Film

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

How to Be a Girl Detective
The new film “Enola Holmes” illustrates a cultural shift in how girlhood is conceptualized and understood.
Claudia McCarronDec 26, 2020
Reimagining “Rebecca”
Ben Wheatley’s new film version of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel is grating.
Paul du QuenoyDec 23, 2020
- Film
Call Me By No Name: On "Rebecca"
Tania Modleski watches new Netflix's adaptation of Rebecca and tracks the puzzling misreadings and misleadings of its source material.
Tania ModleskiDec 23, 2020
- Film
- Television
Betrayal: Jean Shepherd and “A Christmas Story”
Lee Vinsel on Jean Shepherd and the darker message in "A Christmas Story."
Lee VinselDec 21, 2020
- Fiction
- Film
Real Life Rock Top 10: December 2020
LARB presents the December installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusDec 17, 2020
Against Identification: The Abject Camp of “The Witches” (1990)
Charles Ramsay McCrory explores the intertwining affects of identification, attraction, and abjections in the 1990 children’s horror film, “The Witches.”
Charles Ramsay McCroryDec 10, 2020
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
The Past Is Now: On Amin Samman’s “History in Financial Times”
John Macintosh charts "History in Financial Times," the new book by Amin Samman.
John MacintoshDec 9, 2020
The Milestones of Milestone
A new biography of an important director of the studio era.
Gary D. RhodesDec 6, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Film
The Imperialist Anxieties of Christopher Nolan
Andrew Fedorov considers Christopher Nolan’s Victorian sensibility and its elision from Tom Shone’s “The Nolan Variations.”
Andrew FedorovDec 4, 2020
- Film
The Juridical Is Libidinal: From the First Amendment to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
As Maggie Hennefeld explains, Sacha Baron Cohen’s satire takes scatological aim at the American body politic at its most abject.
Maggie HennefeldDec 4, 2020
When Hitchcock’s Camera Lies: An Interview with Dan Callahan
Ben Shields interviews author Dan Callahan about his latest book, “The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock.”
Ben ShieldsNov 25, 2020
- Film
Wrapped in Plastic: On Courtenay Stallings’s “Laura’s Ghost”
Sophia Stewart reviews “Laura’s Ghost,” a feminist-ethnographic collection revisiting the gender politics of “Twin Peaks,” the series and the film.
Sophia StewartNov 3, 2020