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A Toxic Embrace
Aimee Hinds Scott reviews Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.”
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers
The Éowyn Mystique
Gerry Canavan reviews Kenji Kamiyama’s animated film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
Purely Carnal
Jourdain Searles considers Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl.”
Under the Table
Sam Bodrojan considers “Anora” and the emasculated sadism of Sean Baker.
The Screenwriter Strikes Back: Leigh Brackett in Hollywood
Maria San Filippo explores Leigh Brackett’s career as the screenwriter of “The Big Sleep,” “The Long Goodbye,” and “The Empire Strikes Back.”
I’m Not Queer—I’m Disembodied
Maral Attar-Zadeh explores queerness, death, and desire in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s “Queer.”
More Complete, More Pleasurable, More Bearable
Carla Marcantonio writes about Pedro Almodóvar and adaptation in relation to his two new works: “The Room Next Door” and “The Last Dream.”
The Dog Days Are … Back?
Hannah Bonner considers Marielle Heller’s new adaptation of “Nightbitch,” Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel.
An Act of Transgression
Will DiGravio reviews Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon’s “The Biggest Thing in Show Business: Living It Up with Martin & Lewis.”
A Thunderous Quiet: The Life and Films of Billy Woodberry
Giovanni Vimercati profiles the L.A. Rebellion filmmaker on the occasion of his latest film, the documentary “Mário.”
Love in a Placeless City
Ariella Garmaise reviews Kazik Radwanski’s new film “Matt and Mara.”
Celluloid Dreams: Revolution and Its Enemies in Cold War Global Cinema
Jason Christian reviews “Revolution in 35mm,” edited by Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan.
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