Mike Leigh’s High Hopes Mike Leigh’s High Hopes
From Meantime to Another Year, the British director is often concerned with the aftermath of crushed ideals. Yet his films also reveal an underlying and stubborn faith that change ...
Nov 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ela Bittencourt
The Ghosts of “Irma Vep” The Ghosts of “Irma Vep”
Olivier Assayas's clever and beguiling HBO miniseries responds to the state of cinema in the age of streaming.
Oct 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November
Pretending we only exist in election years is a losing strategy for the left.
Oct 17, 2022 / Bill Gallegos
The Politics of Star Wars The Politics of Star Wars
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, TV critic Sean Collins discusses an unexpectedly radical TV show.
Oct 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
How the Police Became an Occupying Army How the Police Became an Occupying Army
Riotsville, U.S.A. documents the origins and rise of what the activist George Jackson called the “the corporate-military-police complex.”
Oct 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Yasmina Price
The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”
The 1927 film raises the question, “Who will mediate between our head and our hands?”
Oct 4, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History
David Nasaw in conversation with Jon Wiener on the new PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust.
Sep 29, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Godard Was Cinema Godard Was Cinema
Was the French filmmaker the single most important individual in the history of cinema?
Sep 16, 2022 / J. Hoberman
Michael Mann Returns to the Scene of the Crime Michael Mann Returns to the Scene of the Crime
Why did the director, for his first novel, write a sequel of Heat?
Sep 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Adam Nayman
Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana
Telling a tale of cowboys, aliens, and Hollywood, the director's third feature film, Nope, is his most successful cinematic spectacle to date.
Sep 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse