Film

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All Hail the Appeasers
Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews “Munich: The Edge of War” by placing it in its proper historical-cultural context.
Samuel Clowes HunekeJun 6, 2022
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“No Good Comes Out of a Spook Show”: Adaptation, Anxiety, and Trauma in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley”
Dane Reighard considers how del Toro adapted a 1946 noir and, in the process, uncovered its contemporary resonances.
Dane ReighardMay 27, 2022
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Why We Love Disaster Films
Jon Catlin examines critical disaster studies through a series of books, the problematic cornerstone being David Thomson’s “Disaster Mon Amour.”
Jonathon CatlinMay 26, 2022
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Surviving Destruction: What Keeps Going in Eugenie Brinkema’s “Life-Destroying Diagrams”
Jorge Cotte reviews Eugenie Brinkema’s “Life-Destroying Diagrams,” a monograph in defense of radical formalism.
Jorge CotteMay 23, 2022
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Unruly Bodies and Borders in Kira Kovalenko’s “Unclenching the Fists”
Sasha Karsavina and Alex Bliziotis explore the political themes and stakes of Kira Kovalenko’s new film, “Unclenching the Fists.”
Alex Bliziotis, Sasha KarsavinaMay 18, 2022
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Parade of Lonely Faces: On Buster Keaton and Greta Garbo
Emina Melonic reviews two recent biographies about notoriously private stars who started in silent cinema: Buster Keaton and Greta Garbo.
Emina MelonicMay 4, 2022
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“Great Freedom” and the Paradox of Desire and Repression
Nolan Kelly reviews “Great Freedom” as the most recent installment of films about queer desire and the carceral state.
Nolan KellyApr 29, 2022
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Lost Men, Found Women: Revisiting the New Hollywood
Nancy West engages in a feminist “anti-retrospective” of the cinema of 1972.
Nancy M. WestApr 13, 2022
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The Haynes Code
Jean-Thomas Tremblay reviews a recent anthology about Todd Haynes as feminist-queer filmmaker.
Jean-Thomas TremblayApr 8, 2022
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How to Love: Matthew Strohl and Rax King on Bad Movies
Nicholas Whittaker compares two recuperative, complementary accounts of loving bad objects.
Nicholas WhittakerMar 30, 2022
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Buster Keaton: A Timeless Comedian
Two new biographies of “Old Stone Face” and his remarkable cinematic career.
Chris YogerstMar 25, 2022
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“C’mon C’mon” and the Empathetic Films of Mike Mills
Meghan Gilligan reflects on how the empathetic characters of Mike Mills’s films, striving to connect, have helped her to communicate with those closest to her.
Meghan GilliganMar 21, 2022
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