January 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
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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
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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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In Between Days
A cinematic history of presidential transitions
by Nicolas Rapold posted January 12, 2009
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Beyond Valkyrie
How the two postwar Germanys told the story of German resistance
by Anne Nelson posted January 8, 2009
December 2008
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Moments of 2008, Part 2
Critics, authors, and curators pick the year's moving-image highlights
by Various Writers posted December 31, 2008
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Moments of 2008, Part 1
Critics, authors, and curators pick the year's moving-image highlights
by Various Writers posted December 30, 2008
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Nervous About Nixon?
A new DVD offers the real Frost/Nixon Watergate interview from 1977
by David Schwartz posted December 19, 2008
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Silent Light
Frank Borzage at Fox, in the shadow of Sunrise and on the brink of sound
by Michael Atkinson posted December 16, 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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Foreign Correspondence
An appreciation of John Cook, Austrian cinema's great Canadian auteur
by Christoph Huber posted November 24, 2008
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Children of Paradise
How to watch Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies and why
by Michael Atkinson posted November 20, 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
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Virgin Territory
Looking behind the stereotypes of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairing
by Saul Austerlitz posted November 10, 2008
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Divide and Conquer
A world of possibilities in the unstudied field of DVD chaptering
by Adrian Martin posted November 6, 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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English Speakers
The prison of language in Terrence Malick's The New World
by Bilge Ebiri posted October 27, 2008
