Film History
Paul Schrader and Steven Soderbergh – The State of Cinema
Is there anything worthwhile left to say in movies? More and more it feels like the end of something beloved...
Read moreDetailsCinema of the Uncomfortable: Dream Homes, Secret Rooms and the American Nightmare
As we fumble towards some kind of symbolic permanence in our lives we sometimes land where we shouldn’t, in places...
Read moreDetails101 years of gay cinema
This week the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on two historic cases that seek to expand the scope and...
Read moreDetailsKubrick brainstorms subtitles for Dr Strangelove
Soon after completing Lolita in 1962, Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern took a straight-laced Cold War thriller novel...
Read moreDetailsAll-Time Top Ten Lists from Scorsese, Coppola, Del Toro, Mann & many others
Nick James' introduction to the Sight & Sound poll results gives us some insight into their methodology: As a qualification...
Read moreDetailsHow to Mentor an Aspiring Cinephile?
Indiewire's Criticwire addressed today this question from a reader: "I mentor a 14-year-old from Harlem and nothing would make me...
Read moreDetailsReverse Shot: New York/New York by Marty/Woody
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Read moreDetails'Opening Shots': Noah Baumbach, Joel & Ethan Coen
The Film Society of Lincoln Center inaugurates the new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center with an opening night conversation between...
Read moreDetailsThe Godfather dodges the bullet
Lawrence Olivier as Don Corleone? It almost happened. Open Culture explains: During casting, Paramount executives originally pushed for Laurence Olivier....
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