Film

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

Against Happiness
Nikolaj Lübecker's exploration of "The Feel-Bad Film" outlines a theoretical approach to films that allows us to stress their value, and highlight their implicit critique.
Russell WilliamsSep 23, 2015
- Film
Welcome to Marseille
"The Connection" is the third film to examine the Marseille-based drug ring that funneled heroin into North American and European markets from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Ruth JonesSep 22, 2015
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L’Amitié
An interview with Mélanie Laurent and Anne-Sophie Brasme on “Breathe.”
Erik MorseSep 18, 2015
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Hard Feelings — Inside Out, Silicon Valley, and Why Technologizing Emotion and Memory Is a Dangerous Idea
"Inside Out" represents a potentially dangerous line of thinking.
Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Luke StarkSep 11, 2015
- Film
- Science & Technology
Failures of Nerve: “While We’re Young” and “The Overnight”
Marriage isn't just for two people anymore: on "While We're Young" and "The Overnight."
Jonathan AlexanderSep 1, 2015
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Entertaining Mr. Lambert
Hollywood of the 1950s, as Gavin Lambert was to discover on his arrival, was marked by secrecy and deceit.
Alex HarveyAug 31, 2015
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The Old Master: The Enduring Fascination of Elderly Sherlock Holmes
This is, in fact, the accidental artistic brilliance of the Sherlock Holmes tales: they encompass a robust but tantalizingly unfinished fictional world.
Zach DundasAug 25, 2015
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- Noir
The Novel in Utopia
An interview with Julia Pierpont.
Anna ShechtmanAug 20, 2015
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On the Hoof, On the Barrel: “On Prime Cut”
"Prime Cut" is a sardonic report from the battle to define what America was and who it was for.
Charles TaylorAug 19, 2015
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The Cartoon Bodies of “Mad Max: Fury Road”
"Mad Max: Fury" Road" is a live-action film with a distinctly cartoon sensibility.
Isabel OrtizAug 19, 2015
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An Obstinate Memory: The Documentaries of Joshua Oppenheimer
In the films of Joshua Oppenheimer, the body never lies. His documentaries examine hard truths that are often stranger and more horrible than any fiction.
Will Di NoviJul 29, 2015
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David Foster Wallace’s Closed Circuit
On 'The End of the Tour'
Anna ShechtmanJul 25, 2015
- Film