Tag: film

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The Presence of Absence

John Washington

March 17, 2021

Two films grapple with disappearances at the US-Mexico border.

Wander Woman

Emma Myers

March 04, 2021

On Nomadland and the cinema of peripatetic women.

Dancing on a Volcano

Ben Schwartz

March 04, 2021

Two films from 1938 tackle the French Revolution

American Gothic

B.D. McClay

February 22, 2021

On Netflix, the haunted house gets saged.

Portrait of the Artist as Content Creator

John Semley

December 15, 2020

On Mank and The Godfather Coda.

No Man Is an Island

John Semley

September 15, 2020

Martin Eden rails against the cult of individualism.

The Dragon Rises Yet Again

John Semley

September 02, 2020

Reexamining the triumphs and tragedies of Bruce Lee.

Worldwide Wireless Energy

A. S. Hamrah

August 17, 2020

An Interview with Michael Almereyda about Tesla.

Game Face

James Wham

July 21, 2020

A new collection of Olympic films tries to skip the politics.

Fool’s Gold

Gene Seymour

July 08, 2020

In Spike Lee's latest, black vets return to Vietnam.

Brief Encounters

John Semley

June 01, 2020

Rethinking inscrutability in two recent festival hits.

The Visible Man

Soraya Roberts

March 13, 2020

Invisibility and Platonic justice in the #MeToo era