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alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

June 29, 2020

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #25: Abel Ferrara’s China Girl (1987)

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

June 26, 2020

Shanghai Triad: Untouchable, by David Bax

Zhang Yimou is one of the greatest living directors and Gong Li is one of the greatest living actors. So it’s no surprise that both have done great work outside of each other’s company. But watching Shanghai Triad, the final...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

May 29, 2020

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #23: Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets (1968)

david bax / monday movie / movies

May 25, 2020

Monday Movie: Purple Noon, by David Bax

This article originally ran as part of a Home Video Hovel review. Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley has proven to be potent fuel for artistic reinterpretation. It’s been adapted for film (twice), radio, television and the stage....

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

May 1, 2020

Home Video Hovel: Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter, by David Bax

Film Movement Classics’ new four movie set of comedies starring Alastair Sim, which they’ve dubbed “Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter,” does not present the films in chronological order (though the essay by Ronald Bergen in the accompanying booklet does address...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 27, 2020

Monday Movie: It Always Rains on Sunday, by David Bax

Robert Hamer’s It Always Rains on Sunday is, more often than not, advertised or presented as a noir crime film. Certainly the most common image associated with the marketing of the film–a dangerous-looking man (John McCallum) with his hand clasped...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 23, 2020

True History of the Kelly Gang: Stranded, by David Bax

If you suspect nepotism when you see that Jed Kurzel, the composer of the score for True History of the Kelly Gang, is the younger brother of the film’s director, Justin Kurzel, first know that Jed is already an established...

2020 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2020

April 21, 2020

TCM Classic Film Festival 2020: Special Home Edition: Part Three, by David Bax

Bette Davis doesn’t technically play the title role in William Wyler’s Jezebel (1938) because that’s not actually her character’s name (it’s Julie) but, come on, it’s totally the title role. We can tell she’s trouble from her hall of fame...

2020 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2020

April 21, 2020

TCM Classic Film Festival 2020: Special Home Edition: Part Two, by David Bax

After viewing a decidedly fumbled (though enjoyable) “Good Neighbor” film the previous day with Neptune’s Daughter, it was nice to catch up with Night Flight (1933), a tribute to the South American airmail industry directed by the great Clarence Brown....

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 13, 2020

Monday Movie: Murders in the Rue Morgue, by David Bax

This article originally ran as a part of a Home Video Hovel review. Gordon Hessler’s Murders in the Rue Morgue is a slyly clever, proto-slasher update of old school Victorian horror. In turn of the twentieth century Paris, a troupe...

Tagged: crime

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #25: Abel Ferrara’s China Girl (1987)

Shanghai Triad: Untouchable, by David Bax

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #23: Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets (1968)

Monday Movie: Purple Noon, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter, by David Bax

Monday Movie: It Always Rains on Sunday, by David Bax

True History of the Kelly Gang: Stranded, by David Bax

TCM Classic Film Festival 2020: Special Home Edition: Part Three, by David Bax

TCM Classic Film Festival 2020: Special Home Edition: Part Two, by David Bax

Monday Movie: Murders in the Rue Morgue, by David Bax

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