Film

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

Jonestown as Genre: Ti West’s "The Sacrament"
In The Sacrament, the conflation of media publicity and private lives, which was always present in the Jonestown massacre, now becomes the main subject.
Donal HarrisDec 3, 2013
- Film
Philosophy’s Film: On Alain Badiou’s “Cinema”
One of the great strengths of Badiou’s philosophy is his complete lack of cynicism and willingness to risk folly in the pursuit of truth. It means that his analysis of the present is always injected with an untimely classicism and grandeur.
Nico BaumbachSep 22, 2013
- Film
Negotiating the Dangerous Compromise: Curtis Harrington’s “Nice Guys Don’t Work in Hollywood”
"The thrust of the film,"Harrington says, "is to present the artist as an alchemist who, through her creative work, becomes herself transmuted into gold."
Nathaniel BellAug 13, 2013
- Film
Cinephilia and the Theaters of Los Angeles, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Movies
The art house theaters of Los Angeles
Nafis ShafizadehJul 29, 2013
- Film
Pacific Rim: Guillermo del Toro’s Fractal Shoes
Guillermo del Toro’s foot fetish
Wai Chee DimockJul 27, 2013
- Film
The New Abnormal: Tentpoles, Pre-Awareness, and the Crisis in Hollywood
The mess that Hollywood is in, and how we got there.
Andrew GumbelJul 26, 2013
- Film
Frankly, Mr. Franco: On "Interior. Leather Bar."
On Travis Mathew's re-imagining of William Friedkin's 'Cruising'
Morgan WoolseyJul 19, 2013
- Film
Heritage Girl Crush: On “Hannah Arendt”
Margarethe von Trotta's film 'Hannah Arendt'
Moira WeigelJul 16, 2013
- Film
Digging Up the Winter: A Collage about the Making of a Film
On the film adaptation of James Welch's 'Winter in the Blood'
Michael PeckOct 27, 2012
- Cultural Studies
- Film
In Search of Lost Plots: On Viktor Shklovsky
On recent translations of the Russian formalist's 'Bowstring' and 'Energy of Delusion'
Jonathan FoltzOct 24, 2012
American Caliban: On P.T. Anderson’s “The Master”
Of Master and disciple, an 'unresolved love story'
Jacob MikanowskiOct 20, 2012
- Film
Tales of Buffalo Billy: Noel Simsolo's "Masters of Cinema: Billy Wilder"
since it’s Wilder we’re talking about, there’s an anecdotal surplus unmatched in any history of the motion pictures.
Noah IsenbergMar 27, 2012
- Biography & Autobiography
- Film