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October 19, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: The Intruder, by Scott Nye

The “House of Psychotic Women” movie, a genre Kier-La Janisse defined in her seminal autobiographical study of female-fronted psychological thrillers, has of late de-emphasized the direct way in which men traumatize women, recognizing that the more things change, the more...

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October 18, 2020

AFI Fest 2020: New Order, by Scott Nye

Michel Franco, despite his considerable gifts at staging and mounting tension, has not proven thus far to be the most intellectually thorough filmmaker, and though I largely like the work of his I’ve seen, I recognize the degree to which...

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November 24, 2019

Episode 662: AFI Fest 2019 Wrap-Up

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Battleship Pretension editor-at-large Scott Nye to discuss the films of this year’s AFI Fest.

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November 24, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Hala, by David Bax

Hala (Geraldine Viswanathan) loves poetry. She reads it, writes it and recites it to her classmates and her whole world changes when she discovers that her crush, a fellow skateboarder named Jesse (Jack Kilmer), shares her passion. But Hala, the...

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November 23, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Balloon, by David Bax

In the first of a few trips into town the farming family in Pema Tseden’s Balloon makes–exciting events, even if usually necessitated by something unpleasant–we see propagandistic signage encouraging people to plan their families wisely. We will come to realize...

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November 21, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: A Hidden Life, by Scott Nye

Terrence Malick, among many other notable things about his career, has to be one of the few artists who’s become more radical, introspective, and confrontational the more he’s embraced Christianity. While his films, starting at least with 1978’s Days of...

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November 20, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Deerskin, by David Bax

Quentin Dupieux has established a reputation for creating his own reality–or his own Reality (2014). In many ways, that holds true for his newest, Deerskin. But the movie’s biggest surprise (and the reason for its success) is how disturbingly relatable...

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November 20, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: The Friend, by David Bax

We can argue about to what extent a film critic is supposed to be a consumer advocate but I will at least use this very simple platform to warn you that, if you’re planning to see Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s The Friend,...

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November 17, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Clemency, by David Bax

Chinonye Chukwu brings no poetry to the long opening sequence of Clemency. Far from a complaint, though, that observation is a recommendation and also a warning. If you’re expecting a run of the mill issue advocacy movie from Chukwu’s death...

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November 17, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: Citizen K, by David Bax

Nearing the end of the decade, there’s been a lot of looking back at trends and changes. One of the less remarked upon developments of the 2010s is the advent of affordable drone cameras that gave modest filmmakers the sudden...

Category: afi fest

AFI Fest 2020: The Intruder, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2020: New Order, by Scott Nye

Episode 662: AFI Fest 2019 Wrap-Up

AFI Fest 2019: Hala, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: Balloon, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: A Hidden Life, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2019: Deerskin, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: The Friend, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: Clemency, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2019: Citizen K, by David Bax

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