Pull the Red Thread: On Alice Rohrwacher’s “La chimera”
Greta Rainbow reviews Alice Rohrwacher’s film “La chimera.”
Greta Rainbow reviews Alice Rohrwacher’s film “La chimera.”
Greta RainbowMay 16
Dylan Adamson positions the discourses around Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” within the director’s larger body of work.
Dylan AdamsonMay 10
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” writer Rachel Cusk and filmmaker Ira Sachs discuss his new film “Passages,” his oeuvre, and the...
Rachel CuskMay 3
Enzo Escober reviews Julio Torres’s body of work, but most of all, his debut feature, “Problemista.”
Enzo EscoberMay 2
Jamal Batts reviews Robeson Taj Frazier’s “KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell.”
Jamal BattsApr 30
Ryan Coleman reports from the Los Angeles Festival of Movies.
Ryan ColemanApr 26
Jonathan van Harmelen reveals a lesser-known, unappreciated history of American film through the work of Asian American makers and studios.
Jonathan van HarmelenApr 25
Jayson Buford revisits Curtis Hanson and Eminem’s “8 Mile.”
Jayson BufordApr 14
Theo Spielberg appreciates Fatima Al Qadiri’s haunting score for the 2019 Senegalese film “Atlantics.”
Theo SpielbergApr 11
Ned Resnikoff reviews Pamela Robertson Wojcik’s “Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in American Cinema.”
Ned ResnikoffApr 10
Devin Griffiths reads Frank Herbert’s “Dune” as a novel of environmental protest.
Devin GriffithsApr 5
Julia Gunnison reviews Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.”
Julia GunnisonApr 5
Lori Marso reviews Christine Smallwood’s book on “La Captive” (Chantal Akerman, 2000).
Lori MarsoApr 4
Jimmy So analyzes what “Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” have to say about America.
Jimmy SoMar 20
Ellen Song looks at Eunice Lau’s documentary “A-Town Boyz” in the context of contemporary Asian American representation.
Ellen SongMar 19
Paul Thompson considers Chris Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and the atomic bomb on-screen.
Paul ThompsonMar 10
Cinematographer Michael M. Pessah surveys this year’s Oscar nominees in the category and considers the state of the art.
Michael M. PessahMar 10
Eskor David Johnson reviews Cord Jefferson’s film “American Fiction.”
Eskor David JohnsonMar 9
Dolores McElroy reviews Barbra Streisand’s memoir “My Name Is Barbra.”
Dolores McElroyMar 6
Jack Miles reviews James Bernauer’s “Auschwitz & Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor” in light of the new film “The Zone of...
Jack MilesMar 4
David Hering reviews Jonathan Glazer’s film “The Zone of Interest.”
David HeringMar 4
Jenny Wu reviews Tiffany Sia’s “On and Off-Screen Imaginaries.”
Jenny WuMar 1
Peter Campion reviews David Thomson’s “Remotely: Travels in the Binge of TV.”
Peter CampionFeb 26
Michael Szalay compares apples and Apples in parsing the streamer’s strategy financially, aesthetically, narratively, and otherwise.
Michael SzalayFeb 16