Film

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

Acting and Impersonation
Leo Braudy on Acting Otherness and the Academy Awards.
Leo BraudyFeb 22, 2015
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An Interview with Freida Lee Mock About Her Film “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power”
"I knew that I wanted to tell the story of Anita Hill — who she was, where she came from, what motivated her in her work and life."
David Palumbo-LiuJan 30, 2015
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The Trauma Hero: From Wilfred Owen to “Redeployment” and “American Sniper”
“Yet when the trauma hero myth is taken as representing the ultimate truth of more than a decade of global aggression, as in it does in American Sniper, we allow the psychological suffering endured by those we sent to kill for us displace and erase the innocents killed in our name. As in Klay’s story, the real victims of American political violence disappear under a load of shit.”
Roy ScrantonJan 25, 2015
Film Junkies
On the addiction narrative, when the addiction is movies.
Adam Fleming PettyJan 20, 2015
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Taylor Negron, 1957–2015
Taylor Negron "knew everyone, worked with everyone, and was loved by all."
Erika SchickelJan 15, 2015
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Hollywood Calling: Luise Rainer, Sally Hawkins, and the First Law of Telephone Scenes
As night follows day, so Oscars follow telephone scenes.
Christopher GrobeJan 14, 2015
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Too Faithful to Succeed: On "Inherent Vice"
Anna Shechtman on Paul Thomas Anderson's film adaptation of Thomas Phynchon's novel "Inherent Vice"
Anna ShechtmanJan 9, 2015
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“The Strange Territory of That Room”
Kevin Allardice reviews 'The Absolution of Roberto Acestes' Laing by Nicholas Rombes
Kevin AllardiceJan 5, 2015
- Fiction
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Song of Saruman
Robert T. Tally Jr. examine's Tolkien's character Saruman in light of the latest, and last, installment of Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies."
Robert T. Tally Jr.Dec 27, 2014
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Repetition and Difference: “Two Days, One Night”
The Dardennes' "Two Days, One Night" is animated by a complex conception of human life as both singular and serial.
Francey RussellDec 26, 2014
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Books in Space: Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar”
“Interstellar” is bookish to a fault.
Wai Chee DimockDec 25, 2014
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“Selma” and Saviors
"Unlike most political films, Selma does not celebrate the change-makers at the top of the political ladder. Instead, it is an example of how an oppressed minority, through organization, solidarity, and sacrifice, forced the white man’s hand."
Noah GittellDec 24, 2014
- Film