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August 12, 2019

Monday Movie: Enter the Dragon, by David Bax

Not sure why but I’ve been thinking about Bruce Lee a lot lately… Specifically, I’ve been thinking about Enter the Dragon because, like a lot of other Americans, it’s all I know him from. Of course, that wasn’t necessarily the...

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August 7, 2019

Criterion Prediction #203: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Year: 1978 Director: Fred Schepisi Cast: Tommy Lewis, Angela Punch McGregor, Freddy Reynolds, Jack Thompsen, Steve Dodd Synopsis: After a lifetime of prejudice and mental and physical abuse, a young aboriginal man, Jimmie Blacksmith...

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August 5, 2019

Monday Movie: Boyz n the Hood, by David Bax

There’s a reason that it took me until the third time writing about a John Singleton film for the Monday Movie column to get to Boyz n the Hood, the late director’s debut feature and the phenomenon that made his...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 24, 2019

Criterion Prediction #201: Pixote, by Alexander Miller

Title: Pixote Year: 1981 Director: Hector Babenco Cast: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Marília Pêra, Gilberto Moura, Jorge Julião, Tony Tornado, Beatriz Segall Synopsis: Pixote faces the crisis that revolves around Brazil’s criminal laws regarding minors and the degradation that follows...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 3, 2019

The Return of Martin Guerre: Don’t Act a Fool, by David Bax

Daniel Vigne’s The Return of Martin Guerre, recently restored and returning to theaters, starts by introducing the viewer to a mystery. The film opens in media res (it’s from 1982, before every movie did that) with Bertrande (Nathalie Baye) being...

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June 5, 2019

Criterion Prediction #194: Drugstore Cowboy, by Alexander Miller

Title: Drugstore Cowboy Year: 1989 Director: Gus Van Sant Cast: Kelly Lynch, Matt Dillon, Heather Graham, James Le Gros, Max Perlich, James Remar, William Burroughs, Grace Zabriskie Synopsis: Bob and his crew of dopers cruise around early 1970s Portland, Oregon...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 30, 2019

The Fall of the American Empire: Don’t Give Me That Do-Goody-Good Bullshit, by David Bax

On its surface, Denys Arcand’s The Fall of the American Empire has the politics of the present day on its mind, with references to ongoing issues like the resurgent anti-immigrant sentiment that is currently tearing most of the Western world...

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May 2, 2019

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile: Get’cha Head in the Game, by David Bax

This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage. Joe Berlinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile ultimately fails in its mission to provide the viewer with anything deeper or broader than an adaptation of what they’d uncover in a Google search. But...

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April 29, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Street Fighter Collection, by Dayne Linford

No, this is not the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme adaptation of the famous video game series. We don’t even get a Ryu cameo, though I guess expecting characters not yet created would be rather unreasonable. This trio of films, kicked...

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April 22, 2019

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Three, by David Bax

Nine o’clock in the morning on the last day of TCM Fest at the Chinese Theater is a singularly weird way to see Gene Kelly’s Hello, Dolly! (1969) for the first time. The movie’s reputation has more to do with...

Tagged: crime

Monday Movie: Enter the Dragon, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #203: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, by Alexander Miller

Monday Movie: Boyz n the Hood, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #201: Pixote, by Alexander Miller

The Return of Martin Guerre: Don’t Act a Fool, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #194: Drugstore Cowboy, by Alexander Miller

The Fall of the American Empire: Don’t Give Me That Do-Goody-Good Bullshit, by David Bax

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile: Get’cha Head in the Game, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: The Street Fighter Collection, by Dayne Linford

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Three, by David Bax

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