November 2012
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Ghosts of Future Past
Robert Zemeckis and the cinematic transition from analog to digital
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted November 2, 2012
September 2012
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Two in a Million
The city romance of Paul Fejos's Lonesome
by Aaron Cutler posted September 13, 2012
August 2012
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Certified Copyright
Piracy, property rights, and the digital revolution
by Thomas Doherty posted August 10, 2012
July 2012
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Dark Chambers
Deceit and obsession in Robert Siodmak's Universal noirs
by Imogen Sara Smith posted July 13, 2012
May 2012
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If Looks Could Kill
On gangster suits and silhouettes
by Lorraine Gamman posted May 8, 2012
February 2012
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Poetics of Motion
The propulsive energy of William Wellman's pre-Code films
by Nick Pinkerton posted February 15, 2012
December 2011
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Moments of 2011, Part 2
Our contributors and colleagues pick the past year's moving image highlights
by Various Writers posted December 30, 2011
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Train Spotting
James Gray on his Viscontian Queens epic The Yards
by Jordan Mintzer posted December 14, 2011
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The World According to God
The strange truths of Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma
by Michael Atkinson posted December 12, 2011
November 2011
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All the Way to the FBI
Tracing the Hollywood career of J. Edgar Hoover
by Thomas Doherty posted November 16, 2011
September 2011
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Alone Together
Love and loneliness in the films of Vincente Minnelli
by Aaron Cutler posted September 27, 2011
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Going Places
On the restless career of Gus Van Sant
by Michael Atkinson posted September 17, 2011
August 2011
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Accidents Happen
The neglected James Bridges and the making of The China Syndrome
by Peter Tonguette posted August 31, 2011
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The Two Horizons
What Avatar and Pedro Costa can tell us about narrative cinema today
by Tom McCormack posted August 9, 2011
June 2011
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Beats, Rhymes, and Film
A brief history of the hip-hop movie
by Saul Austerlitz posted June 30, 2011
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One Through the Heart
What happened to the Hollywood musical?
by Leah Churner posted June 20, 2011
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Magnificent Obsessions
The timeless dystopian vision of Terry Gilliam's Brazil
by Holly Gilliam and Michael Connor posted June 15, 2011
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Liminal Attractions
The virtual visions of Marco Brambilla
by Tom McCormack posted June 3, 2011
April 2011
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Fine Vintage
Fashion, thrift shops, and the space of pleasure in queer underground film
by Ronald Gregg posted April 15, 2011
March 2011
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Crisis, Creation, Compulsion
The great genre director Raoul Walsh and his cinema of the individual
by Dave Kehr posted March 22, 2011
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Follow the Leader
Revisiting the Oliver Stone biopics Nixon and Alexander
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted March 11, 2011
February 2011
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The Searcher
Joseph McBride's landmark biographies and the craft of film scholarship
by Paul Brunick posted February 22, 2011
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The Voice
Adorable lunatics and quotable megalomaniacs: on the career of Alec Baldwin
by Jessica Winter posted February 4, 2011
January 2011
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The Other Fritz Lang
Cowboys, swashbucklers, and guerrillas in the noir master's non-noir films
by Cullen Gallagher posted January 27, 2011
August 2010
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Rethinking Stanley Kramer
How a message-movie humanist became an auteurist punching bag
by Saul Austerlitz posted August 25, 2010
June 2010
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Dark Mirrors
The dual cinema of Robert Siodmak
by David Cairns posted June 3, 2010
May 2010
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Citizen Caine
Michael Caine on his career as a distinctly British Hollywood icon
by David Schwartz posted May 28, 2010
April 2010
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Pale Fire
Michael Caine and the secrets of long-term movie stardom
by Michael Atkinson posted April 28, 2010
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Lost Boys
Bill Forsyth and the problem of growing up
by Bilge Ebiri posted April 15, 2010
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The Obligations of History
Accuracy versus irony in depictions of the Holocaust
by Anne Nelson posted April 1, 2010
March 2010
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The Exploding Boy
The chameleonic career—and the sad, stormy life—of Montgomery Clift
by Brynn White posted March 12, 2010
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The Honky Tonk Cycle
The forgotten history of country music in the movies
by Leah Churner posted March 5, 2010
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Oscars 2010
Coverage of nominated films, from Avatar to Up
by Various Writers posted March 4, 2010
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Psycho Analyzed
The Hitchcock classic at 50, still inspiring discussion and debate
by David Sterritt posted March 2, 2010
February 2010
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Rearranging the Deckchairs
From newsreels to stereoscopic spectacles: a century of Titanic movies
by Leah Churner posted February 24, 2010
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Best of Both Worlds
Production designer Rick Carter on the dream states of Avatar
by David Schwartz posted February 16, 2010
January 2010
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Mission: Improbable
Hollywood's controversial contribution to the wartime effort
by Lou Lumenick posted January 6, 2010
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Shadows of Russia
A history of the Soviet Union, as Hollywood saw it
by Farran Smith Nehme posted January 6, 2010
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Moments of 2009
Our contributors and colleagues pick the past year's moving-image highlights
by Various Writers posted January 1, 2010
December 2009
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Kingdom of the Blind Pt 1
Revenge missions in the films of Clint Eastwood
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted December 1, 2009
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Double Feature
The fragility of innocence in Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Gran Torino
by Chris Fujiwara posted December 1, 2009
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A Free Man
The tough questions of Clint Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted December 1, 2009
November 2009
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The First Cordelia
Orson Welles's oldest daughter speaks
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted November 13, 2009
October 2009
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Zombie 101
A guide to cinema’s most durable morality play
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 28, 2009
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Love Letter
A centenary valentine to Japanese screen legend Kinuyo Tanaka
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 23, 2009
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Perpetual Outsiders
The immigrant experience in the cinema of Elia Kazan
by Bilge Ebiri posted October 9, 2009
September 2009
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A Revolution on Screen, Pt 2
Chinese cinema's "Seventeen Years": The flowering before the fall
by Kevin B. Lee posted September 28, 2009
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The Farber Mystery
Canonizing the work of American film criticism's most remarkable figure
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted September 22, 2009
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The Chaplin-itis
The power of mass suggestion and the undying passion for the Tramp
by Saul Austerlitz posted September 18, 2009
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Inconvenient Women
Fanny Brawne, Bright Star, and Jane Campion's conspicuous heroines
by Jessica Winter posted September 14, 2009
August 2009
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Our Man in London
The nuanced and endlessly suggestive film criticism of Graham Greene
by Michael Atkinson posted August 21, 2009
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Devil's Spawn
The MTV legacy of Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising
by Kevin B. Lee and Brandon Soderberg posted August 14, 2009
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Television That Tastes Good
The generous pedagogy of Julia Child and The French Chef
by Dana Polan posted August 6, 2009
July 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 5
Crime Story: Michael Mann's influential pre-Miranda police procedural
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 23, 2009
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Project X
Revisiting the season of the Blair Witch
by Michael Atkinson posted July 17, 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 4
Do you see?: Michael Mann's reflections, doubles, and doppelgängers
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 15, 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 3
I’m looking at you, Miss: The women of Mann
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 9, 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 2
Lifetime subscriptions: Michael Mann's honor-bound individualists
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 3, 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 1
Vice precedent: Michael Mann's existential TV drama
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 1, 2009
May 2009
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Doctor's Orders
How a dead serious novel became the nightmare satire of Strangelove
by Bilge Ebiri posted May 26, 2009
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Present Tense
Benjamin Button and a passive hero's route toward happiness
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted May 8, 2009
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Time Regained
Remembering Julien Duvivier, a casualty of auteurism
by Michael Atkinson posted May 4, 2009
April 2009
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Talk About the Passions
Looking beyond the culture-war controversies of two Jesus movies
by Joshua Land posted April 9, 2009
March 2009
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A Tale of Two Careers
The theatrical realism of Jules Dassin
by Bruce Bennett posted March 26, 2009
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Being Julia
The self-aware star turn of Duplicity heroine Julia Roberts
by David Schwartz posted March 23, 2009
February 2009
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The Nutty Director
Jerry Lewis in conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
by David Schwartz posted February 20, 2009
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Rare Bird
Gallant Journey and the limits of auteurism
by Andrew Tracy posted February 17, 2009
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Making The Wrestler Real
Cinematographer Maryse Alberti on creating a documentary-like fiction
by David Schwartz posted February 13, 2009
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Revolutionary Mode
Considering the anarchist cinema of the 21st century
by Richard Porton posted February 10, 2009
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Life Comes Through
The bizarre genius of Oscar Micheaux
by David Schwartz posted February 4, 2009
January 2009
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Independent America, 1978-1988
Myths of the new narrative (and a few counter-suggestions)
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted January 26, 2009
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In Between Days
A cinematic history of presidential transitions
by Nicolas Rapold posted January 12, 2009
December 2008
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Moments of 2008, Part 2
Critics, authors, and curators pick the year's moving-image highlights
by Various Writers posted December 31, 2008
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Moments of 2008, Part 1
Critics, authors, and curators pick the year's moving-image highlights
by Various Writers posted December 30, 2008
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Silent Light
Frank Borzage at Fox, in the shadow of Sunrise and on the brink of sound
by Michael Atkinson posted December 16, 2008
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The People's Director
The old new China of Xie Jin (1923-2008)
by Leo Goldsmith posted December 11, 2008
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Straight Shooting
The righteous heroes and human villains of Budd Boetticher's West
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted December 4, 2008
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Lessons in Darkness
Extreme precipices and gray areas in the films of Barbet Schroeder
by Nick Pinkerton posted December 2, 2008
November 2008
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Children of Paradise
How to watch Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies and why
by Michael Atkinson posted November 20, 2008
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The King of Comedy
Wresting order from disorder in Jerry Lewis's adventures in multiplicity
by Chris Fujiwara posted November 17, 2008
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There’s Something About Ben
The showbiz satires and family psychodramas of Ben Stiller
by David Schwartz posted November 11, 2008
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Virgin Territory
Looking behind the stereotypes of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairing
by Saul Austerlitz posted November 10, 2008
October 2008
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Mission Impossible
The melodramas of Vincente Minnelli, master of illusion and disillusionment
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 30, 2008
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The Shadow Army
Ruminations on a phantom version of Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line
by Michael Atkinson posted October 27, 2008
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English Speakers
The prison of language in Terrence Malick's The New World
by Bilge Ebiri posted October 27, 2008
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Design for Living
The campy realism of Mitchell Leisen, a forgotten master of disguise
by David Cairns posted October 23, 2008
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Empire of the Son
Oliver Stone Pt. 4: War and civilization in Alexander, and an epilogue on W.
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 17, 2008
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Fear and Self-Loathing
Oliver Stone Pt. 3: Nixon and the unmaking of a president
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 16, 2008
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Unreliable Narratives
Oliver Stone Pt. 2: JFK and the power of counter-myth
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 15, 2008
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Arsenic and Apple Pie
Oliver Stone Pt. 1: Patriotism and propaganda in Born on the Fourth of July
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 14, 2008
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The Intimate Gaze
A tribute to Paul Newman—the neglected filmmaker
by Miguel Marias posted October 10, 2008
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The Master Touch
Orson Welles's baroque thriller—and final Hollywood movie—turns 50
by Tom Charity posted October 9, 2008
September 2008
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Bringing Up Hawks
Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell on the discovery of an auteur
by David Schwartz posted September 25, 2008
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Eastern Promises
Paul Robeson goes to New York for the path-breaking Emperor Jones
by Richard Koszarski posted September 18, 2008
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The Past Becomes Past
Jacques Tourneur's memory of the thought of a western
by Chris Fujiwara posted September 15, 2008
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Divine Tragicomedies
The two movies that started Leo McCarey's amazing '30s run
by R. Emmet Sweeney posted September 4, 2008
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Morning in America
John Carpenter's genre readings of the Reagan years
by Benjamin Strong posted September 1, 2008
August 2008
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The Devil Inside
Filming Jim Thompson’s first-person pulp psychosis
by Mark Asch and Cullen Gallagher posted August 11, 2008
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No Exit
Adapting the dissolute, interior noir of David Goodis
by Max Goldberg posted August 11, 2008
July 2008
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St. Bill of Illinois
The poignant case for William Holden
by Michael Atkinson posted July 2, 2008
June 2008
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Portraits of a Serial Killer
A time-honored public enemy, from Dirty Harry to Zodiac
by Thomas Doherty posted June 12, 2008
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The Producers
A look back at the pioneering team of Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen
by Ed Sikov posted June 4, 2008
