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June 20, 2019

The Command: Exit Light, by David Bax

This review originally ran as part of our TIFF 2018 coverage, where the film premiered under the title Kursk. I always find it difficult to write about a submarine movie without writing about submarine movies as a genre. My fascination...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 13, 2019

The Mustang: You Know Who I Am, by David Bax

One of the more difficult things to accomplish in film is to make a viewer feel the climate, temperature or weather conditions inhabited by the characters. We tend to watch movies while seated comfortably in climate-controlled rooms. The last thing...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

November 28, 2018

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #1: Alice Winocour’s Disorder (2015)

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September 8, 2018

TIFF 2018: Kursk, by David Bax

I always find it difficult to write about a submarine movie without writing about submarine movies as a genre. My fascination with the format probably comes from the fact that, while the tropes are clearly defined, there aren’t enough such...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 1, 2018

Red Sparrow: The Thief and the Receiver, by David Bax

It’s 2018 and the spy/espionage thriller long ago became a fully recognizable genre of its own. So, how do you make one today without it being derivative? With the thorny and stylish Red Sparrow, director Francis Lawrence admits that, in most...

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The Command: Exit Light, by David Bax

The Mustang: You Know Who I Am, by David Bax

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #1: Alice Winocour’s Disorder (2015)

TIFF 2018: Kursk, by David Bax

Red Sparrow: The Thief and the Receiver, by David Bax

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