Category: Theatrical Review

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May 30, 2018

Upgrade: 21st Century Digital Boy, by David Bax

Leigh Whannell, the writer/producer behind the Saw and Insidious franchises, is decidedly known for horror movies. He remained in that lane for his directorial debut, 2015’s Insidious: Chapter 3,but for his follow-up, he’s gone in a new direction. Upgrade doesn’t contain anything you’d call a...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 25, 2018

Summer 1993: All That She Wants, by David Bax

Carla Simón’s Summer 1993 is no cartoon (though it is often quite comical); it’s too undeniably and unflinchingly real for that. Yet it may occasionally remind you of Peanuts, so often does Simon keep her camera trained on her child actors with the...

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May 24, 2018

That Summer: Premature Greying, by David Bax

Göran Hugo Olsson’s That Summer kicks off with a bit of a fake-out. If you didn’t know otherwise, you’d think this was going to be a documentary about Andy Warhol and the Factory crew hanging out at a Montauk beach house. Though...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 24, 2018

The Gospel According to Andre: ALT History, by David Bax

“Fashion is fleeting. Style remains.” This distinction between fashion and style is the kind of thing you’ll see on any menswear (and presumably womenswear) blog worth its salt. Yet, when spoken by fashion world heavy hitter Andre Leon Talley, they...

movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith / tyler's reviews

May 23, 2018

Solo: A Star Wars Story: Forgettable Fun, by Tyler Smith

Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story is a lot like a nice meal at Wendy’s. It’s good while you’re eating it, but you’ll never cite it as a truly great experience. In fact, you might not remember it at...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

May 17, 2018

On Chesil Beach: Groping Through the Past, by Scott Nye

There are two common complaints one usually has to endure from avid readers about film adaptations, and often film in general – that the cinema leaves nothing to the imagination and no room for the interior life. Books clearly do...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 17, 2018

First Reformed: Liturgy, by David Bax

First Reformed, Paul Schrader’s newest (and possibly best) film as a director, is presented in the boxy, old-school aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (the shape of twentieth century televisions and most movies made before the mid-1950s). While this suggests Schrader is au...

movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith / tyler's reviews

May 15, 2018

Deadpool 2: Go With a Smile, by Tyler Smith

David Leitch’s Deadpool 2 is a surprisingly difficult film to review. There’s just something about the film’s near-constant meta commentary that almost seems to anticipate any positive or negative comments the audience may have about it. I suppose that’s part...

jeremy elder / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 10, 2018

The Seagull: Washed Up, by Jeremy Elder

I had high hopes to see what Michael Mayer, an established and respected Broadway director, would be able to bring to a film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. Surely, a former theater student at NYU would be able to...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 10, 2018

Beast: I Know It’s Over, by David Bax

Only a few minutes into Michael Pearce’s Beast, having been overshadowed at her own birthday party by her more popular sister (Shannon Tarbet), Moll (Jessie Buckley) retreats to the kitchen and commits a grisly act of self-harm. “Oh,” you’re probably...

Category: Theatrical Review

Upgrade: 21st Century Digital Boy, by David Bax

Summer 1993: All That She Wants, by David Bax

That Summer: Premature Greying, by David Bax

The Gospel According to Andre: ALT History, by David Bax

Solo: A Star Wars Story: Forgettable Fun, by Tyler Smith

On Chesil Beach: Groping Through the Past, by Scott Nye

First Reformed: Liturgy, by David Bax

Deadpool 2: Go With a Smile, by Tyler Smith

The Seagull: Washed Up, by Jeremy Elder

Beast: I Know It’s Over, by David Bax

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