“We Would Prefer Not To”: “The Big Short” and Liberalism’s MythsDespite its grave, wonky subject matter, "The Big Short" wears a media-saturated cynicism on its sleeve....JOHN THOMASONFILM
Flung Out of Space: “Carol,” Genre, and Gender"Carol" is unique among Haynes’s films in that it invites us to witness an intimacy that others have failed to notice....JOHN THOMASONFILM
“I Know Thee Not, Old Man”: Orson Welles and the New Queer CinemaTEN YEARS after the massive success of Brokeback Mountain, Hollywood films centering on gay characters and themes have become unremarkable. This fall, the release of the gay dramas Stonewall, Freeheld, The Danish Girl, and Carol, all within roughly two months of ...JOHN THOMASONFILM