The End of Hollywood Hegemony

Richard Brody draws an interesting parallel between the Republican Party and Hollywood studios: At the same time, while directors are … More

Tarantino Cruises into Trouble

Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood is said to be Quentin Tarantino’s second to last film, so … More

The online film streaming service FilmStruck is shutting down by the end of November. In the accounts that I’ve read … More

Parallax Sounds, a film I wrote about in this space in 2011, is now available for streaming. The film … More

Kristóf Deák’s Sing won the 2017 Academy Award for a live-action short film–remember? Ivan Krastev, a New York Times reporter … More

One of the lasting impressions left by Abel Gance’s film Napoléon (1927), now showing in a new, digitally remastered print … More

I’ve never heard of anyone doing anything like this before, at least not for a film: archaeologists are trying to locate … More

Well, the Oscars are almost all white again this year, but at least they're generally kind to women this year. While the nomination process … More

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) There are a lot of different kinds of relationships between films and their audiences. … More

Lincoln Michel is on the right track in using literary categories to differentiate between Boyhood and Birdman. He argues the … More