Tagged: video

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

August 14, 2024

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #47: E. Elias Merhige’s Begotten (1989)

E. Elias Merhige’s 1990 independent feature Begotten is a surreal slab of nightmarish expression mired in earthy emulsion. A near silent epic of transgressive spiritual violence Begotten deserves our captive attention even if it inspires nightmares and emotional tumult. The...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

May 7, 2024

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #46: Louis Malle’s Atlantic City (1980)

Louis Malle’s second American (feature) film, Atlantic City is a dynamic and relentlessly clever neo-noir. The Trailer Project is proud to present this trailer commentary for one of the best films to kick off the second to last decade of...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

June 7, 2023

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #42: Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Based on a true story……kind of… For episode 41 of The Trailer Project we go into The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the horror film from genre master Tobe Hooper, one of the iconic American films of the 1970s. Enjoy! The...

best of the week / movies

March 27, 2020

Still Not Saying Die and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: BP Movie Journal 3/19/20 Episode 679: Cold War Movies Trailer: Reel Redemption New to Home Video 3/24/20 BP Movie Journal 3/26/20

alexander miller / tv / video / video essay

October 22, 2019

British TV Horror Tribute, by Alexander Miller

jason eaken / short film / video

November 27, 2017

Desk Job, by Jason Eaken

Directed by Jason Eaken, Desk Job is the story of Travis Hardacre, a lonely insurance adjuster working out of his cramped apartment. He juggles demanding clients, hostile managers, stacks of files, and his own mounting anger, eventually starting to...