Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Aquarius originally ran as a theatrical review. Do objects have a history? Can the past be preserved through things? Early on in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius, acclaimed...
In this episode, David and Julie Sesnovich are joined by Scott Nye for a 2024 summer movie preview. The 2024 summer movie preview includes Francis Galluppi’s The Last Stop in Yuma County and more! Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Bakery Girl of Monceau originally ran as part of Scott’s Rohmerathon. So here we are, at the start of one of the truly great film...
In this episode, David and Scott Nye discuss novelists turned filmmakers as well as the relocation of Slamdance. Novelists turned filmmakers include Pier Paolo Pasolini and more! Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith...
This week on the Patreon, David and Scott Nye open up the April 2024 mailbag. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! The April 2024 mailbag includes questions about...
For the past twenty years, and exploding further in the days of streaming, most everyone you meet seems to be addicted to some TV show. It’s one of the easier addictions to feed – if it’s not already on a...
“I’ll sing you the gentlest protest song I know,” Joan Baez says in her introduction to “What Have They Done to the Rain” on her 1962 album Joan Baez in Concert. “It doesn’t protest gently, but it sounds gentle.” A...
In this episode, David and Julie Sesnovich are joined by Kyle Anderson and Scott Nye to discuss the films they saw at TCM Classic Film Festival 2024. Films discussed in the TCM Classic Film Festival 2024 wrap-up include Quentin Tarantino’s...
I’ve seen Werckmeister Harmonies three times – first in 2012 on 35mm at a Los Angeles retrospective dedicated to its director, Béla Tarr; then in 2018 at a one-off screening, also 35mm, in New York; and finally this past week,...
David and Scott Nye discuss the recent Beyond the Sight and Sound Canon list as well as their different viewpoints on Alex Garland’s Civil War. The Beyond the Sight and Sound Canon list includes Spike Jonze’s Her and more! Battleship...
