April 2013
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Revisiting Rosebud: The Mystery of Mary Kane
A new theory raises a fascinating question about Charles Foster Kane
by Michael Atkinson posted April 8, 2013
November 2012
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We Hardly Knew Ye
Why do we watch biopics?
by Michael Atkinson posted November 29, 2012
May 2012
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Hard to Be a God
Alexei German and the chaos of history
by Michael Atkinson posted May 29, 2012
February 2012
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Archival Trouble
The fiction-free science fiction of Adam Curtis
by Michael Atkinson posted February 16, 2012
December 2011
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The World According to God
The strange truths of Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma
by Michael Atkinson posted December 12, 2011
September 2011
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Going Places
On the restless career of Gus Van Sant
by Michael Atkinson posted September 17, 2011
June 2011
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Essential Wandering
Jerzy Skolimowski and the search for a mythical home
by Michael Atkinson posted June 10, 2011
April 2011
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Twentieth Century Man
Kaneto Shindo and the power of nightmares
by Michael Atkinson posted April 21, 2011
November 2010
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Warning Shadows
The Weimar movie and the frantic flowering of German Expressionism
by Michael Atkinson posted November 23, 2010
October 2010
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The Truth Is Out There
Louis Feuillade's Fantômas and the mysteries of movies at their movie-est
by Michael Atkinson posted October 4, 2010
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
May 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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Remember to Forget
Memory, movie-watching, and the uncertainty principle of Memento
by Michael Atkinson posted April 22, 2010
August 2009
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Our Man in London
The nuanced and endlessly suggestive film criticism of Graham Greene
by Michael Atkinson posted August 21, 2009
July 2009
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Project X
Revisiting the season of the Blair Witch
by Michael Atkinson posted July 17, 2009
May 2009
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Endless Summer
The late Edward Yang's monument to his people, nation, and time
by Michael Atkinson posted May 18, 2009
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Time Regained
Remembering Julien Duvivier, a casualty of auteurism
by Michael Atkinson posted May 4, 2009
February 2009
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Ashes of Time
Video is dead, long live video
by Michael Atkinson posted February 26, 2009
December 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
November 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
October 2008
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The Shadow Army
Ruminations on a phantom version of Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line
by Michael Atkinson posted October 27, 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
September 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
July 2008
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Dystopian Idol
The ignored prophecies of Peter Watkins's Privilege
by Michael Atkinson posted July 24, 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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Outskirts of the Kingdom
Werner Herzog bears witness to the life beyond moviemaking
by Michael Atkinson posted June 4, 2008
