Movie – Jack Baty – Snippets https://snippets.baty.net Short posts, links, and photos from Jack Baty Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:54:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.3 128283282 Brigsby Bear, 2017 – ★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/brigsby-bear-2017-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:14:57 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=1110

What a nice surprise this was. Funny, sad, hopeful, and thoroughly entertaining.

]]> 1110 The Artist, 2011 – ★★★★½ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/the-artist-2011-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%c2%bd/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:17:46 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=1105

Delightful from beginning to end.

]]> 1105 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 2017 – ★★★½ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets-2017-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%c2%bd/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:41:05 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=1034

Well it certainly looked good. Kudos for the effort but it’s too bad I didn’t care about any of the characters.

]]> 1034 Logan Lucky, 2017 – ★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/logan-lucky-2017-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:41:49 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=1012

A wonderful lark of a film.

]]> 1012 Tommy Boy, 1995 – ★★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/tommy-boy-1995-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Fri, 24 Nov 2017 01:26:00 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=986

I love this movie. I just laugh and laugh every time I see it.

]]> 986 California Typewriter, 2016 – ★★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/california-typewriter-2016-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 01:57:42 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=968

I’m predisposed to love anything at all related to typewriters, but California Typewriter was about more than that. It was about art, and how our interaction with simple machines affects the way we create.

]]> 968 Short Term 12, 2013 – ★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/short-term-12-2013-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:13:55 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=939

Quiet, sincere, and rather wonderful. I’m enjoying films lately about people being people.

]]> 939 There Will Be Blood, 2007 – ★★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/there-will-be-blood-2007-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:18:19 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=937

For not seeing this before now, I have no excuse. Amazing, powerful, beautiful, depressing. Daniel Day Lewis is a powerhouse.

]]> 937 Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, 2017 – ★★★½ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/joan-didion-the-center-will-not-hold-2017-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%c2%bd/ Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:24:32 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=806

A sometimes emotional greatest hits collection from Didion, a writer I’ve always admired.

]]> 806 Atomic Blonde, 2017 – ★★★★ https://snippets.baty.net/2017/atomic-blonde-2017-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:22:36 +0000 Jack Baty]]> https://snippets.baty.net/?p=790

I have no idea what “Atomic Blonde” was about or why but I could watch Charlize sit, smoke, walk, and beat people up all day.

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