Comedy Is Not Pretty: The Parade Of Not-Necessarily-Likable Genius In Kliph Nesteroff’s “The Comedians”
A review of Kliph Nesteroff’s book “The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy.”
Features
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Valerie Weiss on “A Light Beneath Their Feet”; Death of the video store; Stephen Cone on “Home for the Holidays”; Chatting with Kartemquin’s Gordon Quinn; “Mustang” director Deniz Gamze Ergüven.
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
A chronological commentary celebrating the performances of Gena Rowlands.
Thumbnails 11/19/15
The greatest actor alive: Max Von Sydow; Conversations with ISIS fighters; There are Christian terrorists; Greg Berlanti’s DC Comics TV shows; Why Othello is black.
At Last! “The End of the World” is Here!
A celebration of Wim Wenders’ 1991 epic “Until the End of the World,” of which a new 295-minute cut will be screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center on November 20 and 21.
The Strange Case of “The Other Side of Midnight”
The film that Fox packaged with “Star Wars” to get theaters to play a little space opera no one had heard of was “The Other Side of Midnight.” Jessica Ritchey looks back at a surefire hit that became a trivia answer.
Book Excerpt: “Richard Pryor: American Id” by Jason Bailey
An excerpt from Jason Bailey’s book “Richard Pryor: American Id.”
Thumbnails 11/13/15
Deborah Kampmeier on “SPLit”; How the Bushes misunderstood Cheney; First 10 minutes of 500 movies; Daisy Ridley chats with Carrie Fisher; Fear the chick flick.
Thumbnails 11/12/15
Undocumented dreamers; Karl Glusman on “Love”; John Sayles on “Eight Men Out”; Massive hacking of prisoner phone calls; The horror of “Room.”
Gender Issues: Nick Hornby’s Writing is Not the Problem
A response to Noah Gittell’s piece on Nick Hornby.
The Women of Schwarzenegger’s Golden Age
How the female co-stars of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s hit films of the ’80s helped change the genre.
Nick Hornby’s Screenplays and the Female Experience
How Nick Hornby became one of the most valuable writers for women in Hollywood.
Bright Wall/Dark Room November 2015: “Possessed: ‘Vertigo’ Through Her Eyes” by Lauren Wilford
An excerpt about “Vertigo” from the November issue of “Bright Wall/Dark Room.”
Poetic Logic: On David Lynch’s “Mulholland Dr.”
A piece on David Lynch’s unique filmmaking in light of “Mulholland Dr.’s” recent Criterion release.
Thumbnails 11/9/15
Why comic books are radical; How Franklin was born; The Monkees’s “Head”; Burt Reynolds has some regrets; The “Ishtar” effect.
Thumbnails 11/6/15
Why Tarantino shouldn’t apologize; Gender-flipped “Ocean’s Eleven”; “Mulholland Dr.” is a movie and a TV show; Trumbo sisters are proud of their father; Why old women are the face of evil.
Shorts Films in Focus: “World of Tomorrow”
An interview with “World of Tomorrow” director Don Hertzfeldt.
Thumbnails 11/2/15
Nighthawks at the cinema; Rebecca Parrish on “Radical Grace”; Suicide harder to read than murder; John Carpenter on “Vampires”; “Sicario” not yet a reality.
The Return of Ralph Bakshi
An overview of Ralph Bakshi’s masterful career in animation.
Meet the Writers: Nick Allen
Assistant Editor Nick Allen tackles the Movie Love Questionnaire.
