Every Generation Gets Its Own ‘Little Women’ Every Generation Gets Its Own ‘Little Women’
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation faces two challenges: to be a good film and to mark how we can imagine women—as sisters, as antagonists, as wives, as workers—in our own time.
Dec 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Between Familial and World-Historical: The Legacy of Chantal Akerman Between Familial and World-Historical: The Legacy of Chantal Akerman
One of the Belgian filmmaker’s final works, a memoir about the last years of her mother’s life, shines a light on the roots of her art.
Dec 13, 2019 / Eliza Levinson
‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire ‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire
Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.
Dec 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Flaunting Sweetness of ‘It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ The Flaunting Sweetness of ‘It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’
On Marielle Heller’s Mr. Rogers biopic, Todd Haynes’s tale of corporate malfeasance, and more.
Dec 3, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power
As the contemporary film landscape heralds the coming of a class war, Diop’s beautiful movie reckons with capital and labor in groundbreaking fashion.
Nov 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell
How Should We Remember Imelda Marcos? How Should We Remember Imelda Marcos?
A new documentary looks at how the matriarch of the Philippines’ most infamous political dynasty is rewriting her family’s legacy.
Nov 13, 2019 / Rebecca Liu
The Art of Crime The Art of Crime
At this year’s New York Film Festival, a spate of crime films showcased both the wonders and limits of the genre.
Nov 1, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage
A character from Tommy Orange’s There There writes to the actor about what it meant to see Sacheen Littlefeather at the Academy Awards.
Oct 28, 2019 / Tommy Orange
‘Joker’ Brings Class Warfare to the Big Screen ‘Joker’ Brings Class Warfare to the Big Screen
Hollywood is uneasy with superheroes, yet the genre is a mirror for troubled times.
Oct 11, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Stops Short of Class War Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Stops Short of Class War
This upstairs-downstairs thriller pokes fun at inequality, but it’s hardly a call to arms.
Oct 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim