At the conclusion of a grim year – for movies, and in general – a brief appreciation of the people and moments that brought us some fleeting pleasure.
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What a year it’s been. I have no jokes, no memes, just an impending sense of tentative relief that this festival […]
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How two of the year’s best documentaries find filmmakers coping with essential questions of family, life, and death.
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With “Crash” out on Blu-ray this week from Criterion, we look back at the various attempts to translate JG Ballard’s work to the screen.
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The Micachu and the Shapes frontwoman has become one of the most innovative and interesting composers in film. A look at what makes her work so special:
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How three films – by David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and Andrzej Zulawski – redefined genre cinema, and the films of their children continued those traditions.
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The ‘Frankenstein’ director’s distinctive style was instrumental to the look and feel of Universal’s classic monster movies. It was a style he honed and perfected on the stage.
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This 1933 drama is a rare example of a studio film grappling seriously with the wounds of war. A look back:
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This month, curious viewers can check out the ninth (!) ‘American Pie’ movie, and the seventh (!!) ‘Tremors’ film. And how are they? Wellllllll…..
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As more documentarians tackle the women of the punk and pre-punk movements, are their films shattering norms like their subjects did?
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David Cronenberg’s debut feature plays like a road map of the preoccupations that would consume him for the rest of his career.
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Kirsten Johnson’s documentary memoir is a creative, funny and deeply moving portrait of loss-in-process.
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