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November 25, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Funny Girl, by Rudie Obias

From All That Jazz to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical genre has been sparsely represented throughout the Criterion Collection. There are just nearly 30 titles (including the subject of this review) out of the more than 1,700 entries...

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October 28, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Gummo, by Rudie Obias

In 1995, filmmaker Harmony Korine broke out with the indie hit film Kids, which was written by Korine and directed by Larry Clark. A few years later, Korine released his directorial debut Gummo with a sharp division with film critics...

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October 21, 2024

Monday Movie: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, by Rudie Obias

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid originally ran as a home video review. Director Sam Peckinpah is mostly known for two things: Making a lot of westerns, like The...

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September 26, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Happiness, by Rudie Obias

With the indie film movement booming during the ‘90s, movies that were strange, thought-provoking, and experimental gained big audiences and critical acclaim. One of the directors who received that push and attention was Todd Solondz, a filmmaker known for his...

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August 30, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Real Life, by Rudie Obias

It seems most people would know Albert Brooks as the voice of Marlin in the Pixar film Finding Nemo. However, he voiced the role of a fish, Brooks was an accomplished comedian, actor, and director. Brooks takes comedy to new...

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July 17, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Perfect Days, by Rudie Obias

Most of the time in movies, filmmakers like to celebrate big events, like weddings, graduations, and important life milestones. Movies can also celebrate big moments in life, like first dates and first kisses. However, not many films can celebrate everyday...

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July 13, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, by Rudie Obias

Director Sam Peckinpah is mostly known for two things: Making a lot of westerns, like The Deadly Companions, Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, and The Wild Bunch; and injecting a lot of bloody violence in his films, like Straw...

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June 15, 2024

Running the Color Gamut and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

This week, we’re running the color gamut. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re running the color gamut, querelling, lilying, eating all the cheesecakes and marrying the toys. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this...

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June 11, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Querelle, by Rudie Obias

During his short, yet prolific, career, New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder made 44 films and TV dramas in just 15 years. In 1982, Fassbinder’s life was cut short from a drug overdose of cocaine and barbiturates at age...

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June 1, 2024

Running with Lovers and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

This week, we’re running with lovers. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re running with lovers, taste testing, anatomizing falls, dimming bulbs and eating all the candy. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week:...

Tagged: rudie obias

Home Video Hovel: Funny Girl, by Rudie Obias

Home Video Hovel: Gummo, by Rudie Obias

Monday Movie: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, by Rudie Obias

Home Video Hovel: Happiness, by Rudie Obias

Home Video Hovel: Real Life, by Rudie Obias

Home Video Hovel: Perfect Days, by Rudie Obias

Home Video Hovel: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, by Rudie Obias

Running the Color Gamut and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Home Video Hovel: Querelle, by Rudie Obias

Running with Lovers and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

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