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david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

October 4, 2019

Home Video Hovel: L’Argent, by David Bax

Sound was introduced into cinema in a mainstream, commercial way in 1927 and it’s always felt a little ironic and a little tragic that so many of the greatest silent films were made just as the silent format was being...

david bax / monday movie / movies

September 30, 2019

Monday Movie: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, by David Bax

This article originally ran as part of a Home Video Hovel review. For better or worse, they don’t make them like this anymore. Fritz Lang’s Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler is a towering early achievement in cinema. This was five years...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

April 22, 2019

Movie Meltdown: The Future is Now!

This week we discuss sci-fi storytelling from its early appearances and ideals to its grander, overarching themes. And as we realize the life we are living is a cautionary tale, we also address… Sputnik, Rod Serling, Black Mirror, blast proof...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 1, 2019

Monday Movie: Mad Love, by David Bax

1935’s Mad Love has kind of a crazy plot but it has an even crazier pedigree. The final film directed by Karl Freund, the brilliant cinematographer of The Last Laugh and Metropolis fame, Mad Love is also the Hollywood debut...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 13, 2018

Mortal Engines: Dys-trope-ia, by David Bax

Mortal Engines is a surprisingly fitting name for what is, hopefully, the last tired attempt at a YA dystopian franchise starter to cough and sputter its way into theaters. Like most of the others, it takes place in a distant...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

June 12, 2018

Home Video Hovel: The Last Laugh, by David Bax

From our vantage point, nearly 100 years later, cinema in 1924 can appear nascent. But it was already decades old and had come into its own as an artistic medium and a populist entertainment. F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh is an example...

monday movie / movies / tyler smith

December 25, 2017

Monday Movie: Scarlet Street, by Tyler Smith

Every Monday, we’ll recommend a movie–it could be a classic, an overlooked recent treasure, an unfairly maligned personal favorite or whatever the hell we feel like–and we’ll tell you where to find it online. Ah, film noir. The genre that...

movies / sarah brinks / top 100 challenge

December 16, 2017

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #1: Citizen Kane, by Sarah Brinks

I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. Citizen Kane is often at...

movies / sarah brinks / top 100 challenge

October 10, 2017

BP’s Top 100 Movie Challenge #20: Jaws, by Sarah Brinks

aaron pinkston / chicago rep-port / movies

August 17, 2017

The Chicago Rep-port 8/18-8/24, by Aaron Pinkston

Repertory screenings may not be as abundant in Chicago as they are in LA/NY but when you look around, there are many theatergoing delights. The Chicago Rep-port is a weekly(ish) series highlighting the best and most compelling repertory screenings in...

51 Search results

Home Video Hovel: L’Argent, by David Bax

Monday Movie: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, by David Bax

Movie Meltdown: The Future is Now!

Monday Movie: Mad Love, by David Bax

Mortal Engines: Dys-trope-ia, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: The Last Laugh, by David Bax

Monday Movie: Scarlet Street, by Tyler Smith

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #1: Citizen Kane, by Sarah Brinks

BP’s Top 100 Movie Challenge #20: Jaws, by Sarah Brinks

The Chicago Rep-port 8/18-8/24, by Aaron Pinkston

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