Thumbnails 11/20/14
Remembering Mike Nichols; Kathryn Bigelow’s experimental short; The rational wonders of Christopher Nolan; Interviewing Billy Wilder; RIP Leigh Chapman.
Features
Witness to a Legend: The Career of Gena Rowlands
A moment with Gena Rowlands, legendary actress and star of the new Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.
“Fury” and “The Imitation Game”: Reflections of Today in Films about WWII
A piece about how differently “Fury” and “The Imitation Game” transport viewers to World War II and what that says about film in 2014.
Thumbnails 11/17/14
Hollywood’s “female stuff” problem; Mike Leigh got John Ruskin all wrong; Update on Lindy Chamberlain; Miyazaki working on manga; Nolan defends “Interstellar” sound.
Joy and Triumph: Reclaiming the Image of Black Women in Cinema
A piece on the wave of new Black women directors, including Gina Prince-Bythewood, Amma Assante, Ava DuVernay and Dee Rees.
Thumbnails 11/14/14
“Raiders” remake nearly complete; Mind-trick to improve movies; Lincoln, Malick and “The Better Angels”; “Follow That Bird” is indelibly tragic; Age-subtracting men are multiplying.
Thumbnails 11/13/14
Retire the Disney Death; Seven problems with “Interstellar”; Cubicles on the rise; John Oliver is outdoing “The Daily Show”; Ernie Hudson is haunted by “Ghostbusters.”
Mike Leigh, a smartphone, and mace
A report from the macing incident at yesterday’s AFI screening.
Book Excerpt: “Missing Reels” by Farran Smith Nehme
An excerpt from “Missing Reels” by Farran Smith Nehme.
Bright Wall/Dark Room November 2014: Shadow of a Doubt by Michael Ryan
The November Bright Wall/Dark Room Excerpt on Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt.”
In Defense of the Likable Character
A piece on our obsession with anti-heroes, and an argument for the rewarding arc of the likable character.
Thumbnails 11/10/14
My stepfather, the peeping tom; The Overnighters is a rare bird; Nightcrawler and capitalism; Grace McPhillips on The Other One; Restoring Ramona.
Thumbnails 11/7/14
“Nightcrawler” and the new face of entitlement; “Suffering for their art” films; Fight against TV’s “smooth motion” setting; Suicide and silence; Oliver Stone to make Snowden film.
Thumbnails 11/6/14
Stop freaking out about Lena Dunham; The cheapening of independent film; In defense of Renee Zellweger; Undervalued strengths of “White Bird in a Blizzard”; How big media shot itself in the foot.
Short Films in Focus: “Sidewalk”
The November 2014 short film is Celia Bullwinkel’s “Sidewalk.”
Thumbnails 11/3/14
Filmmakers behind “Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi”; Deepwater Horizon and “The Great Invisible”; Of women and their emotions; Frances McDormand on NPR; Neil Marshall on “Alien.”
Cinematic Jazz: The Myth of John Cassavetes
A brief history and reappraisal of John Cassavetes in light of the recent Criterion Blu-ray release of “Love Streams.”
Thumbnails 10/31/14
Reverse Shot’s Halloween programming; Rise of the VHS collector; Top 10 favorite witches; Bob Gale on Spielberg; Apple CEO is proud to be gay.
Thumbnails 10/30/14
David Lowery on “Force Majeure”; Rick Perlstein on “Life Itself”; Jacqueline Keeler responds to Matthew McConaughey; Beatrice Welles on “The Other Side of the Wind”; Brandy Burre on “Actress.”
