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Hell Down in Hollywood: On Duke Haney’s “Death Valley Superstars”
Peter L. Winkler plumbs the depths of “Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland” by Duke Haney.
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers
A Knack for Embracing Impermanence: On Pico Iyer’s “Autumn Light”
A new memoir about coming to terms with aging and death.
Une Française à Los Angeles: Remembering Agnès Varda
There are many ways to remember Agnès Varda — I will remember her time as an L.A. outsider and the first memories of the city that she gave me.
Christian Petzold’s Anti-Speculative Fiction
"Transit" offers the unreassuring thrill of a reasonable, intelligent person having the nerve to say, clearly, just how bad he thinks things are.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at “High Flying Bird”
"High Flying Bird’s" Lukácsian dramatization of class struggle remains trapped, visually and narratively, in a neoliberal perceptual apparatus.
Death and Magic
In Darío Guerrero’s “Rocío,” dying is as wondrous as life itself.
Teaching with Film
Holly Willis considers several short films that she contends can help improve writing.
The Tale of the Tasaday, as Seen on TV
"The Book of Paradise Has No Author" blends media criticism and historical scholarship to tell the splintered story of the Tasaday.
Who's the Baddie? Captain Marvel in the Age of American Empire
Who is Captain Marvel an allegory for?
Life After Noir: A Conversation with Duke Haney
David Breithaupt debriefs Duke Haney, author of “Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland.”
Jane Austen on Film
On the many adaptations of Jane Austen's writing.
“In a Different Voice”: Act II
Carol Gilligan on three recent films that give her hope.
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