Women Writers Week
War Machine
Starts like a stereotypical military movie but evolves into something much weirder, perhaps even entertaining.
Dolly
“Dolly” sets viewers up for an experience that it can’t quite deliver, mostly due to small acts of self-sabotage.
Who Will Remember You?: “The Secret Agent” and the Humanities as Resistance
How Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film positions archival, art, and preservation as tools of resistance.
Dwight Cleveland on What Lobby Cards Tell Us About Film History
An interview with an author about the use of lobby cards through film history.
Milestones of 1956: Looking Back at Hollywood 70 Years Ago
What happened in Hollywood seven decades ago?
Monstrous Women: From Medusa to the Bride and Rumi Too
A new examination of the “montrous-feminine.”
HBO’s “Rooster” is Almost an Endearing Comedy
Despite strong performances, Bill Lawrence’s latest is too detached from reality for its own good.
To the Film Industry in Crisis, A Look Back At Hollywood In 1926
What were people watching a century ago, and what does that say about where the industry goes now?
Whatever You Think of “Wuthering Heights,” We Need More Filmmakers Like Emerald Fennell
A look at the career of Emerald Fennell, and the responses to her three films to date.
I’ve Started Seeing Somebody: The Monstrous-Masculine in Larry Fessenden’s “Habit”
A look at a great film by Larry Fessenden.
A New Cup of Tea: The Best Murder Mysteries You Haven’t Seen
Want a new murder mystery? We have some suggestions.
All the Days of My Life: On Elaine May’s “A New Leaf”
A reappreciation of a film once lost to history (but always loved by Roger), Elaine May’s A New Leaf.
Apple TV’s Tedious “The Hunt” Should Have Stayed on the Shelf
“The Hunt” is, to put it generously, not very good.
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Grace Glowicki on “Dead Lover”
An interview with the writer-director-star of this month’s “Dead Lover.”
