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i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

September 9, 2020

I Do Movies Badly: The Exorcist

Almost 50 years after its release, why is The Exorcist such an enduring, powerful horror film? I am obviously the first to ever ask this question about this cinematic classic, so allow me to answer: the time it takes to lay out...

david bax / episode / movies / podcast / tyler smith

June 7, 2020

Episode 690: Max von Sydow

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the career of the late Max von Sydow as well as what’s appropriate on social media during this time.

josh long / monday movie / movies

May 4, 2020

Monday Movie: The Seventh Seal, by Josh Long

This article originally ran as a part of our Top 100 Movies. In the Seventh Seal, filmic genius Ingmar Bergman delves deep into the philosophical. An ominous but playful Death plays chess with a knight recently returned from the crusades....

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

January 17, 2020

Criterion Prediction #225: The Flight of the Eagle, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Flight of the Eagle Year: 1982 Director: Jan Troell Cast: Max Von Sydow Synopsis: The Flight of the Eagle chronicles the journey of explorer S.A. Andrée and his two companions, Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel, from Svalbard, Norway...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

May 10, 2018

Criterion Prediction #139: Shame, by Alexander Miller

Title: Shame Year: 1968 Director: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Liv Ullmann, Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Sigge Fürst, Birgitta Valberg Synopsis: A mild-mannered couple, Jan (Sydow) and Eva (Ullmann), reside on a remote island while a civil war is waged around...

Ingmar Bergman 100 / movies / Rep-port / scott nye

April 30, 2018

The Ingmar Bergman 100 / L.A. Rep-port Crossover Event: Handicapping the Bergman Retrospective, by Scott Nye

Ingmar Bergman directed forty films between 1946 and 1982, when he announced his retirement (he’d break this with another three films for television and one theatrical, but what can you do). Across our fair city, twenty-six of those will be...

Ingmar Bergman 100 / movies / scott nye

January 7, 2018

Ingmar Bergman 100: The Touch, by Scott Nye

2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman’s birth. Though he died in 2007, his legacy lives on, and I’ll be taking the opportunity throughout the year to celebrate my favorite filmmaker. Ingmar Bergman’s films were about as personal as...

movies / sarah brinks / top 100 challenge

September 2, 2017

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #31: The Seventh Seal, by Sarah Brinks

I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. This was my second time...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

June 16, 2017

Home Video Hovel: Dreamscape, by David Bax

1984’s Dreamscape, directed by Joseph Ruben, deserves to be better known. Not because it’s great (it drags with the introduction of a lame political intrigue plot in the second half) but simply because it’s a weird, fun movie that happens...

Tagged: max von sydow

I Do Movies Badly: The Exorcist

Episode 690: Max von Sydow

Monday Movie: The Seventh Seal, by Josh Long

Criterion Prediction #225: The Flight of the Eagle, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #139: Shame, by Alexander Miller

The Ingmar Bergman 100 / L.A. Rep-port Crossover Event: Handicapping the Bergman Retrospective, by Scott Nye

Ingmar Bergman 100: The Touch, by Scott Nye

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #31: The Seventh Seal, by Sarah Brinks

Home Video Hovel: Dreamscape, by David Bax

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