October 2008
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Empire of the Son
Oliver Stone Pt. 4: War and civilization in Alexander, and an epilogue on W.
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 17, 2008
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Fear and Self-Loathing
Oliver Stone Pt. 3: Nixon and the unmaking of a president
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 16, 2008
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Unreliable Narratives
Oliver Stone Pt. 2: JFK and the power of counter-myth
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 15, 2008
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Arsenic and Apple Pie
Oliver Stone Pt. 1: Patriotism and propaganda in Born on the Fourth of July
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 14, 2008
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The Intimate Gaze
A tribute to Paul Newman—the neglected filmmaker
by Miguel Marias posted October 10, 2008
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This Way, Myth
A new Richard Linklater film mines the Orson Welles legend
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted October 9, 2008
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The Master Touch
Orson Welles's baroque thriller—and final Hollywood movie—turns 50
by Tom Charity posted October 9, 2008
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Turn, Turn, Burn
Guy Debord's In girum.... and the destruction of illusion
by Keith Sanborn posted October 3, 2008
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His Will on Film
The defiant irresolution of late-period Oshima
by Rob Nelson posted October 1, 2008
September 2008
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Criminal Minded
Oshima's acts of violence against Japanese society and cinematic form
by Joshua Land posted September 30, 2008
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Be My Knife
Sex as transgression and transaction in Oshima's political erotica
by Michael Atkinson posted September 29, 2008
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The Struggle to Believe
Nagisa Oshima and the crisis of representation
by Chris Fujiwara posted September 26, 2008
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Bringing Up Hawks
Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell on the discovery of an auteur
by David Schwartz posted September 25, 2008
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Mr. Vengeance
Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas's autobiographical trilogy
by Michael Atkinson posted September 22, 2008
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The Partisan
Czech director Vojtech Jasný's acts of resistance
by Nick Pinkerton posted September 18, 2008
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Eastern Promises
Paul Robeson goes to New York for the path-breaking Emperor Jones
by Richard Koszarski posted September 18, 2008
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The Past Becomes Past
Jacques Tourneur's memory of the thought of a western
by Chris Fujiwara posted September 15, 2008
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Migrating Forms
Displacement and delirium at the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
by Dennis Lim posted September 13, 2008
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The African King
Wrestling with the complex legacy of Ousmane Sembene
by Richard Porton posted September 11, 2008
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Wild Times
Robert Downey Sr. looks back on his anarchic underground comedies
by Ed Halter posted September 8, 2008
