A Personal Take on Disaster Movies
A writer offers a personal critique of the modern blockbuster’s refusal to consider the impact of destruction.
Features
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Craig D. Lindsey remembers his brother Daryl; Beauty and the beast within; Revisiting “Americathon”; A primer on Harlan Ellison; A kung fu fantasy featuring Richard Nixon.
Thumbnails 5/30/2014
Misogyny, entitlement and nerds; Steve Coogan vs. “Top Gear”; Why you can’t see “Porgy and Bess”; Robert De Niro remembers his father; Why attacks on Douglas Laycock are bad for academia.
Thumbnails 5/29/2014
Remembering Maya Angelou; Facebook gives up; Jon Benjamin as HAL; The fear of the new; Of literary television and the damage done.
Thumbnails 5/28/2014
A love letter to classic movie villains; Seth Rogen is not a victim of the Santa Barbara killings; Remembering Jeff Vice; Cliff Curtis on playing multiple ethnicities; Who is a feminist now?
Book Excerpt: Make Art Make Money: Lessons from Jim Henson on Fueling Your Creative Career by Elizabeth Hyde Stevens
This is a book excerpt from Make Art Make Money: Lessons from Jim Henson on Fueling Your Creative Career by Elizabeth Hyde Stevens.
Thumbnails 5/23/2014
She-Hulk is a feminist hero; Tasteless souvenirs at The 9/11 Museum; Remembering Sam Greenlee; Is Mary Barra standing on a glass cliff?; How to sell a film at Cannes.
Thumbnails 5/22/2014
Paul Walker’s digital double; Why Godzilla is still king; The legacy of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; Larry Kramer on “The Normal Heart” movie; How internet journalism destroyed Tom Cruise.
Official Trailer Released For “Life Itself”
The trailer for “Life Itself” by Steve James has just been released by Magnolia.
An Appreciation of “La Reine Margot” on its 20th Anniversary
20 years after it debuted at Cannes, a 4K restoration of the director’s cut of “La Reine Margot” finally makes its way to the United States.
Thumbnails 5/19/2014
Alejandro Jodorowsky says Hollywood is killing cinema; Why you should read Stefan Zweig; What the death of home pages means for the future of news; Bordwell on screenwriting; The rules of cinematic foreplay.
Regarding R.W. Fassbinder: Letter to a Young Cinephile
A history and appreciation of R.W. Fassbinder on the launch of a retrospective screening series at the Lincoln Center.
Thumbnails 5/16/2014
25 emerging filmmakers to watch; St. James’s Church gets a lighting makeover; Unintentional hilarity in “Grace of Monaco”; How restaurants breed rebellion; 5 famous people motivated by revenge.
Book Excerpt: Psycho-Sexual: Male Desire in Hitchcock, De Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin by David Greven
A book excerpt from David Greven’s book that details the way Brian De Palma doesn’t just copy Alfred Hitchcock but uses his work to craft his own cinematic viewpoint.
Thumbnails 5/15/2014
Let’s make better superhero movies; A call for activist criticism; “Searching for Sugar Man” director dead at 36; “Louie” gives voice to the fat girl; Why Jill Abramson was fired.
Thumbnails 5/14/14
The new Batsuit; the great Stevie Wonder; Cannes jury president Jane Campion calls out film industry sexism; Godzilla and Fassbinder.
H.R. Giger, 1940-2014: the Xenomorph’s father
A tribute to Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger, designer of the titular creature of the “Alien” series.
Great Comic Book Movies Not Based On Comics
A history of movies not directly based on comic books but definitely inspired by them.
Thumbnails 5/12/2014
Farewell to “Community”; Tina Belcher’s sexual revolution; How Will Vinton lost his company; Why faith-based films are bad at evangelism; News sites crack down on comment-board trolls.
