Thumbnails 4/6/15
How Allison Jones reshaped American comedy; History of Max Headroom; Matthew Modine’s “Full Metal Jacket Diary”; Bone broth is hot ham water; A physicist explains “Furious 7.”
Features
Thumbnails 4/3/15
Jesus’ radical politics; Astonishingly good Iran deal; Franchises that made it to Part 7; Christian film “Beyond the Mask” gets an “A” for effort; The many faces of Tatiana Maslany.
Landscape is a Reality: Manoel de Oliveira 1908-2015
An appreciation of Manoel de Oliveira on his passing.
Thumbnails 4/2/15
Jim Hemphill on “The Trouble with the Truth”; 1980s Atlanta as a backdrop of the future; How to make Blu-rays relevant again; Recreating Klimt; In defense of Trevor Noah.
Roger Ebert is Everywhere: The Writers Remember His Legacy
The writers remember Roger Ebert.
I Miss Him: His Readers Remember Roger Ebert
Readers remember Roger Ebert on the anniversary of his passing.
Thumbnails 3/30/15
Errol Morris names his best movie; Celebrity impersonators on Twitter; Rise of Cryptopticon; Rise of the Christian film; Scientology’s final say on “Going Clear.”
The Melodrama Of Woody Allen’s Critical Reputation
The conversation about Woody Allen’s personal and professional lives intertwining continues, but to what end?
Video: Remembering Roger at Ebertfest 2014
The video of 2014’s memorable “Remembering Roger” panel at Ebertfest.
He Never Stopped: The Web Misses Roger
A collection of online writings in the last year about Roger Ebert.
Thumbnails 3/27/15
The strange unraveling of Cinderella; Kimmy Schmidt skewers empowerment culture; Charles Grodin’s fine art of reaction; Putting “use” back in fair use; Yoga pants are ruining women.
“The Breakfast Club”, 30 Years Later: A Conversation Across Generations
A film teacher looks back on “The Breakfast Club,” partly through the eyes of her students.
Thumbnails 3/26/15
Abel Ferrara on “Ms. 45”; Advice “Deadwood”-style; Why “The Jinx” could be bad for documentaries; “Life Just Is” is worth a look; Joan Scheckel on The Technique.
No Animals Were Harmed: The Unique Perspective of “White God”
A piece on the use of animals in film in light of “White God”.
Thumbnails 3/23/15
Film’s most feminist monster; Minority voices in games and tech; “Pretty Woman” at 25; Ranking the “Taken” knock-offs; An oral history of Weird Al’s “UHF.”
The Hitchcock Connection
My mom and I both loved the Master of
Suspense—in ways that seem different but were, ultimately, not unrelated in the
least.
Thumbnails 3/20/15
Harry Potter and the Twelve-Year Boyhood; Can ‘Insurgent’ spark a male rebellion?; Salon’s Patton Oswalt peace summit; The real world set of “Hunger Games”; Don’t say this to couples without children.
Thumbnails 3/19/15
Lizzie Velasquez doc premieres at SXSW; Nobody spoiled “The Jinx”; How did my fellow Irish-Americans get so disgusting?; The changing—and unchanging—structure of TV; What’s ruining Austin.
The Unique Narrative of Lisandro Alonso’s “Jauja”
Scout Tafoya analyzes the unique narrative of “Jauja” with Viggo Mortensen.
