Art, Accidents, and Sex On-screen: A Conversation with Christian Petzold
Eileen G’Sell interviews German art film director Christian Petzold about his latest, “Afire.”
Eileen G’Sell interviews German art film director Christian Petzold about his latest, “Afire.”
Eileen G’SellAug 3, 2023
Jonathan van Harmelen offers a historical account of the undersung, at times controversial, anti-racist western, John Sturges’s “Bad Day at Black...
Jonathan van HarmelenJul 27, 2023
Thomas M. Puhr discusses absence in cinema, specifically art horror, through a philosophical lens and Mark Jenkin’s film “Enys Men.”
Thomas M. PuhrJul 20, 2023
Adam Sobsey reviews Marsha Gordon’s “Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott,” a biography of the writer...
Adam SobseyJul 10, 2023
With its seventh installment looming, Pat Cassels details the way the “Mission: Impossible” franchise became an unlikely chronicler of American...
Pat CasselsJul 8, 2023
Sean T. Collins and Julia Gfrörer lay out the generic terms of the erotic thriller’s morose relation, the erotic bummer.
Sean T. Collins, Julia GfrörerJul 7, 2023
J. D. Connor writes about the writers’ demands in the WGA strike in Hollywood, and about how movies about contracts relate to a downturn in production...
J. D. ConnorJun 28, 2023
Conor Williams reviews “Pasolini 101,” the new Criterion Collection box set on Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Conor WilliamsJun 22, 2023
Olivia Rutigliano follows the figure of Renfield from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel ‘Dracula’ through various adaptations, culminating in Chris McKay’s...
Olivia RutiglianoJun 15, 2023
Abe Silberstein reviews Godfrey Cheshire’s “In the Time of Kiarostami: Writings on Iranian Cinema.”
Abe SilbersteinJun 8, 2023
Kartik Nair explores the dynamics of the Scream franchise through the lens of 2023’s “Scream VI.”
Kartik NairJun 1, 2023
J. D. Connor reflects on the seemingly endless mutability of the Super Mario Bros. franchise.
J. D. ConnorMay 20, 2023
Hannah Bonner considers the smudge in Carl Elsaesser’s 2021 film “Home When You Return.”
Hannah BonnerMay 18, 2023
Yael Friedman looks at Kelly Reichardt’s “Showing Up” in the context of other art-world movies.
Yael FriedmanMay 11, 2023
The team behind “Mothers of Sierra Leone” explains the shortcoming of “consciousness raising” in global maternal healthcare and examines how their...
Michael Kramp, Fathima Wakeel, Jordyn Pykon, Nahjiah MillerMay 10, 2023
Adèle Cassigneul reviews Alice Blackhurst’s “Luxury, Sensation and the Moving Image,” and, in doing so, interrogates feminist artistic constellations...
Adèle CassigneulMay 4, 2023
Katharine Coldiron looks at the cultural dysphoria caused by the Hays Code in US cinema.
Katharine ColdironMay 3, 2023
Harry Waksberg compares two recent histories of Sydney Pollack’s 1973 film “The Way We Were.”
Harry WaksbergApr 21, 2023
Ariella Garmaise considers Romy Mars’s viral TikTok through the lens of her mother and grandfather’s film “Life Without Zoë.”
Ariella GarmaiseApr 17, 2023
Annie Pfeiffer discusses the translation and adaptation by Philipp Stölzl of Stefan Zweig’s “Chess Story.”
Annie PfeiferApr 13, 2023
Jonah Jeng discusses director John Hyams’s body of work in the context of “vulgar auteurism” and the direct-to-video renaissance.
Jonah JengMar 24, 2023
On its 10th anniversary, Paul Thompson revisits Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers.”
Paul ThompsonMar 22, 2023
Steven W. Thrasher surveys the onscreen evolution of viruses in the wake of our collective experience with COVID-19.
Steven W. ThrasherMar 13, 2023
Frank Falisi writes about Martin McDonagh’s treatment of art and politics in “The Banshees of Inisherin” and his other works.
Frank FalisiMar 10, 2023