Tagged: romance

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 13, 2021

Casanova, Last Love: Charmless, by David Bax

Benoît Jacquot makes a lot of movies. His newest, Casanova, Last Love, is the fourth I’m reviewing for this site in the last ten years and that doesn’t even represent half of his output in that time. Given his prolificity...

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May 12, 2021

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part Three, by David Bax

For a long time, I had very little interest in seeing Bullitt, a movie I snobbishly thought of as a Steve McQueen vanity project, something he reverse engineered from the idea for a car chase scene. I softened my stance...

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May 10, 2021

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part One, by David Bax

For the second year in a row, there was no in-person TCM Classic Film Festival this spring. No drinks with old friends at the Pig ‘n Whistle, no charming anecdotes from well-seasoned celebrities, no nitrate at the Egyptian. And I...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 7, 2021

The Story of a Three-Day Pass: Weekend, by David Bax

Melvin Van Peebles’ The Story of a Three-Day Pass was restored with funding from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association well before the HFPA’s recent scandals in which, among other embarrassments, their diversity consultant quit and they expelled their own former...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 9, 2021

Little Fish: Just Keep Swimming, by David Bax

Reteaming with cinematographer Sean McElwee, Chad Hartigan gives us, in his new movie Little Fish, a muted, overcast, crepuscular vision of the Pacific Northwest. It is, admittedly, not an uncommon look but not only is it beautifully pulled off in...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 8, 2021

Malcolm & Marie: Solitaire, by David Bax

Early in Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie–a movie that makes a case for self-indulgence not necessarily being a detriment to quality–Malcolm (John David Washington), a film director who’s just returned home with his girlfriend, Marie (Zendaya), after the triumphant premiere...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 28, 2021

Supernova: Giant, Flying Friction Blast, by David Bax

There must be something in the air these days to do with camper vans and characters on the other side of middle age. With Nomadland chalking up all the accolades, now comes Harry Macqueen’s Supernova, a quieter movie that is...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

January 10, 2021

Criterion Prediction #265: The Bride with White Hair, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Bride With White Hair Year: 1993 Director: Ronny Yu Cast: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Yammie Lam, Francis Ng, Elaine Lui Siu-Ling Synopsis: The immensely talented but rebellious swordsman and successor to the prestigious Wudang sect Zhao Yihang (Cheung)...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 10, 2020

Wild Mountain Thyme: We’ll All Go Together, by David Bax

With nearly 40 years of celebrated plays and screenplays (including Moonstruck and Doubt) under his belt, John Patrick Shanley has earned himself a measure of clout. With Wild Mountain Thyme, only his third picture as director as well as screenwriter,...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 10, 2020

Farewell Amor: Pull Me Off of My Knees, by David Bax

Farewell Amor is Ekwa Msangi’s feature directorial debut but she’s been working in television and short form filmmaking for nearly fifteen years, according to her IMDB page. In that time, she’s clearly picked up a knack for casting. The strongest...

Tagged: romance

Casanova, Last Love: Charmless, by David Bax

TCM Classic Film Festival 2021: Part Three, by David Bax

The Story of a Three-Day Pass: Weekend, by David Bax

Little Fish: Just Keep Swimming, by David Bax

Malcolm & Marie: Solitaire, by David Bax

Supernova: Giant, Flying Friction Blast, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #265: The Bride with White Hair, by Alexander Miller

Wild Mountain Thyme: We’ll All Go Together, by David Bax

Farewell Amor: Pull Me Off of My Knees, by David Bax

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