Tagged: comedy

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

August 9, 2023

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Reinhardt and Dieterle’s 1935 film is the true embodiment of the term “movie magic.” Shakespeare’s prose...

Craig Schroeder / monday movie / movies

July 3, 2023

Monday Movie: Car Wash, by Craig Schroeder

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Car Wash originally ran as a home video review. 1976’s Car Wash is a cinematic outlier, noteworthy for spawning a ubiquitous disco hit and hosting early film appearances...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

May 17, 2023

Movie Meltdown: Rocket’s Journey

Movie Meltdown – Rocket’s Journey The Super Series returns with our discussion of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3… along with many other tangents. And while we realize, we ourselves are crackling with cosmic energy, we also cover… Mrs....

aaron pinkston / monday movie / movies

May 1, 2023

Monday Movie: Being There, by Aaron Pinkston

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Being There originally ran as part of our Ebertfest 2017 coverage. Finally, my last screening of the festival was another film that looks a little bit...

movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith

April 27, 2023

Peter Pan & Wendy: Never Lands, by Tyler Smith

To watch David Lowery’s Peter Pan & Wendy, is to engage in a frustrating – but fascinating – conflict. Produced by Disnay, the film attempts to capture the whimsical spirit of the 1953 animated feature, while trying to inject modern...

home video hovel / movies / reviews / rudie obias

April 24, 2023

Home Video Hovel: Triangle of Sadness, by Rudie Obias

Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness was a smash hit with film critics and general audiences alike, in 2022. In fact, the film was nominated for Best Picture, while Östlund was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay during the...

Craig Schroeder / monday movie / movies

April 17, 2023

Monday Movie: Little Annie Rooney, by Craig Schroeder

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Little Annie Rooney originally ran as a home video review. Little Annie Rooney stars Mary Pickford as the titular scamp and leader of a gang of young...

2023 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2023 / Theatrical Review

February 15, 2023

Sundance 2023: You Hurt My Feelings, by David Bax

There are many things that make every Nicole Holofcener film a welcome, reliable refreshment but maybe the most important is that she’s one of the very few directors currently working who are expressly an unapologetically interested in making comedies. Sure,...

2023 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2023 / Theatrical Review

February 8, 2023

Sundance 2023: Bad Behaviour, by David Bax

Alice Englert‘s Bad Behaviour is officially, as the title’s spelling suggests, a product of New Zealand. But most of the movie, as evidenced by the presence of Blue Lives Matter stickers and other present-day yank ephemera, takes place in the...

movies / reviews / rudie obias / Theatrical Review

February 8, 2023

Attachment: Doublets, by Rudie Obias

Religion as horror is nothing new in cinema. There are several successful movies in the sub-genre, such as Rosemary’s Baby, The Conjuring, Midsommar, and others come to mind. Most of these movies are rooted in Christianity, while Jewish horror movies...

Tagged: comedy

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Alexander Miller

Monday Movie: Car Wash, by Craig Schroeder

Movie Meltdown: Rocket’s Journey

Monday Movie: Being There, by Aaron Pinkston

Peter Pan & Wendy: Never Lands, by Tyler Smith

Home Video Hovel: Triangle of Sadness, by Rudie Obias

Monday Movie: Little Annie Rooney, by Craig Schroeder

Sundance 2023: You Hurt My Feelings, by David Bax

Sundance 2023: Bad Behaviour, by David Bax

Attachment: Doublets, by Rudie Obias

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