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January 16, 2024

Criterion Prediction #279: Barton Fink, by Alexander Miller

Title: Barton Fink Year: 1991 Directors: Joel Coen Cast: John Turturro, Judy Davis, John Goodman, Michael Lerner, Tony Shalhoub Synopsis: A nervy, celebrated playwright, Barton Fink (Turturro), is lured from the comfort of his life in New York’s theater scene...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

January 8, 2024

Monday Movie: Distant Voices, Still Lives, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Distant Voices, Still Lives originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. When you ask someone about “British Cinema” they’ll likely imagine Victorian or Medieval Melodramas, Kitchen Sink...

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December 26, 2023

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #44: Andrzej Zulawski’s On the Silver Globe (1988)

The Polish government tried to shut it down but Żuławski’s maverick vision prevails. Even in its truncated form On the Silver Globe is a visionary spectacle. The Trailer Project is devoted to the moving image, the trailers that promote the...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

December 20, 2023

Criterion Prediction #278: May December, by Alexander Miller

Title: May December Director: Todd Haynes Year: 2023 Cast: Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton Synopsis: In order to prepare for her next role, an actress, Elizabeth (Portman), researches the woman she’ll be portraying, Gracie (Moore), whose taboo...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

October 9, 2023

Monday Movie: Melvin and Howard, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Melvin and Howard originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Jonathan Demme might be the celebrated director of thrillers like The Silence of the Lambs and Something Wild but his...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

October 2, 2023

Monday Movie: Good Morning Babylon, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Good Morning Babylon originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Pairing the production of D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance with a witty, metaphorical story of two brothers making their way in...

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August 12, 2023

Taking Public Transit and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

This week, we’re taking public transit. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re taking public transit, inadvertently kissing, midsummer night’s dreaming, Harry Dean Stanton Festing and vampire hunting. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

August 9, 2023

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #43: Toyoo Ashida’s Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Going down the nostalgia road with Vampire Hunter D, concentrating on the “movies that made me” kinda thing I guess, there’s more on the way, enjoy! The Trailer Project is devoted to the moving image, the trailers that promote the...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

August 9, 2023

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Reinhardt and Dieterle’s 1935 film is the true embodiment of the term “movie magic.” Shakespeare’s prose...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

July 31, 2023

Monday Movie: In a Year with 13 Moons, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of In a Year with 13 Moons originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. The sensitive and beautiful sadness of Rainer Werner Fassbinder has never been more affecting...

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Criterion Prediction #279: Barton Fink, by Alexander Miller

Monday Movie: Distant Voices, Still Lives, by Alexander Miller

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #44: Andrzej Zulawski’s On the Silver Globe (1988)

Criterion Prediction #278: May December, by Alexander Miller

Monday Movie: Melvin and Howard, by Alexander Miller

Monday Movie: Good Morning Babylon, by Alexander Miller

Taking Public Transit and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #43: Toyoo Ashida’s Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Alexander Miller

Monday Movie: In a Year with 13 Moons, by Alexander Miller

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