Nate Mondschein spotlights three standouts (for good and for ill) from this year’s fully virtual Sundance Film Festival in the first half of his MMH Sundance Selects series.
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Movie Review | The Tragedy of The Tragedy of Macbeth
by Nate Mondschein | Jan 20, 2022 | Movies
After two-plus years of waiting, Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth has finally arrived; but despite its illustrious cast, crew, and source material, the film is ultimately more style than substance.
The 2021 MMH Awards
by Nate Mondschein | Dec 27, 2021 | Hoops, Movies, Music
To celebrate the end of 2021, the MMH Staff compiles their top-five lists of favorite albums, tracks, films, performances, games, and teams from a truly insane calendar year.
A Year In Review: The Top Five Films of 2001
by Nate Mondschein | Dec 17, 2021 | Movies
MMH Contributor and chronic list-maker Nate Mondschein takes a two-decade trip back to one of his favorite years in cinema to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his top-five films of 2001.
Movie Review | The Power of the Dog
by Nate Mondschein | Nov 29, 2021 | Movies
Nate Mondschein unpacks the nuanced direction, narrative tension, and nicotine-soaked performances that make Netflix’s The Power of the Dog one of the best films of the year.
Oh Yeah, I Guess It Makes Me Smile: Five Reflections on Nevermind
by Nate Mondschein, Carl Henderson, Jim Trainer, Nico Carter, Simon Pruitt | Nov 12, 2021 | Music
Starting today, the Nevermind 30th Anniversary Editions are available featuring 70 previously unreleased Nirvana tracks. To commemorate the release, five MMH contributors from three distinct generations take turns revisiting the singular album.
Space Movie Starting Five
by Nate Mondschein | Oct 28, 2021 | Movies
In celebration of Dennis Villeneuve’s long-awaited, brilliant adaptation of the acclaimed Frank Herbert novel Dune, Nate Mondschein counts down five of his all-time favorite space films in typical MMH fashion.
Decadepalooza III: The 1980s
by Nate Mondschein, Simon Pruitt | Oct 21, 2021 | Music
MMH contributors Nate Mondschein & Simon Pruitt are back with another installment of everyone’s favorite time-traveling-music-festival-thought-experiment, focusing in this installment on all the best synth-happy, LINN-drum lavished, leather-laden tracks of the 1980s!
Before No Time To Die – A Few Bond Favorites
by Nate Mondschein, Cody Tannen-Barrup, David Haffner, Simon Pruitt, Sasha Klare-Ayvazian | Sep 23, 2021 | Movies
In celebration of the upcoming release of No Time To Die (the 25th installment in the James Bond official film cannon), MMH contributors Cody Tannen-Barrup, Dave Haffner, Simon Pruitt, Sasha Klare-Ayvazian, and Nate Mondschein talk up a few of their favorites from the 007 series.
Decadepalooza II: The 1970s
by Simon Pruitt, Nate Mondschein | Sep 17, 2021 | Music
Roughly ten fictional years after Nate Mondschein and I tore our respective houses down at our 1960s music festivals, we’re back to put on two more unforgettable shows.
The 2021 Inaugural JVA Awards: A Celebration Of Bon Iver And Their Bandleader
by Nate Mondschein | Sep 16, 2021 | Music
In celebration of the recent decade-aversary of Bon Iver’s semi-self-titled sophomore album, MMH Contributor (and totally normal person who still cannot listen to more than three songs off For Emma, Forever Ago without breaking down in tears) Nate Mondschein revives his formerly Prince-centric All-NBA-esque ceremony for a new Justin Vernon-themed iteration.
Five Martial Arts Favorites To Check Out Before Shang-Chi
by Nate Mondschein | Sep 2, 2021 | Movies
MMH Contributor Nate Mondschein, famously the 19th worst martial artist on the MMH staff, picks five of his favorite martial arts films to revisit in advance of the newest MCU release, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.