How <em>Siskel & Ebert</em> Brought Movies to the People

How Siskel & Ebert Brought Movies to the People

Matt Singer on the Bygone Era Before Movie Clips

By Matt Singer | November 17, 2023

Why <em>Maurice</em> is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience

Why Maurice is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience

David Greven Defends a Merchant Ivory Adaptation

By David Greven | November 15, 2023

<em>Dream Scenario</em> is a Worthwhile Head Trip

Dream Scenario is a Worthwhile Head Trip

The new film starring Nicolas Cage is a thoughtful and engaging, if slightly overambitious, meditation on fame, attention, and parasocial connection.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 10, 2023

Sweet Nothings: On the Emptiness of Sofia Coppola’s <em>Priscilla</em>

Sweet Nothings: On the Emptiness of Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla

Hannah Bonner on the Director’s Latest “Waiting Woman”

By Hannah Bonner | November 10, 2023

The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen

The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen

Apple TV+ Isn’t Moving Forward with a Series Adaptation of The Custom of the Country. It’s Their Loss.

By Emily J. Orlando | November 8, 2023

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Scott Eyman on the Making and Legacy of The Great Dictator

By Scott Eyman | November 3, 2023

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Kristen Roupenian and Susanna Fogel on Adapting “Cat Person” for Film

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“The movie gets to make a lot of different choices—and has to, to be full and rich.”

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What to Read Before and After Seeing <em>Orlando, My Political Biography</em>

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On Virginia Woolf, Orlando, and Trans Lives

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Silvia Garcia-Moreno on <em>Dracula</em>’s Depictions and Descendants

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Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

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Tyler Malone on the Canker in the Classroom

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2023

“Leisure, Labor, Reticence, Violence”: What Horror Films Can Teach Us About Poetry

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Justin Phillip Reed Considers Craft and Alienation on the Screen and on the Page

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<em>The Holdovers</em> is a Revelation

The Holdovers is a Revelation

Alexander Payne's new film is perfect, full stop.

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50 Years Later, Terrence Malick’s <em>Badlands</em> Remains a Pure Encapsulation of American Violence

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Gus Mitchell on the Singular Director’s Debut Film

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