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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

June 10, 2020

The Killing Floor: The Feeble Strength of One, by David Bax

In this singular moment, there’s been a call for the privileged to elevate black voices in the culture. With that in mind, Film Movement Classics’ virtual cinema release of a new restoration of Bill Duke’s The Killing Floor couldn’t be...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

January 1, 2020

Criterion Prediction #223: Passion Fish, by Alexander Miller

Title: Passion Fish Year: 1992 Director: John Sayles Cast: Mary McDonnell, Angela Bassett, Alfre Woodard, Lenore Banks Synopsis: When famous soap actress May-Alice Culhane (McDonnell) is paralyzed from the waist down, she encounters a series of struggles. Her fall from...

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

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...

Tagged: alfre woodard

The Killing Floor: The Feeble Strength of One, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #223: Passion Fish, by Alexander Miller

AFI Fest 2019: Clemency, by David Bax

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