Five Memories from My Year of Watching Women
Alyssa Rosenberg considers the women on the big screen and the small screen in the past year.
Features
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Peter O’Toole 1932-2013; revisiting the Boston bombings; when Shaft ruled Hollywood; why we need more than three genders; how “Gravity” harkens back to film’s silent era.
Man-made Woman: What we can learn from Ja’mie Private School Girl
Jemima Bucknell defends the much-maligned HBO show “Ja’mie: Private School Girl,” with it’s drag portrayal of a teenage girl.
Writer and Producer Paula Kweskin discusses the documentary “Honor Diaries”
Writer, producer and human rights lawyer Paula Kweskin discusses the documentary “Honor Diaries,” now available on DIRECTV’s Audience Channel.
“Six by Sondheim” Keeps Up HBO’s Track Record for Great Documentaries
A sensational look at Stephen Sondheim’s career through the lens of six songs.
Utterly Modern: The Charisma of Barbara Stanwyck
Nell Minow considers the special place of Barbara Stanwyck among Hollywood’s Leading Ladies.
The New “Bonnie & Clyde” Turns Mythology into Melodrama
The new co-production from three cable networks doesn’t give them much bang for their bucks.
“Elementary” and the Holmes Tradition
Ian Grey visits Sherlock Holmes, and deduces why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective is perfectly suited to episode television—and endlessly re-inventable.
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Nelson Mandela 1918-2013; the war on smarm; Bilge Ebiri on “Inside Llewyn Davis”; Christmas with X-Men; the fan-led revival of “The Assassination of Jesse James.”
Thumbnails 12/5/2013
The National Board of Review selects “Her” as best picture; is Jennifer Lawrence the new Anne Hathaway?; Melissa Anderson considers Barbara Stanwyck; how to defend your high school musical; Afghanistan returns to the movies.
Thumbnails 12/4/2013
New York Film Critics Circle deems “American Hustle” best picture; the Oscar documentary shortlist; the earning potential fo the regional film festival circuit; Ted Hope’s 30 really bad things in the indie film biz; Buffalo’s remaining movie theater may go dark.
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Critics group nominates “The Wolf of Wall Street” for several awards, perhaps without seeing it; why the kerfuffle between Elan and Diane on that plane last week is a lesson on why people shouldn’t believe everything they read; hwo Disney successfully misrepresented “Frozen.”
The film portion of Orson Welles’s “Too Much Johnson” premieres in New York
Seventy-five years late, an early film production by Orson Welles finally had its New York City premiere.
A Solid Center: Paul Walker, 1973-2013
Paul Walker, who died yesterday in a car crash at 40, was an action film star known for his Everyman charm and his ability to provide a dependable center for the craziness around him.
Frank Darabont’s “Mob City” Takes Classic Noir Out for a Spin
Written and directed by Frank Darabont, TNT’s noir mini-series is a remarkably accomplished and thoroughly enjoyable piece of work.
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: November 2013
Glenn Kenny highlights the picks of Blu-ray releases for the month of November
On “Ms. 45” and Revenge Movie Feminism
Critics Christy Lemire, Sheila O’Malley and Susan Wloszczyna talk about 1980s cult film “Ms. 45” on the occasion of a re-release.
Thumbnails 11/29/2013
The AV Club picks 33 TV shows to binge on over the long weekend; a black writer explains why it’s hard to watch 12 Years a Slave with a white person; how Supergirl, of all movies, changed the way Hollywood treated Thanksgiving.
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Ted Hope gives thanks (about the indie film biz); how the “Catching Fire” movie outstrips the book; animals are still being harmed in many films; why “Boardwalk Empire” Season 4 is a masterpiece; men who explain rap to women.
Thumbnails 12/2/2013
How we discuss celebrity deaths; Maria Bello’s modern coming-out; filmmaker Ava DuVernay on black films and filming black people; best books of 2013; how graphics are innovating documentaries.
