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July 22, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Leopard Man, by West Anthony

If you’ve been listening to Adam Roche’s podcast The Secret History Of Hollywood, you know that he has been laboring for over two years now on an exhaustive multi-part series on producer Val Lewton; the episodes are few and far...

alexander miller / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 18, 2019

Into the Ashes: Southern Comfort, by Alexander Miller

It seems like there is a minor resurgence in contemporary westerns/southern gothic thrillers with movies like Mud, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Blue Ruin, The Hollow Point and Sweet Virginia. Maybe the first season of True Detective is also playing a...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

July 18, 2019

A Faithful Man: You Play the Loving Woman, by Scott Nye

Louis Garrel’s new feature – his second as director – will doubtlessly raise comparisons to the work his father Philippe has been churning out for at least the past decade. Like Lover for a Day, In the Shadow of Women,...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 18, 2019

David Crosby: Remember My Name: Everybody’s Been Burned, by David Bax

From his large but unflashy house in the Santa Ynez Valley, surrounded by lush rows of grapevines and rolling hills, famed singer/songwriter David Crosby, with his trademark whispers now white strands framing a smile, would appear to be living the...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

July 17, 2019

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians: Romania First, by Scott Nye

This review originally ran as a part of our AFI Fest 2018 coverage. “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” begins as documentary, proceeds as political comedy, climaxes as a live event, and concludes as...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

July 15, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Man Who Laughs, by David Bax

Before even ten minutes have passed in Paul Leni’s towering landmark 1928 film The Man Who Laughs, we’ve seen a man mockingly informed that his son’s face has been intentionally disfigured; then, while still in the throes of torment, that...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 11, 2019

The Farewell: An Old Friend, by David Bax

In the opening scene of Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Billi (Awkwafina) walks down a New York City street while chatting boisterously on the phone in Mandarin with her grandmother, Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen). Momentarily, she stops to exchange a few...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 10, 2019

The Art of Self-Defense: Slight Club, by David Bax

It’s not entirely clear why director Riley Stearns chose to set his new movie, The Art of Self-Defense, during some unspecified stretch of the 1990s. Maybe, by having the film’s events take place before the release of Fight Club, he...

movies / reviews / sarah brinks / Theatrical Review

July 5, 2019

Phil: Routine Check-Up, by Sarah Brinks

Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth living.” This is the central theme of Greg Kinnear’s directorial debut, Phil. The film doesn’t break any new ground but it is sweet and asks some interesting questions about how we live...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 3, 2019

Paris Is Burning: Don’t You Know Your Queen?, by David Bax

With a new restoration on behalf of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Sundance and Outfest, supervised by director Jennie Livingston herself, 1990’s Paris Is Burning returns to theaters just a week behind a similarly crucial restoration of Frank Simon’s...

Category: reviews

Home Video Hovel: The Leopard Man, by West Anthony

Into the Ashes: Southern Comfort, by Alexander Miller

A Faithful Man: You Play the Loving Woman, by Scott Nye

David Crosby: Remember My Name: Everybody’s Been Burned, by David Bax

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians: Romania First, by Scott Nye

Home Video Hovel: The Man Who Laughs, by David Bax

The Farewell: An Old Friend, by David Bax

The Art of Self-Defense: Slight Club, by David Bax

Phil: Routine Check-Up, by Sarah Brinks

Paris Is Burning: Don’t You Know Your Queen?, by David Bax

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