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February 3, 2023

Sundance 2023: Magazine Dreams, by David Bax

Adam Arkapaw is a shockingly undersung cinematographer, given how widely seen and likely influential some of his work is. On the small screen, he was responsible for the looks of the first seasons of both Top of the Lake and...

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February 2, 2023

Sundance 2023: Past Lives, by David Bax

Sometimes I’ll have a memory that comes unstuck in time. I remember something happened but I can’t remember when it was. Usually, to remedy this, I’ll start trying to associate the memory with actual, physical locations. Where was I living...

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February 1, 2023

Sundance 2023: Fair Play, by David Bax

Fair Play, the first feature from Chloe Domont after more than half a decade directing television, is about people who aren’t like anyone I know personally. Oh, I’m aware of the type of people they are–those who are drawn to...

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January 31, 2023

Sundance 2023: Earth Mama, by David Bax

Savanah Leaf’s Earth Mama, as you may have gleaned from the title, is a movie about motherhood and womanhood in general. But it’s not only about those things. In fact, the strongest move the film makes is in its depiction...

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January 29, 2023

Episode 828: Sundance 2023 Wrap-Up

In the Sundance 2023 wrap-up, David discusses the movies he saw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance 2023 wrap-up includes discussion of Celine Song’s Past Lives and many more! attleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in...

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January 27, 2023

Sundance 2023: Other People’s Children, by David Bax

Not having previously seen any of director Rebecca Zlotowski‘s work (an error I now intend to correct), I had no way of knowing, as Other People’s Children started, what good hands I was in. So when the opening shots included...

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January 24, 2023

Sundance 2023: The Longest Goodbye, by David Bax

There are a lot of different documentaries about space travel. So part of the challenge of making one must be finding a new angle. And director Ido Mizrahy would, at first, seem to have done just that with The Longest...

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November 14, 2022

Episode 817: AFI Fest 2022 Wrap-Up

In the AFI Fest 2022 wrap-up, David and Scott Nye discuss the movies they saw at this year’s AFI Fest as well as potential post-Twitter options. Movies discussed in the AFI Fest 2022 wrap-up include Bardo: False Chronicle of a...

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October 7, 2022

TIFF 2022: The Umbrella Men, by David Bax

John Barker’s The Umbrella Men is one of those movies the value of which lies more in its specificity–its window into a part of the world rarely glimpsed in international cinema–than in its technical qualities. And I’m not talking about...

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October 6, 2022

TIFF 2022: The Good Nurse, by David Bax

Jessica Chastain may be one of the most technically accomplished actors of the moment, displaying an impeccable control over her face, voice and body. No doubt that’s what won her an Oscar for last year’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye;...

Tagged: film festival

Sundance 2023: Magazine Dreams, by David Bax

Sundance 2023: Past Lives, by David Bax

Sundance 2023: Fair Play, by David Bax

Sundance 2023: Earth Mama, by David Bax

Episode 828: Sundance 2023 Wrap-Up

Sundance 2023: Other People’s Children, by David Bax

Sundance 2023: The Longest Goodbye, by David Bax

Episode 817: AFI Fest 2022 Wrap-Up

TIFF 2022: The Umbrella Men, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: The Good Nurse, by David Bax

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