Tagged: comedy

May 13, 2019

Monday Movie: The Graduate, by David Bax

Recently, I was washing my hands in a restaurant bathroom when “The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel started playing over the sound system. The man at the next sink, with a quizzical look, asked me, “What is this...

beta couple / lincoln hayes / movies / podcast / rachel riendeau / What the Hell Are You Watching

May 3, 2019

What the Hell Are You Watching?!: The Beta Couple: Forgetting Sarah Marshall

In this episode, Rachel and Lincoln discuss Forgetting Sarah Marshall from 2008 starring Jason Segel and Kristin Bell.

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 3, 2019

Long Shot: It’s Where the Wind Blows, by David Bax

Romantic comedies and memorable music go hand in hand. So the songs on the soundtrack alone should make you confident that Jonathan Levine’s Long Shot will be a good entry in the genre. In one of the movie’s many sweet...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

May 2, 2019

Criterion Prediction #189: Unknown Pleasures, by Alexander Miller

Title: Unknown Pleasures Year: 2003 Director: Jia Zhangke Cast: Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Zhao Tao, Qing Feng Zhou Synopsis: Xiao Ji (Wu) and Bin Bin (Wei Zhao) are two aimless loners from China’s Shanxi province whose lives are turned...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 2, 2019

UglyDolls: No Alibi, by David Bax

UglyDolls‘ voice cast leans heavily toward people known more for singing than for acting. There’s Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Charli XCX, Bebe Rexha, Lizzo… to name just a couple. Given that this new animated, positive-message...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 1, 2019

Non-Fiction: Boyfriends and Girlfriends, by David Bax

Most of the entrenched cinephiles and filmmakers who continue to insist on celluloid are priggish, elitist pedants. Their purity is an affectation they wear to show off that they know enough to do so and can afford it. One name...

Craig Schroeder / home video hovel / movies / reviews

April 29, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Magic Flute, by Craig Schroeder

The lines between television, film, and performance art as a whole continue to blur with each passing year. With the Academy’s recent decision to uphold its stance and allow Netflix to contend for Oscars, the paradigm in which viewers consume...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 29, 2019

Softness of Bodies: Schadenfreude, by David Bax

This review originally ran as part of our LA Film Fest 2018 coverage. Jordan Blady’s Berlin is a place of halogen lamp glow and cigarette smoke haze. It’s evocative and immersive without being especially flattering to the people captured in...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 24, 2019

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

Title: Bringing Up Baby Year:1938 Director: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Catlett, May Robson Synopsis: A bookish paleontologist, Dr. Huxley (Grant), is working tirelessly to reconstruct the skeleton of a brontosaurus. However, things get sticky two days...