New Black Gothic
Sheri-Marie Harrison on "This Is America," "Get Out," "Sing, Unburied, Sing," and the new black Gothic....
Speeding Up Chekhov
Michael Mayer’s adaptation of “The Seagull” continues the tradition in American entertainment of fast-talking dames....
New Formation: Janelle Monáe’s Radical Emotion Pictures
"Dirty Computer" finds Monáe not only inserting herself into traditions that can’t fully contain her but resculpting them in her likeness....
Religion Goes to the Movies
"Religion and Film" makes the otherwise confusing relationship between religion and film perspicuous in ways that few academic studies have ....
The New Primitives
Primitivism is back, not that it ever left. Ben Etherington on the historical and contemporary notions of primitivism....
Hong Sang-soo’s Dream Time
On Hong Sang-soo's "The Day After" and the filmmaker's place in slow cinema....
The Ashtray Has Landed: The Case of Morris v. Kuhn
Much of "The Ashtray" is witty, ebullient, and generous. Errol Morris shares his wide range of interests, and his enthusiasm for philosophy is infectious....
“Creating the Historiography”: An Interview with Curator-Filmmaker Shola Lynch
Leon Hendrix talks to filmmaker Shola Lynch about her past projects and her work at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture....
Handmade Feminism: Irene Lusztig’s “Yours in Sisterhood”
Megan Moodie interviews Irene Lusztig about her new movie, "Yours in Sisterhood."...
The Madness to Wes Anderson’s Method
In “Isle of Dogs,” Anderson seems to ask what forms, what styles, are commensurate to rage....
The Corporate Art of the Deal
"Ready Player One" is an instance of near-perfect alignment of the motives of both hit director and Hollywood studio: an apologia for corporate artwork....
1,001 Days in Chicago: Tales of Violence in the City
Rachel Shteir looks at tales of violence in Chicago....
