Film

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

Self-Narrative TV in Uncertain Times
Madeline Ullrich examines self-narrative television through the lenses of "Somebody Somewhere" and "Life & Beth."
Madeline UllrichAug 17, 2022
- Film
- Television
Retroactive Abortion: Time Travel and the Unborn Baby
Lauren Collee shows how time-travel movies of the 1980s reinforced Christian ideals of destiny, presenting abortion as a disruption to a “natural” timeline.
Lauren ColleeAug 13, 2022
- Film
- SF
We Lost It at the Movies
Martha Southgate ponders the formative experiences and changing landscape of going to "The Movies."
Martha SouthgateAug 10, 2022
Victim of His Own Celebrity: On Richard Schickel’s “The Famous Mr. Fairbanks”
Chris Yogerst reviews Richard Schickel’s “The Famous Mr. Fairbanks: A Story of Celebrity.”
Chris YogerstAug 7, 2022
The Dark Side of the New Hollywood: On Jon Lewis’s “Road Trip to Nowhere”
Chris Yogerst reviews Jon Lewis’s book about Hollywood in the ’60s and ’70s, “Road Trip to Nowhere.”
Chris YogerstJul 30, 2022
- Film
The Weather in “Passing”
Bharat Jayram Venkat looks at Nella Larsen’s novella, “Passing,” along with its film adaptation, to articulate a theory of “weather fiction.”
Bharat Jayram VenkatJul 30, 2022
- Film
Coens in Transition: Two Books on the Coen Brothers
Matthew Sorrento compares two recent books on the work of the Coen brothers.
Matthew SorrentoJul 29, 2022
- Film
On Privacy, Paranoia, and Genre
Harrison Blackman looks at three recent books about privacy, surveillance, and film aesthetics.
Harrison BlackmanJul 12, 2022
- Film
Feeling Like a Feminist with Audrey Diwan’s “Happening”
Lori J. Marso uses Simone De Beauvoir and a feminist phenomenological lens to consider Audrey Diwan’s “Happening,” a film adapted from the work of Annie Ernaux.
Lori MarsoJun 30, 2022
- Film
Tension and Drive: Maya Deren and Gregory Bateson’s Plateau
Vinícius Portella forges the historical and intellectual connection between Maya Deren’s cinema and her reading of Gregory Bateson’s concept of the “plateau.”
Vinícius PortellaJun 20, 2022
- Film
Three Brief Portraits of Monica Vitti (1931–2022)
Erik Morse provides three flashes of the late cinematic icon Monica Vitti.
Erik MorseJun 13, 2022
- Film
The Eternal Exile: On Jonas Mekas’s Cinema of Memory and Displacement
Dante A. Ciampaglia looks back over the long career of avant-garde film pioneer Jonas Mekas.
Dante A. CiampagliaJun 9, 2022
- Film