Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 12
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View Article‘The Prisoner’s Song’ by Bilal S. Haider
The Prisoner’s Song follows two days in the life of an American prisoner, one during his time incarcerated and one as a free man, providing an observational view of the issues within the American prison…
View ArticleEurovision Pod Contest
Surprise! Tenet has once again been rescheduled, but Christopher Nolan is probably more frustrated by his greatest films being streamed via Fortnite… In the wake of another round of COVID-19-related...
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 13
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View Article‘If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own...
If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth is a short film adapted from the hilarious and heartwarming humor essay written by Toronto-based comedian...
View Article‘-Ship: A Visual Poem’ by Terrance Daye
A black boy learns contradicting lessons of manhood and masculinity on the day of his cousin’s funeral. Winner of 2020 Sundance Jury Award for U.S. Narrative Fiction. Nick Kush: It’s the...
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 14
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 15
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View Article‘Sickboy’ by Julian Muller
Every day that passes in New York City, Jeff finds a way to get through it. Maybe he’s driven to find love. Maybe he’s driven to find a connection. Or maybe he’s just driven to…
View Article‘Man-Spider’ by Tom Oxenham
Everyone knows the Spider-Man story: man gets bitten by spider, gets spider powers, becomes hero. But radioactive metamorphosis is a two-way street. So what about the spider who bit Peter Parker?...
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 17
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View Article‘Ode to Desolation’ by Lindsey Hagen
Ode to Desolation shares the story of Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator, and fire lookout as he contemplates the dwindling days of Fire Lookouts in North America. With the influence of technology...
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 18
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 19
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View Article‘Runon’ by Daniel Kaufman
All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he’s assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 20
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 21
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 22
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 23
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 24
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View ArticleQuarantine Staff Picks: Part 25 (The Finale)
Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…
View Article‘Is Your Daughter Home?’ by Vincenzo Nappi
Mark Reiter stands in front of his love’s house as he practices what he will say to her mother. Nick Kush: The grain of the film and the general rough-around-the-edges aesthetic to Is Your Daughter…
View Article‘Bob & Dale’ by David Rosfeld
An elderly gay couple living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains finds a deeper love together when dementia threatens their independence. Nick Kush: I adore Bob & Dale’s sparing use of dialogue....
View Article‘Darling’ by Saim Sadiq
As a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theater in Lahore, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star, and a naive young boy falls in…
View Article‘Youth’ by Farida Zahran
A teenage girl takes a step toward adulthood in contemporary Cairo. Nick Kush: Farida Zahran shows plenty of restraint in telling this coming-of-age story; in the wrong hands, Youth could turn into a...
View Article‘Freeze Frame’ by Soetkin Verstegen
Identical figures perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks of ice. Nick Kush: I love little oddballs such as Freeze Frame, wherein it appears the creator set out to try something just to see what…
View Article‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ by Mathieu Libman
After an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect. Nick Kush: Whether it’s…
View ArticlePitch Your Dream “Versus” Movie!
With Godzilla vs. Kong welcoming people back to theaters, extra attention is on the versus/crossover subgenre. It’s not the first time, and it surely won’t be the last time we see two iconic movie...
View ArticleOscars 2021 Exit Survey: How Will We Remember This Very Strange Ceremony?
A jiggered presentation order, notable upsets, and Glenn Close dancing to “Da Butt” were only a few of the oddities that took place during the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. Soderbergh went full...
View Article‘Cruella’ Exit Survey: Great Dresses, Bad Dogs
Who would’ve thought a pack of dalmatians would be so vicious??? Cruella is out, and, along with A Quiet Place: Part II and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, it marks the unofficial…
View Article‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ Exit Survey – Millicent Simmonds FTW!
A Quiet Place: Part II has played a big part in taking movie theaters off life support, nearly matching the opening weekend box office of the original with many theaters still operating at limited...
View Article‘Frank’s Joke’ by Ed Bulmer
Frank told a joke at work. Nobody laughed. Now at 3 am he’s unable to sleep as he obsesses over his social faux-pas, leading him to contemplate the nature of memory itself. Nick Kush:…
View Article‘How to Breathe in Kern County’ by Chris Filippone
As the workday grinds to a halt, a gathering of street racers makes way for the backroads of Bakersfield to find catharsis. Nick Kush: So little is said throughout How to Breathe in Kern County,…
View Article‘The Gaze’ by Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins’ note on The Gaze: “In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&A’s for the various films we’ve made, there is one question that recurs. No matter the length of the piece…
View Article‘While You Were Sleeping’ by Anderson Wright
Night shift cleaners in Salt Lake City share their experiences and attitudes toward their essential work. Nick Kush: While You Were Sleeping is a gentle reminder of the necessary, but mostly...
View Article‘Shots in the Dark With David Godlis’ by Lewie & Noah Kloster
Between 1976 and 1980, young Manhattan photographer David Godlis documented the nightly goings-on at the Bowery’s legendary CBGB, “the undisputed birthplace of punk rock,” with a vividly distinctive...
View Article‘Genius Loci’ by Adrien Merigeau
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide. Nick Kush: Genius Loci was on my long list of my favorite movies…
View Article‘The Sentence of Michael Thompson’ by Kyle Thrash and Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close...
View ArticleOur Most Anticipated Movies of 2023
The new year has plenty to be excited about. We have a truly stacked slate for the first time since before the pandemic; many industry leaders — including Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Wes Anderson,...
View ArticleRanking M. Night Shyamalan’s Filmography
You can accuse M. Night Shyamalan of being many things, but he’s certainly never boring. On the heels of his latest film, Knock at the Cabin, coming to theaters, Spencer and Nick decided to come…
View ArticleDead by Dawn: Slicing Through the ‘Evil Dead’ Franchise
Few movies have had more of an impact on a genre than The Evil Dead on horror. From unwittingly unleashing a grave evil on the world by reading an unholy text, to the horror happening…
View ArticleOur Favorite Movies of 2023 So Far
With half the year in the books, Spencer and Nick share five of their favorite movies of the year so far, from horror movies in which nothing happens (Nick’s favorite genre) to a romance that…
View ArticleBarbenheimer!!!
Barbenheimer is finally here! To celebrate what is most likely the biggest moviegoing event in years, Spencer, Collin, and Nick came together to share their experiences completing the highly...
View ArticleRanking the Indiana Jones Franchise
Aside from the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the summer movie season has been a little odd, with many high-profile franchise entertainments underperforming. Included in that was Indiana Jones and the Dial...
View Article‘Soft Animals’ By Renee Zhan
Two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station. Nick Kush: In a manner that only animation could express, Soft Animals is a very honest, funny, and occasionally gross (thanks to some wonderfully...
View Article‘Lay Me by the Shore’ By David Findlay
Introducing a young cast of first-time actors, Lay Me by the Shore follows a week in the life of Noah, a high school senior in his final days of school as he comes to terms…
View Article‘Berry Pickers’ By Agnes Skonare Karlsson
During an exceptionally hot summer in Sweden, a Thai migrant worker has to navigate the forest and his increasingly quarrelsome relationship with his older brother, in order to find the blueberries...
View Article‘Act of God’ by Spencer Cook and Parker Smith
Stuart, a disabled man who pushes away his caretakers, comes to understand the value of accepting help. Nick Kush: On top of the refreshing representation it provides, Act of God creates a worthwhile...
View ArticleThe Death of the DCEU
The hierarchy of power in the DCEU did, in fact, not change. With the release of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom comes the end of the tumultuous DC Extended Universe. With plenty of plans announced…
View ArticlePodcast of the Planet of the Apes
On this episode of The MovieBabble Podcast, Brennan, Spencer, and Collin revisit and rank the entire Planet of the Apes franchise. We share our memories and (mostly) fondness for each installment from...
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