September 2010
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Arthur Penn, 1922–2010
An American auteur's decades-long struggle against the Hollywood machine
by Michael Chaiken and Paul Cronin posted September 30, 2010
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Grand Openings, Pt 2
Analyzing David Fincher's credit sequences: Se7en
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted September 27, 2010
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The Spectacle of Terrorism
Olivier Assayas's Carlos, a portrait of the guerrilla as a narcissistic cipher
by Richard Porton posted September 23, 2010
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Grand Openings, Pt 1
Analyzing David Fincher's credit sequences: Alien³
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted September 20, 2010
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Of Time and the City
Jia Zhangke's I Wish I Knew, a remembrance of Shanghai past
by Shelly Kraicer posted September 14, 2010
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Empire of Signs
Get Out of the Car and the living ruins of Thom Andersen's Los Angeles
by Genevieve Yue posted September 8, 2010
August 2010
July 2010
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Razzle Dazzle, Pt 5: The Maverick
A six-part video essay about fame and the movies
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 27, 2010
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Madness and Civilization
Monsieur Verdoux and the meaning of Chaplin's cinema
by Tom McCormack posted July 22, 2010
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Transformer
Tilda Swinton on donkeys, identity, and the nature of screen acting
by David Schwartz posted July 20, 2010
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In Dreams
Scrutinizing the science of Christopher Nolan's Inception
by Anthony Kaufman posted July 16, 2010
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Razzle Dazzle, Pt 4: The Parasite
A six-part video essay about fame and the movies
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 15, 2010
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Razzle Dazzle, Pt 3: The Fraud
A six-part video essay about fame and the movies
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 8, 2010
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Storytelling
Why Alain Resnais's Wild Grass is the secret key to his sensibility
by Michael Atkinson posted July 6, 2010
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A Parallax View
On the history and legacy of political video
by Rebecca Cleman posted July 1, 2010
American
Rethinking Stanley Kramer
The Mosaic Approach
Market Forces
The Chameleon
Razzle Dazzle, Pt 6: The Takeaway