Thumbnails 9/22/15
Martin Stirling’s “Most Shocking Second a Day Video”; Queer films about straight people; Misunderstood “GoodFellas”; Chatting with Steve Kloves; Sex in David Lynch films.
Features
Thumbnails 9/17/15
Celebrate Character Day; George Lucas’s Visual Symmetry; Understanding feminist criticism; Legacy of Muppeteer Steve Whitmire; Sarah Silverman on P.C. culture backlash.
Book Excerpt: “The Gag Man” by Matthew Dessem
An excerpt from Matthew Dessem’s book, “The Gag Man.”
Thumbnails 9/11/15
Lost Marx Brothers film; Remembering “The Warriors”; “Diary of a Teenage Girl” director Marielle Heller; David M. Rosenthal on “The Perfect Guy”; Home for Hollywood dreamers and dropouts.
Back in Fashion After 35 Years: The Return of “Dressed to Kill”
A look back at the Brian De Palma film “Dressed to Kill,” celebrating its 35th anniversary with a new Criterion release.
Silent Film “Body and Soul” to Screen in Chicago
An interview with Floyd Webb and Renee Baker.
“Hasse Ekman: The Other Swede in the Room” at the Museum of Modern Art
A report on “Hasse Ekman: The Other Swede in the Room” at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
Bright Wall/Dark Room September 2015: “Living In The Sprawl: Superbad’s Coming-of-Age in the Suburban Void” by Charles Bramesco
The September except from “Bright Wall/Dark Room” on “Superbad.”
Thumbnails 9/4/15
Anthony Daniels on “Star Wars VII”; History of Action-Movie Heroes; Love in the films of Jacques Démy; Emma Thompson on Trump; How Netflix could change the movie business.
Thumbnails 9/3/15
Fan theories are destroying film discourse; Master of the epic anti-epic; The agent raid that changed Hollywood; Turning 65 in the entertainment business; Ken Kwapis on “A Walk in the Woods.”
2015 Fall Movie Preview
An overview of the films that will be theatrically released in the 2015 fall season.
Thumbnails 8/31/15
Aging heroes won’t give up the gun; Why sex scenes for over-60s are taboo; Trump’s resemblance to Citizen Kane; Last films of Fritz Lang; RIP Wes Craven.
Short Films in Focus: “Chop My Money”
This month’s short film, Chop My Money, and an interview with its director.
Thumbnails 8/28/15
“Belle” explains white America’s response to racism; Tarantino on “The Hateful Eight”; The bravery of Emmett Till’s uncle; In praise of the imperfect photograph; John McNaughton on “The Harvest.”
Thumbnails 8/24/15
Deborah Kampmeier on “Hounddog”; Today’s reductive emotional landscape; Not a reboot, a repackaging; Riding tall on a rebellion frontier; When brown actors play white characters.
Straight Outta Culture: Sexism in Black and White
A piece on the response to the sexism in “Straight Outta Compton.”
Thumbnails 8/21/15
Lessons learned from “Rosemary’s Baby”; What’s missing from “Straight Outta Compton”; Keith Gordon on “The Singing Detective”; Rose McGowan’s feminist revolution; Memories of Musso & Frank.
Movie Namesakes: “No Escape”
A new movie called “No Escape” comes out next week, but there’s a 20-year-old movie with the same name you may have forgotten.
