Film

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

Beautifying Beale Street
"What do we lose when we forget 'Beale Street’s' ugliness, its flaws, its darkness?" On Barry Jenkins's adaptation of "If Beale Street Could Talk."
Melanie WalshDec 14, 2018
- Film
Eisenstein Versus Sinclair: H. W. L. Dana and “¡Que Viva México!”
Angela Shpolberg provides a blow-by-blow account of the conflict between Upton Sinclair, Sergei Eisenstein, H. W. L. Dana, and Stalin.
Angela ShpolbergDec 7, 2018
- Film
- Politics
Last Man: On Claire Denis’s “High Life”
"The film is not just about violence, the film is itself violent and the audience suffers this directly." Francey Russell on "High Life."
Francey RussellDec 7, 2018
- Film
Norway, Somalia, and the Specters of Terror
A British filmmaker and a Somali novelist explore migration, radicalization, and terror.
Bhakti ShringarpureDec 4, 2018
A Look in the Mirror: A Conversation with Marianna Yarovskaya About “Women of the Gulag”
Lydia Roberts speaks to award-winning filmmaker Marianna Yarovskaya, whose latest documentary is “Women of the Gulag.”
Lydia RobertsDec 1, 2018
The Incitements of Pop Culture: A Conversation with Peter Biskind
A top media historian explains our culture’s fascination with zombies, caped crusaders, and other vigilantes.
Scott TimbergNov 30, 2018
Wives’ Tales
Glenn Close's role in "Fatal Attraction" never sat well with her. How might that inform her work in her new movie, "The Wife"?
Lacy WarnerNov 16, 2018
- Film
Finish Him
“[The Other Side of the Wind] is the movie Welles would have made had he been the digital filmmaker he was not.” J. D. Connor on Welles's final film.
J. D. ConnorNov 10, 2018
- Film
Horror Show
“Suspiria” casts its arms up in praise and its eyes toward the dirt, feeling unworthy of the artists whose name it moans in worship.
Scout TafoyaNov 8, 2018
- Film
Between Parturition and Manufacture
All versions of "A Star Is Born" in various ways worry away at the ambiguity in the title. What does it mean to say a star is “born”?
Richard DyerNov 5, 2018
- Film
Alexander Kluge in Context
The value of "Toward Fewer Images" is its ability to unravel and disclose the conceptual richness of Alexander Kluge’s oeuvre.
Celluloid Liberation FrontOct 26, 2018
- Around the World
- Film
Money Shots
In “Hollywood Math and Aftermath,” J. D. Connor is bold enough to take films at their word when they scream out loud that they’re made out of money.
Mark GobleOct 23, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- Film