Thumbnails 6/13/14
Remembering Ruby Dee; “The Fault in Our Stars” succeeds and fails; Amazon vs. Warner Bros.; The case against “Edge of Tomorrow”; Trials of a documentarian.
Features
Thumbnails 6/12/14
Is “The Goldfinch” art?; The meta-homophobia of “22 Jump Street”; Seinfeld on celebrity; Lack of TV writer jobs in NYC; “Orange” is the new “Hill Street Blues.”
Thumbnails 6/11/14
Re-reading Ramona through a parent’s eyes; what happens when female villains and avengers drive movies; Shonda Rhimes disses hashtag activism; creepy Paddington Bear.
Thumbnails 6/10/2014
The tortured history of Entertainment Weekly; Francis Coppola predicts the future of cinema again; the hypocrisy of Hollywood when it comes to abortion; Stanley Kubrick’s boxes.
Thumbnails 6/9/14
The verdict on “Orange Is The New Black: Season 2”; Three masters and their audience; Arthur C. Clarke predicts the Internet; Nathan Rabin on “Blue Steel”; Indie alternatives to “Edge of Tomorrow.”
Thumbnails 6/6/14
The making of “Ghostbusters”; Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t hate movies; Kenneth Turan’s favorite films; Aspiring movie critics in Kenya; American voyeur in Montreal.
Thumbnails 6/5/14
Talk to the animals; Best films of the 1960s; Low ratings for cable networks; Tom Cruise Hair Quiz; Oscar Wilde’s journalism.
Thumbnails 6/4/14
Why critics keep getting laid off; about That Episode of “Louie”; Robert DeNiro, anatomy of an actor; classic cars on film, posterized.
Telling an Old Story Anew
A look at the recent wave of revisionist fairy tales and how they address gender roles.
A Personal Take on Disaster Movies
A writer offers a personal critique of the modern blockbuster’s refusal to consider the impact of destruction.
Thumbnails 6/2/2014
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.
