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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

June 16, 2022

Cha Cha Real Smooth: Take It Back Now, by David Bax

Two movies into his young career, certain motifs and preoccupations are already beginning to become apparent in the films of Cooper Raiff, the director of the new Cha Cha Real Smooth. That’s what it takes to be granted the status...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 16, 2021

The Lost Daughter: Solo Trip, by David Bax

Fans of Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel The Lost Daughter might be disappointed to learn that there are no Italians in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s new film adaptation. But there are Brits, Greeks and at least one Irishman (plus a couple of Americans)...

2019 / afi fest / afi fest 2019 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 20, 2019

AFI Fest 2019: The Friend, by David Bax

We can argue about to what extent a film critic is supposed to be a consumer advocate but I will at least use this very simple platform to warn you that, if you’re planning to see Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s The Friend,...

2019 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2019 / Theatrical Review

January 27, 2019

Sundance 2019: Wounds, by David Bax

For the most part, anyone who’s squeamish will probably instinctively avoid a horror movie called Wounds. A further warning is probably in order, though, for those who get icked out by bugs, especially cockroaches, of which the movie features approximately...

2018 / movies / rudie obias

January 15, 2019

Rudie’s Top Ten of 2018

10. BlacKkKlansman You hear the words “return to form” a lot with BlacKkKlansman, but Spike Lee has always been making bold and irreverent films during his entire career. However, this latest film gets a boost because of its mainstream success...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 23, 2018

Suspiria: We Danced on the Ceiling, by Scott Nye

Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, a remake of Dario Argento’s landmark 1977 horror film, wastes no time establishing precisely what will make it both similar and distinct from the classic. Like Argento’s, Guadagnino starts his film with ominous music and the sound...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 11, 2018

Bad Times at the El Royale: Looking In, by Scott Nye

A priest, a salesman, and a hippie walk into a motel. Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one, because before long, the priest will be digging for buried treasure, the salesman making calls to Hoover, and the hippie dragging...

2018 / andrew benjamin / movies / new york comic con / new york comic con 2018

October 9, 2018

New York Comic Con 2018: Drew Goddard and Cailee Spaeny on Bad Times at the El Royale, by Andrew Benjamin

For Drew Goddard, director of the film Bad Times at the El Royale, the film was an opportunity to make a throwback film to old school noir thrillers. Talking to reporters at New York Comic Con this past weekend, he...