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February 8, 2020

The Lodge: Insane Isolation, by Tyler Smith

Mental illness has served as an efficient horror bogeyman for over a century now. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Psycho to The Silence of the Lambs to Split, many of the best films ever made have created drama out of insane characters acting according to...

josh long / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 6, 2020

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films: Weight, What?, by Josh Long

Short films! You don’t usually watch them unless they’re nominated for an Academy Award, or if one of your friends made one. Fortunately for you, it’s Oscar season, so you’re likely falling into the first category. Here’s the breakdown of...

2020 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2020 / Theatrical Review

January 30, 2020

Sundance 2020: Minari, by David Bax

In 1980, Ronald Reagan campaigned heavily to America’s farmers, who were faltering after a decade of rising gas and oil prices and Cold War embargoes, promising to turn things around for them. But by 1985, the first year of Reagan’s...

dayne linford / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 29, 2020

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films: The Fear is in Our Bodies, by Dayne Linford

As a critic, one of the most interesting aspects of watching the nominated short films, of any variety, is the growing awareness of a thematic strain, a little something that comes up again and again, as if the films themselves...

alexander miller / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 29, 2020

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, by Alexander Miller

DAUGHTER Time’s fleeting transience and the damaging effects of guilt that can upset the relationship between a father and Daughter is the emotional thrust of this year’s obligatory Eastern European stop-motion candidate. There’s no doubting the emotional sincerity of Daria...

2020 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2020 / Theatrical Review

January 29, 2020

Sundance 2020: Whirlybird, by David Bax

Of all the fascinating ground Matt Yoka’s Whirlybird covers, it is perhaps most crucially a transgender story. Even when it’s not directly about that, the fact of it is there every time one of the interviewees refers to the movie’s...

2020 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2020 / Theatrical Review

January 29, 2020

Sundance 2020: Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia, by David Bax

If it makes you feel safer to be able to assign a movie to a genre then you can call Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia, the first feature length movie from the Miami collective known as the Borscht Corporation, a...

2020 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2020 / Theatrical Review

January 27, 2020

Sundance 2020: The Nest, by David Bax

If Sean Durkin’s The Nest were simplistic enough for me to describe it as being “about” something, you could definitely say it’s about the importance of not lying to your spouse. The tension in the central marriage, though present from...

2020 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2020 / Theatrical Review

January 27, 2020

Sundance 2020: The Glorias, by David Bax

Right from the opening sequence, in which Gloria Steinem (Julianne Moore) rides a bus in black and white as the world outside becomes colorized bit by bit, Pleasantville-style, it’s apparent that Julie Taymor’s The Glorias is going to be very...

2020 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2020 / Theatrical Review

January 27, 2020

Sundance 2020: Dick Johnson Is Dead, by David Bax

We always hope for the best possible outcome for our loved ones but we also all know what that final outcome is going to be. Every person you’ve ever loved, no matter how much you love them, is going to...

Category: Theatrical Review

The Lodge: Insane Isolation, by Tyler Smith

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films: Weight, What?, by Josh Long

Sundance 2020: Minari, by David Bax

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films: The Fear is in Our Bodies, by Dayne Linford

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, by Alexander Miller

Sundance 2020: Whirlybird, by David Bax

Sundance 2020: Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia, by David Bax

Sundance 2020: The Nest, by David Bax

Sundance 2020: The Glorias, by David Bax

Sundance 2020: Dick Johnson Is Dead, by David Bax

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