By The post Josh’s Top Ten Films of 2023 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In a year where the prevailing entertainment news was about strikes crippling the industry, the good news is there were a lot of great movies to catch at the theaters. List-making is silly, but we all love
Patreon: BPs Nominations
The post Patreon: BPs Nominations appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, David and Scott Nye discuss the BPs nominations. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! The BPs nominations include Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of
Blu-ray Review: The Black Mass
When I arrived at NC State in the mid-80s, there was a bit of a buzz when the Rialto hosted a midnight screening of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. According to what I was told, the film hadn’t played Raleigh since the original run when a woman was murdered. The
Home Video Hovel: The Heroic Trio/Executioners, by Rudie Obias
The post Home Video Hovel: The Heroic Trio/Executioners, by Rudie Obias appeared first on Battleship Pretension. When I think of the Criterion Collection’s mission statement of “publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world,” I think about the size and undertaking of selecting a film, restoring it with
Blu-ray Review: Allonsanfàn (Limited Edition)
Marcello Mastroianni was Italian cinema for me in the ’80s when they’d run his film at the campus “art screen.” After watching him in La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2, if anyone mentioned an Italian film, my first question was “Is Marcello in it?” When I’d poke around the small
