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
June 2010
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Dark Mirrors
The dual cinema of Robert Siodmak
by David Cairns posted June 3, 2010
May 2010
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Citizen Caine
Michael Caine on his career as a distinctly British Hollywood icon
by David Schwartz posted May 28, 2010
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Mercy and Love
The populist optimism and humanistic Islam of Yasmin Ahmad's films
by Michael Sicinski posted May 5, 2010
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Castle of Protest
The serene, troubling provocations of João César Monteiro
by Michael Atkinson posted May 3, 2010
April 2010
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Pale Fire
Michael Caine and the secrets of long-term movie stardom
by Michael Atkinson posted April 28, 2010
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Lost Boys
Bill Forsyth and the problem of growing up
by Bilge Ebiri posted April 15, 2010
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The Middle Word in Life
What we think about when we think about Dennis Hopper (1936–2010)
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted April 6, 2010
January 2010
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A Cinema of Cruelty?
Looking beyond the clichéd portrait of a frivolous, voluble Eric Rohmer
by Charlotte Garson posted January 15, 2010
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The More Things Change
Chaos and transformation in Akira Kurosawa's films
by Bilge Ebiri posted January 13, 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
November 2009
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Painting With Light
The Bauhaus influence on the cinematic avant-garde
by Gregory Zinman posted November 19, 2009
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The Unknown Statue
A suppressed masterpiece by Alain Resnais and Chris Marker
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted November 6, 2009
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Other Ways Around
Some sketches of the essay film
by Andrew Tracy posted November 5, 2009
October 2009
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The Nightwatchman
Peter Greenaway on Rembrandt, the art of VJing, and the death of cinema
by Leo Goldsmith posted October 15, 2009
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Perpetual Outsiders
The immigrant experience in the cinema of Elia Kazan
by Bilge Ebiri posted October 9, 2009
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Falling From Grace
The female Christ figures of Lars von Trier's films
by Joshua Land posted October 2, 2009
September 2009
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Fleeting Glimpses
The three-film universe of Sadao Yamanaka
by Chris Fujiwara posted September 11, 2009
August 2009
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Free Radical
Len Lye's transcontinental career and his quicksilver art of motion
by Leo Goldsmith posted August 31, 2009
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The Puppet Alchemist
A centenary reappraisal of stop-motion's neglected master
by Graham Fuller posted August 3, 2009
July 2009
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Pure Escapes
Jerzy Skolimowski and the placeless utopia of youth
by Chris Fujiwara posted July 10, 2009
May 2009
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Time Regained
Remembering Julien Duvivier, a casualty of auteurism
by Michael Atkinson posted May 4, 2009
April 2009
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No Wasted Moments
The anti-cinema of Kiju Yoshida
by Chris Fujiwara posted April 2, 2009
March 2009
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A Tale of Two Careers
The theatrical realism of Jules Dassin
by Bruce Bennett posted March 26, 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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The Invisible Author
Death and self-negation in the historical films of Roberto Rossellini
by Bilge Ebiri posted January 21, 2009
December 2008
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The People's Director
The old new China of Xie Jin (1923-2008)
by Leo Goldsmith posted December 11, 2008
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Straight Shooting
The righteous heroes and human villains of Budd Boetticher's West
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted December 4, 2008
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Lessons in Darkness
Extreme precipices and gray areas in the films of Barbet Schroeder
by Nick Pinkerton posted December 2, 2008
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
October 2008
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Mission Impossible
The melodramas of Vincente Minnelli, master of illusion and disillusionment
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 30, 2008
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Design for Living
The campy realism of Mitchell Leisen, a forgotten master of disguise
by David Cairns posted October 23, 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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First Person Plural
The search for happiness in Mike Leigh's comedies of manners
by Michael Atkinson posted October 17, 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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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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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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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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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
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Morning in America
John Carpenter's genre readings of the Reagan years
by Benjamin Strong posted September 1, 2008
August 2008
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Domestic Disturbances
The unsung cinema of Frank and Eleanor Perry
by Bilge Ebiri posted August 25, 2008
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Truer Than Fiction
Frederick Wiseman on the connections between drama and documentary
by Nicolas Rapold posted August 21, 2008
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Anarchy in the U.K.
The growing pains of Lindsay Anderson, Free Cinema's angry young man
by Steve Erickson posted August 14, 2008
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The Devil Inside
Filming Jim Thompson’s first-person pulp psychosis
by Mark Asch and Cullen Gallagher posted August 11, 2008
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No Exit
Adapting the dissolute, interior noir of David Goodis
by Max Goldberg posted August 11, 2008
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After the Revolution
Revisiting the high cinematic modernism of Resnais and Robbe-Grillet
by Andrew Tracy posted August 7, 2008
July 2008
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The Power of Nightmares
Revisiting the shadowy visions of Carl Theodor Dreyer
by Joshua Land posted July 21, 2008
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Who Is Helmut Käutner?
A German master, ripe for centennial rediscovery
by Christoph Huber posted July 14, 2008
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Director Without Borders
The restless innovations of independent pioneer Shirley Clarke
by David Cairns posted July 14, 2008
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St. Bill of Illinois
The poignant case for William Holden
by Michael Atkinson posted July 2, 2008
June 2008
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Look Back in Anger
Considering the legacy of poet-provocateur Derek Jarman
by Sam Adams posted June 26, 2008
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Let It Loose
The hippie humanism of Hal Ashby
by Rob Nelson posted June 26, 2008
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A Fine Madness
The extreme measures of Japanese genre stylist Tomu Uchida
by Mark Asch posted June 19, 2008
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Obscure Objects
Introducing the neglected cinema of Marcel L'Herbier
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted June 19, 2008
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What Lies Beneath
The quixotic quests of Peter Lynch, from archeology to zoology
by Adam Nayman posted June 19, 2008
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His Little Loves
The life and films of Jean Eustache
by Nick Pinkerton posted June 12, 2008
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Belle de Siècle
From jeune fille to mother superior, the many faces of Catherine Deneuve
by Melissa Anderson posted June 4, 2008
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The Outsider
Arthur Penn's decades-long struggle against the Hollywood machine
by Michael Chaiken and Paul Cronin posted June 4, 2008
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A Mirror for Mama-san
How the young Tatsuya Nakadai offered a crafty old director a new shade of maleness
by Chris Fujiwara posted June 4, 2008
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The Persistence of Memory
The introverted cinema of Terence Davies
by Michael Koresky posted June 4, 2008
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Outskirts of the Kingdom
Werner Herzog bears witness to the life beyond moviemaking
by Michael Atkinson posted June 4, 2008
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Golden Years
The late-period works of auteurist hero Howard Hawks
by Dan Sallitt posted June 4, 2008
