July 2012
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Heaven Sent
Todd Haynes, Mark Friedberg, and Sandy Powell on the aesthetics of melodrama
by David Schwartz posted July 27, 2012
September 2011
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Alone Together
Love and loneliness in the films of Vincente Minnelli
by Aaron Cutler posted September 27, 2011
October 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
July 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 5
Crime Story: Michael Mann's influential pre-Miranda police procedural
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 23, 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 1
Vice precedent: Michael Mann's existential TV drama
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 1, 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
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
August 2008
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Tears Without Laughter
Deciphering audience responses to Douglas Sirk, in the U.S. and Japan
by Chris Fujiwara posted August 18, 2008
