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October 9, 2020

Shifting Our Expectations and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: 12 Hour Shift: Scrubby, by David Bax Episode 707: Movies About Twins Charm City Kings: Slow Speed, by David Bax Criterion Prediction #261: In Fabric, by...

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October 6, 2020

Criterion Prediction #261: In Fabric, by Alexander Miller

Title: In Fabric Year: 2018 Director: Peter Strickland Cast: Marianne Jean Baptiste, Fatma Muhammed, Gwendoline Christie, Leo Bill Synopsis: Strickland’s freewheeling narrative follows the life a cursed dress, the two people that come into its orbit and the otherworldly department...

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October 2, 2020

Getting Possessed and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax Episode 706: Fall Movie Preview 2020 12 Hour Shift: Scrubby, by David Bax Criterion Prediction #260: Destiny,...

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September 25, 2020

Hearing Roars and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: BP Movie Journal 9/17/20 Episode 705: Unsympathetic Protagonists Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by...

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September 18, 2020

Criterion Prediction #259: Masks, by Alexander Miller

Title: Masks Year: 1987 Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Philippe Noirot, Anne Brochet, Robin Renucci Synopsis: Author Roland Wolf (Renucci) is hired by famous game show host Christian Legagneur (Noiret) to pen his biography. However, Wolfe is using the gig as...

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September 12, 2020

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Episode 703: How Will Things Change? Home Video Hovel: Tales from the Darkside, by David Bax Criterion Prediction #258: In Our Time, by Alexander Miller I...

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September 9, 2020

Criterion Prediction #258: In Our Time, by Alexander Miller

Title: In Our Time Year: 1982 Director(s): Edward Yang, Yi-Chang, Ko I-Chen, Jim Yao Cast: Sylvia Chang, Emily Y. Chang, Li Kuo-hsiu Synopsis: In Our Time is a multi-volume anthology film that gave way to up-and-coming directors such as Chang...

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September 2, 2020

Criterion Prediction #257: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Alexander Miller

Title: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Year: 1935 Director(s): William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt Cast: Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Kenneth Anger Synopsis: Four travelers escape Greece only to land in a mystical forest where fairy...

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August 27, 2020

Criterion Prediction #256: Oedipus Rex, by Alexander Miller

Title: Oedipus Rex Year: 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Cast: Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Franco Citti, Carmelo Bene Synopsis: A jealous father in pre-war era Italy abandons his baby son in the desert. After shifting to an undisclosed ancient time,...

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August 22, 2020

Criterion Prediction #255: The Trial, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Trial Year: 1962 Director: Orson Welles Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff Synopsis: A nebbishy and unassuming office worker (Perkins) is arrested for unknown reasons and stands trial utterly unaware of the circumstances. Critique: Sometimes...

Tagged: criterion prediction

Shifting Our Expectations and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Criterion Prediction #261: In Fabric, by Alexander Miller

Getting Possessed and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Hearing Roars and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Criterion Prediction #259: Masks, by Alexander Miller

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Criterion Prediction #258: In Our Time, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #257: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #256: Oedipus Rex, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #255: The Trial, by Alexander Miller

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