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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 12, 2022

Stars at Noon: The Last Thing She Wanted, by David Bax

It would be incorrect to describe Claire Denis‘ Stars at Noon as a “Covid movie” or a “pandemic movie.” Those elements are not what the film is about. At the same time, though, they are not mere background noise or...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

August 16, 2021

Criterion Prediction #269: Good Time, by Alexander Miller

Title: Good Time Year: 2017 Director(s): Josh and Benny Safdie Cast: Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Barkhad Abdi, Taliah Webster, Necro, muMs Synopsis: When two brothers, Nick (Safdie) and Connie (Pattinson) Nikas, narrowly escape a botched bank...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 12, 2019

Uncut Gems: Pride and Passion, by David Bax

While it might be misleading to describe Benny and Josh Safdie’s unceasingly tense and jittery low-level crime thriller Uncut Gems as a comedy, the directors’ singular sense of humor is on display from the grandiose opening sequence. In an Ethiopian...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

January 2, 2019

Criterion Prediction #172: Daddy Longlegs, by Alexander Miller

Title: Daddy Long Legs aka Go Get Some Rosemary Year: 2009 Director(s): Josh and Benny Safdie Cast: Ronald Bronstein, Fray Ranaldo, Sage Ranaldo, Eleonore Hendricks Synopsis: Lenny, a freewheeling 34-year-old projectionist, spends two weeks with his two young sons, Sage...

Tagged: benny safdie

Stars at Noon: The Last Thing She Wanted, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #269: Good Time, by Alexander Miller

Uncut Gems: Pride and Passion, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #172: Daddy Longlegs, by Alexander Miller

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