Film

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

Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” and the Banality of Good
Sam Buckland considers Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” as a philosophical photo-negative of Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.”
Sam BucklandDec 4, 2019
- Film
- Philosophy & Religion
Real Life Rock Top 10: November 2019
LARB presents the November installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusNov 29, 2019
- Film
- Music
On Millennial Fluidity; or, a Second Open Love Letter to Nico Tortorella
Jonathan Alexander on Nico Tortorella, gender fluidity, and contemporary culture.
Jonathan AlexanderNov 26, 2019
The Astonishing and Multiple Achievements of Alice Guy-Blaché
Sarah Gleeson-White reviews a new documentary about a female cinematic pioneer.
Sarah Gleeson-WhiteNov 23, 2019
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
The Double Bill as Dialogue: On Eileen Myles’s “The Trip” and Ivan Dixon’s “The Spook Who Sat by the Door”
Elizabeth Horkley delves into the filmmaking and curatorial work of Eileen Myles, most recently in their double bill program at the Metrograph Theatre.
Elizabeth HorkleyNov 20, 2019
- Film
- Politics
Martin Scorsese’s Late Style
Scout Tafoya contemplates “The Irishman” and the late style of Martin Scorsese.
Scout TafoyaNov 19, 2019
- Film
Partly Truth, Partly Fiction: 2019 Cinema Revisits the Manson Family
Chloe Lizotte considers the Manson depictions from the summer of 2019, asking what contradictions of representation and historical memory they share.
Chloe LizotteNov 10, 2019
Capitalism Is a Mental Illness: “Hustlers,” “The Known World,” and a Failed TV Project
Annie McGreevy on “Hustlers,” Edward P. Jones’s “The Known World,” a failed TV project, and the hustles that sustain us under capitalism.
Annie McGreevyNov 6, 2019
Pure Wordless Emotion on Film: “In This Life” at the 2019 Dance on Camera Festival
Constance Valis Hill reviews Bat-Sheva Guez’s hypnotic new dance film.
Constance Valis HillNov 3, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Out of the Glass Case: Museum Heists and Repatriations
Megan Ward looks at the 2018 film “Museo,” starring Gael García Bernal, and contemporary debates around museum repatriation and cultural memory.
Megan WardOct 30, 2019
Narrative Economies
Chang-Min Yu reviews Joseph Jonghyun Jeon’s volume on Korean cinema and its rendering of global economic logics through film language and narrative.
Chang-Min YuOct 28, 2019
The Trouble with “Adam”
The teen film “Adam” turns complex issues of trans visibility into a vacuous sex farce.
Caden Mark GardnerOct 26, 2019