August 2011
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The Art of Testimony
Standing up for talking heads
by Richard Porton posted August 3, 2011
April 2011
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Sea Change
The displacements of The Forgotten Space
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted April 8, 2011
January 2011
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Moments of 2010
Our contributors and colleagues pick the past year's moving image highlights
by Various Writers posted January 1, 2011
September 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
April 2010
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Master Builders
How documentarians D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus find drama
by David Schwartz posted April 26, 2010
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Natural Wonders
The technology of Life and the challenge of showing the world as it is
by Chris Wisniewski posted April 16, 2010
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The Obligations of History
Accuracy versus irony in depictions of the Holocaust
by Anne Nelson posted April 1, 2010
March 2010
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Poetic License
The fictions and realities of Abbas Kiarostami's boundary-breaking Close-Up
by Joshua Land posted March 24, 2010
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Intersecting Paths
How cinema has confronted the tragedy of the 20th century
by Jean-Michel Frodon posted March 22, 2010
February 2010
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Rearranging the Deckchairs
From newsreels to stereoscopic spectacles: a century of Titanic movies
by Leah Churner posted February 24, 2010
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
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
February 2009
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Making The Wrestler Real
Cinematographer Maryse Alberti on creating a documentary-like fiction
by David Schwartz posted February 13, 2009
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Revolutionary Mode
Considering the anarchist cinema of the 21st century
by Richard Porton posted February 10, 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
September 2008
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Migrating Forms
Displacement and delirium at the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
by Dennis Lim posted September 13, 2008
August 2008
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Truer Than Fiction
Frederick Wiseman on the connections between drama and documentary
by Nicolas Rapold posted August 21, 2008
July 2008
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Director Without Borders
The restless innovations of independent pioneer Shirley Clarke
by David Cairns posted July 14, 2008
June 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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Anna in Wonderland
A documentary short evokes the great blind spot of 1968
by Joshua Clover posted June 4, 2008
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Vietnam in Fragments
William Klein in 1967-'68: A radical re-evaluation
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 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
