food and the...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

March 20, 2019

Criterion Prediction #183: The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Title: The Wind that Shakes the Barley Year: 2006 Director: Ken Loach Cast: Cillian Murphy, Orla Fitzgerald, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney Synopsis: After enduring far too many atrocities from English occupation, young doctor Damien O’Donovan (Murphy) joins the...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 20, 2019

Sunset: Millinery Surplus, 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...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 20, 2019

Hotel Mumbai: Bloody and United, by David Bax

At the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, the staff are encouraged to adopt a “hospitality plus” attitude. The result is a warm atmosphere for the wealthy guests and an exacting one for the employees. One such worker, Arjun (Dev...

lincoln hayes / movies / podcast / What the Hell Are You Watching

March 19, 2019

What the Hell Are You Watching?!: Fighting with My Family with Brian Crawford Scott

In this episode, Brian Crawford Scott returns and joins Lincoln to discuss Fighting With My Family, written and directed by Stephen Merchant, produced by Dwayne Johnson, and based on a true story.

david bax / movies / new to home video

March 19, 2019

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movie meltdown / movies / podcast

March 18, 2019

Movie Meltdown: Captain Marvel

The “Super Series” is back as we come out of our post-snap hiatus to discuss Captain Marvel. And as we begin to wonder if ever we were somehow involved in “the Budapest thing,” we also mention… Grendel’s insatiable, X-Men: Dark Phoenix,...

david bax / monday movie / movies

March 18, 2019

Monday Movie: Kes, by David Bax

Angry art wielded in service of a specific sociopolitical agenda is rarely subtle (even when it’s good; see Sorry to Bother You or listen to Billy Bragg for proof). The same generally goes for movies about child/animal attachments (those can...

david bax / episode / featured / mike schmidt / movies / podcast / tyler smith

March 18, 2019

Episode 626: Maximum Sweat: Fighting with Mike Schmidt

In this episode, inspired by Fighting with My Family, Tyler and David are joined by Mike Schmidt to discuss wrestling documentaries and other wrestling-related movie topics.

alexander miller / home video hovel / movies / reviews

March 18, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Vengeance of She, by Alexander Miller

Oh, Hammer. One of the best, most relentlessly entertaining studios to have emerged in the conversation of world cinema. They dabbled in all genres; comedies, adventures, noir, thrillers, chillers, gothic sci-fi and, while their handsome, emblematic Victorian horror features in...

Category: movies

Ramen Shop: For the Hungry Boy, by Craig Schroeder

Criterion Prediction #183: The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Sunset: Millinery Surplus, by David Bax

Hotel Mumbai: Bloody and United, by David Bax

What the Hell Are You Watching?!: Fighting with My Family with Brian Crawford Scott

New to Home Video 3/19/19

Movie Meltdown: Captain Marvel

Monday Movie: Kes, by David Bax

Episode 626: Maximum Sweat: Fighting with Mike Schmidt

Home Video Hovel: The Vengeance of She, by Alexander Miller

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