No Way Out No Way Out
The Red Riding trilogy; Martin Campbell's Edge of Darkness.
Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché
The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Imaginariums Imaginariums
James Cameron's Avatar, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and more.
Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Focus on Israel Focus on Israel
A spate of new films address the human toll the Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes on both sides.
Dec 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The Revolution Will Be Televised The Revolution Will Be Televised
The oral history of America's radical tradition--performed by big Hollywood names like Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Danny Glover.
Dec 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / YouTube
Containing Welles Containing Welles
Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, Jason Reitman's Up in the Air and Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces.
Dec 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Survivors Survivors
Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Alexander Sokurov's The Sun
Nov 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Last Yugoslav: On Dusan Makavejev The Last Yugoslav: On Dusan Makavejev
When Yugoslavia disintegrated, so too did the film career of Dusan Makavejev.
Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne
A Witness to Total War A Witness to Total War
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the only neutral filmmaker in the country was Julien Bryan. His round-the-clock footage of Warsaw's destruction, assembled in Siege, is now aga...
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Eagan
Baffled Dignity Baffled Dignity
Alain Resnais's Wild Grass and Margot Benacerraf's Araya.
Oct 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans