<h4>Max Nelson is a New York–based film critic who regularly contributes to Reverse Shot, Cinema Scope, and Film Comment, where he writes a bimonthly column on new and upcoming restoration work.</h4>

Max Nelson

“This Barren Land”: Bob Dylan’s Gospel Variations

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

Music

Watching Them Be: Star Presence on the Screen from Garbo to Balthazar

Present and Accounted For: On James Harvey’s Watching Them Be

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers

Film

Wes Anderson’s Elegy to Stefan Zweig

Max Nelson is a New York–based film critic who regularly contributes to Reverse Shot, Cinema Scope, and Film Comment, where he writes a bimonthly column on new and upcoming restoration work.