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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 4, 2019

High Life: I Can Feel It, by David Bax

Robert Pattinson’s gift as an actor is that he doesn’t just imply, with his bearing and the architectural wonder of his face, that his characters have a subconscious; he does so in such a way that we think we’ve noticed...

2018 / movies / scott nye

January 10, 2019

Scott’s Top Ten of 2018

2018 was an especially strong year for cinema. I considered many variations of this list, and have viewed many others with which I can find little objection. If that’s not an abundance of riches, well…I’ll settle for it. Honorable mentions...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

April 25, 2018

Let the Sunshine In: Open Up Your Heart, by Scott Nye

Note: This review originally ran as part of our AFI Fest 2017 coverage, when the movie had a different title. I nearly missed Claire Denis’s Bright Sunshine In at AFI Fest altogether, but even rushing to make a midday screening...

afi fest / afi fest 2017 / movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

November 21, 2017

AFI Fest 2017: Bright Sunshine In, by Scott Nye

I nearly missed Claire Denis’s Bright Sunshine In at AFI Fest altogether, but even rushing to make a midday screening and arriving the moment the all-too-familiar Sundance Selects logo came bursting onscreen did not diminish the hypnotic pull it enacted...