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Mr. Ratchett Is Dead Again
To defend Agatha Christie, we need to go back to her cliché categories and rethink them.
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers
The Generic Spectacular
Drew Johnson interviews Jim Shepard about his new book of film criticism, "The Tunnel at the End of the Light."
Virtual Enemy at the MIT Museum
“The Enemy,” the MIT Museum's first virtual reality exhibition, had begun. For the next hour, everything I experienced would be designed expressly for me.
The Moving Pictures of “Loving Vincent”
"Loving Vincent" gives itself over to the poetics of showing its painterly work. It rediscovers not only van Gogh the artist, but also his medium.
A Carnal Contact with Reality: On Pasolini’s Novels
On a great director’s neglected novels.
How to Read Star Wars
"Star Wars is sacred to millions, and millions are blind to Star Wars." M. W. Lipschutz on the 13 ways of reading the franchise.
“The Last Jedi”: Saving Star Wars from Itself
By connecting female representation to values that challenge toxic masculinity, "The Last Jedi" supplants the franchise’s hero worship with compassion.
The Impossibility of Children’s Cinema: On Todd Haynes’s “Wonderstruck”
"'Wonderstruck' turns its child protagonists into taxidermy." Jill Richards on Todd Haynes's latest.
Critical Condition
Jordan Cronk talks with Thom Andersen about his new collection, "Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema."
All Snowflakes Must Melt: “Blade Runner 2049”
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun considers the future of "Blade Runner 2049."
Hacking It: “Blade Runner 2049”
Did the 2014 Sony hack influence "Blade Runner 2049"? Jordan Brower on Denis Villeneuve's latest.
A Miserable Miracle: Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama”
Sam George Jackson reviews Lucrecia Martel's "Zama" and the long-overlooked work of Antonio Di Benedetto.
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