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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 14, 2020

Shithouse: Everybody Gets a Trophy, by David Bax

Shithouse, the Duplass-approved directorial debut of a young white male who also wrote the screenplay and plays the film’s lead (as well as co-editing the picture), is a semi-autobiographical dramedy inspired by Before Sunrise. In other words, there are more...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 14, 2020

Martin Eden: Gossip Boy, by David Bax

Shot on 16mm film, often with a handheld camera, Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden embodies much of the stripped down zeal we associate with the various European cinematic movements of the mid-twentieth century. But it’s also a lavishly appointed period piece,...

david bax / episode / movies / podcast / scott nye

October 12, 2020

Episode 708: Movies from Argentina

In this episode, David and Scott discuss movies from Argentina as well as a possible movie about the making of The Godfather.

david bax / monday movie / movies

October 12, 2020

Monday Movie: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, by David Bax

Setting aside for now the fact that Jumpin’ Jack Flash is, in all honesty, not a very good movie, let’s focus instead of what’s notable about it. Chiefly, it is the directorial debut of the beloved and iconic Penny Marshall...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 9, 2020

The Doorman: Door Hard, by David Bax

At about the point in The Doorman where things have started to get really hairy, a sullen teen boy witnesses our hero, Ali Gorski (Ruby Rose), kill a bad guy with her bare hands. Smirking at his shocked face, she...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 7, 2020

Charm City Kings: Slow Speed, by David Bax

As a movie about people riding dirt bikes, Angel Manuel Soto’s Charm City Kings at least does one of the main things right. The biking sequences are a propulsive thrill. The camera keeps pace with the speeding metal and rubber...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

October 6, 2020

Criterion Prediction #261: In Fabric, by Alexander Miller

Title: In Fabric Year: 2018 Director: Peter Strickland Cast: Marianne Jean Baptiste, Fatma Muhammed, Gwendoline Christie, Leo Bill Synopsis: Strickland’s freewheeling narrative follows the life a cursed dress, the two people that come into its orbit and the otherworldly department...

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

October 6, 2020

I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Racial Reckoning Films (featuring Mark H. Harris)

If you’ve ever been to BlackHorrorMovies.com or watched the fabulous documentary, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, then you may recognize my October guest. To help celebrate the Halloween season, Mark H. Harris joins I Do Movies Badly to talk about racial reckoning in horror...