A Movie Under the Stars
An ode to the dying art form of the drive-in movie theater.
Features
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Amy Winehouse’s “Frank”; “Mr. Robot” is the spiritual successor of “Fight Club”; “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” director Burr Steers; Uncertain future of film criticism; Joe Gibbons goes to prison.
Bright Wall/Dark Room Excerpt July 2015: “Juggling Wolves” by Kelsey Ford
An essay on “Rear Window” from the July 2015 edition of Bright Wall/Dark Room.
In praise of Sadness: the healing insight of “Inside Out”
“Inside Out” normalizes sadness. That’s one of reasons it’s great.
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How women get a raw deal in Hollywood; The end of The Dissolve; Millennial poverty and its roots; Misplaced nostalgia for “The Graduate”; Tom Hanks at his finest.
Meet the Writers: Matt Zoller Seitz
Editor in Chief Matt Zoller Seitz responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
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Jackie Fuchs of The Runaways; Importance of The Awl; Hard to be Aleksei German; Sneaky power of Amy Schumer; Danny Elfman on eight of his classic scores.
The Dissolve: 2013-2015
An appreciation of the online film magazine The Dissolve, which closed its doors today.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates writes letter to his son; Robert Frank: the man who saw America; Pizzolatto vs. Fukunaga; Scorsese on “The Third Man”; Dietrich Brüggemann on “Heil.”
Short Films in Focus: Ramin Bahrani’s “Lift You Up”
Ramin Bahrani’s first documentary short, including an interview with the director.
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America takes on Trump; “St. Elmo’s Fire” turns 30; Music in Sofia Coppola’s films; Chat with “Vampire Diaries” DP Darren Ganet; R.I.P. Brian Clark.
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Rape scenes are lazy writing; Penelope Spheeris on “The Decline of Western Civilization”; The new online racism; Affleck and Garner at the box office; Tenth anniversary of “Brokeback Mountain.”
James Horner’s Underrated Scores
An essay on the underrated scores of late composer James Horner.
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“Inside Out” and the stranglehold of Minnesota Nice; 20th anniversary of “Kids”; Small-screen auteurism of Keith Gordon; Danny Elfman on Tim Burton; John Lasseter on the evolution of storytelling.
Magic Lantern Show: The Sensual Pleasures of “The Third Man”
On the look and sound of “The Third Man.”
Genius Walks: “Orson Welles’s Last Movie: The Making of ‘The Other Side of the Wind’” by Josh Karp
A review of Josh Karp’s “Orson Welles’s Last Movie: The Making of ‘The
Other Side of the Wind’”.
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Joanna Arnow on “Bad at Dancing”; Stephen Cone on Al Pacino; Secrets housed in the Garden of Allah; The legacy of Newton Minow; Our deep need for monsters that lurk in the dark.
