Tagged: drama

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

May 17, 2022

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller: Dissolution of the American Family and The Uncanny Overlook: The Two Lives of The Shining

“Dissolution of the American Family and The Uncanny Overlook – The Two Lives of The Shining” *Warning: Contains Strobing Lights, Violent Imagery and Racial Innuendo (not me, the novel The Shining) Welcome Back to The Trailer Project, a series of...

featured / monday movie / movies / scott nye

May 9, 2022

Monday Movie: The Moment of Truth, by Scott Nye

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Moment of Truth originally ran as a home video review. For those of us who recognize bullfighting to be an irredeemably inhumane activity, The Moment of...

andrew benjamin / monday movie / movies

May 2, 2022

Monday Movie: Endless Poetry, by Andrew Benjamin

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Endless Poetry (Alejandro Jodorowsky) originally ran as a theatrical review. When Alejandro Jodorowsky makes a film, it’s like an event. He so rarely makes movies and...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 28, 2022

Los Conductos: Concrete Cathedral, by David Bax

Camilo Restrepo’s Los Conductos opens with a camera, apparently mounted on a vehicle, rushing through an otherwise empty traffic tunnel at night. We’ve seen this shot in movies before but something’s different this time. The camera is higher than the...

monday movie / movies / scott nye

April 25, 2022

Monday Movie: The Other Side of the Wind, by Scott Nye

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This article originally ran as a theatrical review. If Da Vinci was right, that art is never finished, only abandoned, it’s little wonder we consider Orson Welles to be...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 21, 2022

The Northman: Good Expectations, by David Bax

In a number of ways, most especially in terms of budget, The Northman is Robert Eggers’ most ambitious film so far. And in the sets, the sprawling locations, the visual effects and the deep bench of notable actors, that financial...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 18, 2022

Monday Movie: Road House, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This article originally ran as part of our TCM Classic Film Festival 2019 coverage. Decidely more of an A-picture noir from the same year is Jean Negulesco’s Road House. Every...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 14, 2022

The Tale of King Crab: Legendary, by David Bax

What is it about the sound of water that’s so cinematic? Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s recent masterpiece, Memoria, sets a huge chunk of its final act alongside a quietly burbling stream. In a similar way, Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 13, 2022

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair: YouTube, Therefore You Are, by David Bax

Some of the particulars of the story tapestry in Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair might seem alien to those of us who came of age pre-2005 and the launch of YouTube. But the underlying tale of...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 11, 2022

Monday Movie: For Love of Ivy, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This article originally ran as a Home Video Hovel review. The most arresting credit in the opening titles of Daniel Mann’s For Love of Ivy isn’t the listing of the cast,...

Tagged: drama

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller: Dissolution of the American Family and The Uncanny Overlook: The Two Lives of The Shining

Monday Movie: The Moment of Truth, by Scott Nye

Monday Movie: Endless Poetry, by Andrew Benjamin

Los Conductos: Concrete Cathedral, by David Bax

Monday Movie: The Other Side of the Wind, by Scott Nye

The Northman: Good Expectations, by David Bax

Monday Movie: Road House, by David Bax

The Tale of King Crab: Legendary, by David Bax

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair: YouTube, Therefore You Are, by David Bax

Monday Movie: For Love of Ivy, by David Bax

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