July 2012
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Our Ancestors, the Gauls . . .
A People’s History in The Battle of Algiers
by Aaron Cutler and Mariana Shellard posted July 6, 2012
May 2012
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If Looks Could Kill
On gangster suits and silhouettes
by Lorraine Gamman posted May 8, 2012
January 2012
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Laws of Desire
What did David Cronenberg's Videodrome get right about us?
by Tom McCormack posted January 26, 2012
March 2011
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Follow the Leader
Revisiting the Oliver Stone biopics Nixon and Alexander
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted March 11, 2011
September 2010
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The Spectacle of Terrorism
Olivier Assayas's Carlos, a portrait of the guerrilla as a narcissistic cipher
by Richard Porton posted September 23, 2010
December 2009
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Kingdom of the Blind Pt 1
Revenge missions in the films of Clint Eastwood
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted December 1, 2009
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Double Feature
The fragility of innocence in Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Gran Torino
by Chris Fujiwara posted December 1, 2009
November 2009
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Battle Lines
The epic intimacy of John Woo's Red Cliff
by R. Emmet Sweeney posted November 23, 2009
October 2009
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Zombie 101
A guide to cinema’s most durable morality play
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 28, 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 4
Do you see?: Michael Mann's reflections, doubles, and doppelgängers
by Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 15, 2009
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Zen Pulp, Pt 2
Lifetime subscriptions: Michael Mann's honor-bound individualists
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted July 3, 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
April 2009
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Talk About the Passions
Looking beyond the culture-war controversies of two Jesus movies
by Joshua Land posted April 9, 2009
February 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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Beyond Valkyrie
How the two postwar Germanys told the story of German resistance
by Anne Nelson posted January 8, 2009
October 2008
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Empire of the Son
Oliver Stone Pt. 4: War and civilization in Alexander, and an epilogue on W.
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 17, 2008
September 2008
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Criminal Minded
Oshima's acts of violence against Japanese society and cinematic form
by Joshua Land posted September 30, 2008