Film

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

Hollywood in Flames
Brian R. Jacobson reviews two recent books about Hollywood's role in climate change.
Brian R. JacobsonJun 21, 2019
- Film
Mel Brooks, Boomer’s Comedian
Mel Brooks looked for boundaries to cross and conventions to subvert, but his best work rarely came from crossing social and political boundaries.
Chris YogerstJun 12, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
- Film
The Customer Is Wrong: The Commodity and the Work of Art
Adam Theron-Lee Rensch reviews Nicholas Brown’s “Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism.”
Adam Theron-Lee RenschJun 5, 2019
Disney’s Endgame: Corporate Stockholm Syndrome in the Age of the Mega-Franchise
While we crave traditional components like complexity, spectacle, and closure, we experience those things only as an endless flow of branded content.
Dan Hassler-ForestJun 1, 2019
- Film
- SF
On “Manifesto”
Julian Rosefeldt’s "Manifesto" declares itself as a series of canny thefts.
Martin HarriesMay 27, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Lost and Found
Charles Taylor marvels over "Amazing Grace."
Charles TaylorMay 22, 2019
The Hills Are Alive: “Pet Sematary” and the Horror of Indigenous Sovereignty and Black Freedom
Dixa Ramírez D’Oleo digs up Mary Lambert’s original 1989 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel “Pet Sematary.”
Dixa Ramírez D’OleoMay 17, 2019
- Film
Scientific Rebirth
“Genesis 2.0” is a panoramic master class in the strange unmodernity of modern science.
James DelbourgoMay 10, 2019
Films Without Borders: An Interview with Christian Petzold
Gregg LaGambina talks to director Christian Petzold about his new film, "Transit."
Gregg LaGambinaMay 6, 2019
- Around the World
- Film
The Return of the Return of the Repressed
“Peele wants to make clear just how long a nation can delude itself about what’s real.” Sarah Wasserman and Kinohi Nishikawa review “Us.”
Kinohi Nishikawa, Sarah WassermanApr 28, 2019
- Film
Hearing Gregor Samsa
Nathan Goldman reviews Kata Gellen’s “Kafka and Noise: The Discovery of Cinematic Sound in Literary Modernism.”
Nathan GoldmanApr 26, 2019
- Film
- Literary Criticism
Love App-tually: Grindr and Queer Cinema
Kyle Turner on how queer dating and hookup app Grindr has changed LGBTQ cinema.
Kyle TurnerApr 23, 2019