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Video Interview with “Parkland” Director Peter Landesman and Actors Paul Giamatti and Jacki Weaver
Sigourney Weaver: A woman of action and drama and comedy
“Expedition 33” Is An Exercise In RPG Artistry
He Never Made the Same Choice Twice: 10 of Our Favorite Gene Hackman Performances
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
I Think Of Them As The Work: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)
Scott Derrickson Dives Deep into “The Gorge”
Navigating Sundance as a First Timer
Living Forward: Adam Elliot on “Memoir of a Snail”
The Unloved, Part 130: Hollow Man
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memoir of a Snail, Better Man, The White House Effect
How Cold War Thrillers Expressed Presidential Campaign Concerns
Pioneering Actor-Producer Terry Carter Dies
The Imperiled Women of Alex Garland’s Films
A Gilded Cage: Studying the Animals of Park Chan-wook’s Stoker
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2023
10th Chicago Critics Film Fest Features Past Lives, Blackberry, Sanctuary, Theater Camp, and Many More
Not Beholden to Certain Invisible Rules: Anna Bogutskaya on Unlikeable Female Characters
Hello Tomorrow! Offers Creative Vision of an Alternate Reality
Ten Christmas Movies You Need to Add to Your Holiday Viewing List
This Must Not Be the Place: The Films of Peter Weir
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Phyllis Nagy on Call Jane
Venice Film Festival 2022: A Couple, Bones and All, Master Gardener
Leap of Faith: Mark Wahlberg on Father Stu
William Hurt: 1950-2022
Sundance 2022: When You Finish Saving the World, Living, Call Jane
Home Entertainment Guide: Horror Edition
TIFF 2021 Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
My Mother’s Stories: Michael Koresky on Films of Endearment
The Bonus Situation: Yaphet Kotto, 1939-2021
Book Excerpt: Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper by Scout Tafoya
10 Upcoming Films That Could Shake Up Oscar Season
Life in the Frame: Michael Apted: 1941-2021
Bright Wall/Dark Room October 2020: I’m Happy To Disappoint You: A Gen X Girl’s Undying Love for Ellen Ripley by Kali White VanBaale
SDCC 2020: Do Not Call Charlize Theron a Warrior
Big and Small: Ian Holm, 1931-2020
The History of The Unloved
Smile When You Say That: Joker’s Last Laugh
The Best Films of the 2010s: Mad Max: Fury Road
30 Minutes on: “Alien”
Preview of Film at Lincoln Center’s Horror Festival, Scary Movies XII
Tom Skerritt on the 40th Anniversary of Alien, Collaborating with Ridley Scott and More
Perpetual Grace, LTD is Your Next TV Obsession
Happy Birthday, Ripley: Alien at 40
The Most Unforgettable Episodes of The Twilight Zone
Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell on Welcome to Marwen, Adding Action and Comedy to a True Story and More
30 Minutes On: “A Private War”
The Legendary Tom Savini on a Career of Special Effects Wizardy and Unforgettable Horror
2018 Fall Movie Preview: 10 Films We’re Excited About
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2018: Women, Aliens, and Dangerous Things: Female Bodies in Alien 3 by Sarah Welch
KVIFF 2018: Terry Gilliam Dreams the Impossible Dream
There Are No Real Heroes: Brad Anderson on Beirut
Ebertfest 2018 Guests: Part I
Let the River Run: On the 30th Anniversary of Working Girl
“Marvel’s The Defenders” Does Bare Minimum For Netflix Fans
Much More than “Star Wars”: The Cinema of ’77 Strikes Back at Film Society of Lincoln Center
Things Have Changed a Great Deal Since Your Time: A Reappraisal of the “Alien” Sequels
SXSW 2017: “Lucky,” “La Barracuda,” “Small Crimes”
Bill Paxton: 1955-2017
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Sundance 2017: “The Polka King”
Sundance 2017: “It’s Not Yet Dark,” “Oklahoma City,” “The Workers Cup”
2017 Sundance Film Festival Preview
Sundance 2017 Announces Premieres, Midnight Films and More
A Baker’s Dozen: 13 More Must-See Films of 2016
Oliver Stone, Poet of the Id: “The Hand” revisited
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: September 22, 2016
TIFF 2016: “American Pastoral,” “A Monster Calls,” “Voyage of Time”
TIFF 2016 Preview: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Brad Anderson’s “Session 9”: The Little Leap From Comedy to Killing
Book Review: “Aliens: The Set Photography”
TIFF Announces First Wave of Galas and Special Presentations
Women’s work: the new “Ghostbusters”
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts (Unless They’re Women)
Feel It All: Drake Doremus on “Equals”
Star-Crossed Lovers: Favorite Movie Couples
World UFO Day: Favorite Alien Movies
TNT’s “Animal Kingdom” Remake Lacks Its Own Charisma
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Fade to White: “Thelma and Louise” Turns 25
Lost in Translation: “The Assassin”
Art House Sirens American Western Blu-ray Double Feature: “Duel At Diablo” and “Monte Walsh”
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Book Review: “Chappie: The Art of the Movie”
Book Excerpt: “Mise en scène and Film Style: From Classical Hollywood to New Media Art” by Adrian Martin
Predictions for the 87th Annual Academy Awards Nominations
The Audience Man: “Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection”
TV Review: “Gracepoint,” “Stalker” Define Problems with Network Television
Meet the Writers: Jana Monji
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The Unloved, Part 3: The Hudsucker Proxy
The Unloved, Part 2: John Carter
Dr. Ryan Stone: Everything a Typical Female Movie Character Is Not
The Unloved, Part 1: ALIEN 3
Atom Age Feminists: The Women of ’50s Sci-Fi
“Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” Lacks Passion of Its Subject
