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December 6, 2019

Home Video Hovel: All About Eve, by David Bax

From the opening narration by George Sanders, a dazzlingly loquacious bit of verbiage in which he, ironically, makes fun of the character on screen for being long-winded, it’s clear that Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve is going to be...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

December 5, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Eegah, by David Bax

As of the writing of this review, I have not watched the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode in which they mock Arch Hall Sr.’s 1962 teensploitation mess Eegah, even though it’s available as a special feature on the new, limited...

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December 5, 2019

Midnight Family: Protect Us from Each Other, by David Bax

Not unlike the struggling family at the center of another one of the year’s best films, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, Midnight Family‘s Ochoa clan are not bad people. Perhaps they’re a little desensitized, with 17-year-old Juan casually describing dead bodies while...

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December 4, 2019

The Disappearance of My Mother: If I Stay, by David Bax

Throughout The Disappearance of My Mother, Benedetta Barzini is seen living in a cluttered apartment, brazenly refusing to shower for days on end and constantly taking pulls from an e-cigarette. You almost wouldn’t guess that she was once one of...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 4, 2019

In Fabric: Dress to Kill, by David Bax

Among the many strange and dark delights offered by Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, perhaps the most memorable are the sales clerks. Nearly identical, like the women in Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” video or Cloud Atlas‘s cafe slaves, but more...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 4, 2019

The Aeronauts: Full of Hot Air, by David Bax

The opening sequence of Tom Harper’s The Aeronauts is just a ton of fun. Felicity Jones, in clothes and make-up so garish as to approach clowndom, tears through London in a carriage, arriving not a moment too late for a...

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November 29, 2019

A Hidden Life: Making a Difference, by Tyler Smith

In the small town of Ozark, Missouri there is a church. It’s just one of many. Across the street from this church is a cemetery. In that small cemetery is a grave marked “Kevin David Smith”. Along with his name,...

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November 26, 2019

1917: Shallow Trench, by Tyler Smith

There is no denying that Sam Mendes’ 1917 is a technical triumph. A war story filmed in a series of long takes (with hidden cuts), the film actively works to put the audience in the shoes of our main characters...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 26, 2019

The Two Popes: Anybody Could Be That Guy, by David Bax

Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes opens with a brief scene of Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce) speaking on the phone with a customer service representative, trying to buy a plane ticket. It’s not as laugh out loud funny as President Bartlet...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 25, 2019

Queen & Slim: You Only Die Once, by David Bax

One of the most stirring things about Melina Matsoukas’ powerful feature directing debut Queen & Slim is how little suspension of disbelief its wild story requires. Not that many years ago, a lot of white viewers might have questioned the...

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Home Video Hovel: All About Eve, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Eegah, by David Bax

Midnight Family: Protect Us from Each Other, by David Bax

The Disappearance of My Mother: If I Stay, by David Bax

In Fabric: Dress to Kill, by David Bax

The Aeronauts: Full of Hot Air, by David Bax

A Hidden Life: Making a Difference, by Tyler Smith

1917: Shallow Trench, by Tyler Smith

The Two Popes: Anybody Could Be That Guy, by David Bax

Queen & Slim: You Only Die Once, by David Bax

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