July 2012
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Heaven Sent
Todd Haynes, Mark Friedberg, and Sandy Powell on the aesthetics of melodrama
by David Schwartz posted July 27, 2012
May 2012
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The Substance of Style
A video series on Wes Anderson and his influences
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted May 17, 2012
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Dream Factory
The parallel histories of Caroline Martel's Industry/Cinema
by Aaron Cutler posted May 16, 2012
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If Looks Could Kill
On gangster suits and silhouettes
by Lorraine Gamman posted May 8, 2012
April 2012
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The World Viewed, Part 2
The globe-spanning, category-defying works of Michael Glawogger
by Olaf Möller posted April 18, 2012
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The World Viewed, Part 1
The globe-spanning, category-defying works of Michael Glawogger
by Olaf Möller posted April 17, 2012
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Corroding the Machine
Net art pioneers JODI and their instructions for building a bomb
by Tom McCormack posted April 6, 2012
March 2012
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The Converse of Allegory
Notes on recent works by Mircea Cantor
by Mihnea Mircan posted March 21, 2012
January 2012
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Up on the Roof
On the making of Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures
by J. Hoberman posted January 5, 2012
December 2011
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Moments of 2011, Part 2
Our contributors and colleagues pick the past year's moving image highlights
by Various Writers posted December 30, 2011
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Hang It on a Wall
What it means to call Barry Lyndon a museum piece
by Chris Wisniewski posted December 27, 2011
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Train Spotting
James Gray on his Viscontian Queens epic The Yards
by Jordan Mintzer posted December 14, 2011
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The Conjurer
Buster Keaton and the uses of illusion
by Ben Robinson posted December 9, 2011
November 2011
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Positive Transference
David Cronenberg on Freud, Jewish comedy, and the reality of the human body
by Miriam Bale posted November 28, 2011
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Looking Up
Arguments in favor of bigness
by Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert posted November 10, 2011
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Double Vision
Blurring the lines between self and other in Ming Wong's Persona Performa
by Michael Connor posted November 8, 2011
October 2011
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All Things Shining, Pt 5
The films of Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
by Serena Bramble and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 24, 2011
June 2011
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Magnificent Obsessions
The timeless dystopian vision of Terry Gilliam's Brazil
by Holly Gilliam and Michael Connor posted June 15, 2011
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Essential Wandering
Jerzy Skolimowski and the search for a mythical home
by Michael Atkinson posted June 10, 2011
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Liminal Attractions
The virtual visions of Marco Brambilla
by Tom McCormack posted June 3, 2011
May 2011
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All Things Shining, Pt 4
The films of Terrence Malick: The New World
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted May 31, 2011
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All Things Shining, Pt 3
The films of Terrence Malick: The Thin Red Line
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted May 13, 2011
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All Things Shining, Pt 2
The films of Terrence Malick: Days of Heaven
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted May 11, 2011
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All Things Shining, Pt 1
The films of Terrence Malick: Badlands
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted May 10, 2011
April 2011
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New Beginnings
Opening moments from contemporary Chinese cinema
by Kevin B. Lee posted April 28, 2011
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Slow Food
Oxhide II and the art of dumpling making
by David Bordwell and Kevin B. Lee posted April 28, 2011
February 2011
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Persistence of Vision
Rochelle Slovin and the Museum of the Moving Image
by Carter Ratcliff posted February 25, 2011
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The Voice
Adorable lunatics and quotable megalomaniacs: on the career of Alec Baldwin
by Jessica Winter posted February 4, 2011
July 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
December 2009
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Kingdom of the Blind Pt 1
Revenge missions in the films of Clint Eastwood
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted December 1, 2009
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Double Feature
The fragility of innocence in Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Gran Torino
by Chris Fujiwara posted December 1, 2009
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A Free Man
The tough questions of Clint Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted December 1, 2009
November 2009
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The Unknown Statue
A suppressed masterpiece by Alain Resnais and Chris Marker
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted November 6, 2009
March 2009
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Being Julia
The self-aware star turn of Duplicity heroine Julia Roberts
by David Schwartz posted March 23, 2009
February 2009
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The Nutty Director
Jerry Lewis in conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
by David Schwartz posted February 20, 2009
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Films That Tell Time
The paradoxes of the cinema of Ken Jacobs
by Tom Gunning posted February 6, 2009
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Life Comes Through
The bizarre genius of Oscar Micheaux
by David Schwartz posted February 4, 2009
January 2009
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Independent America, 1978-1988
Myths of the new narrative (and a few counter-suggestions)
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted January 26, 2009
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Hot Circuits
Reflections on the first museum retrospective of the video arcade game
by Rochelle Slovin posted January 15, 2009
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Play It Again, Pac-Man
An appreciation of the peculiar allure of early video games
by Charles Bernstein posted January 15, 2009
November 2008
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The King of Comedy
Wresting order from disorder in Jerry Lewis's adventures in multiplicity
by Chris Fujiwara posted November 17, 2008
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There’s Something About Ben
The showbiz satires and family psychodramas of Ben Stiller
by David Schwartz posted November 11, 2008
