In Cocteau’s The Blood of a Poet, the protagonist - an artist - steps through a mirror, takes a surreal trip through a hotel where he witnesses unreal sights, and shoots himself but does not die. Fellini, in a sense, did the same thing with 8½, traversing the unspoken boundary that seals the artist from

Battleship Pretension

27.01.2025

Monday Movie: The Thing, by Jack Fleischer - Battleship Pretension

Every Monday, we'll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Thing originally ran as a theatrical review. John Carpenter’s The Thing is a movie with sanctified status. While a casual Carpenter fan I had never seen this pic and at first I thought maybe I should watch it before reviewing this prequel.

Battleship Pretension

27.01.2025

The 2025 BPs Nominations - Battleship Pretension

Best PictureChallengersThe BrutalistKinds of KindnessHundreds of BeaversNickel Boys Best DirectorBrady Corbet - The BrutalistLuca Guadagnino - ChallengersYorgos Lanthimos - Kinds of KindnessRaMell Ross - Nickel BoysSean Baker - Anora Best ActorRalph Fiennes - ConclaveAdrien Brody - The BrutalistJesse Plemons - Kinds of KindnessRyland Brickson Cole Tews - Hundreds of BeaversJesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain

Battleship Pretension

27.01.2025

Home Video Hovel: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, by Rudie Obias - Battleship Pretension

Sure, the biopic is a very popular genre with films like Oppenheimer, Man on the Moon, and A Complete Unknown, but the autobiography (even a fictionalized one) is a sub-genre that comes very few and far between with films like The 400 Blows, American Graffiti, Almost Famous, Lady Bird, and The Fabelmans. It’s rare that

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Home Video Hovel: 8½, by Scott Nye - Battleship Pretension

Monday Movie: The Thing, by Jack Fleischer - Battleship Pretension

The 2025 BPs Nominations - Battleship Pretension

Home Video Hovel: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, by Rudie Obias - Battleship Pretension

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