Cinema - Quillette (Page 2)

History on Horseback: Napoleon Bonaparte

The French emperor and military commander played a pivotal role in an epochal transformation.

Ralph Leonard

4 Dec 2023 · 16 min read

Black Progress and Black Rage

A new biopic about Bayard Rustin and the New York Met’s opera about the life of Malcolm X celebrate very different notions of black struggle.

Joshua Muravchik

30 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

Hollywood Autocrat

A newly restored Blu-ray release of ‘Foolish Wives’ offers a welcome reintroduction to one of cinema’s most gifted and eccentric artists.

Jaspreet Singh Boparai

13 Oct 2023 · 12 min read

Israel’s Everywoman at War

Helen Mirren’s Golda Meir offers a profile of greatness in the face of overwhelming adversity.

Michael Oren

8 Sep 2023 · 16 min read

How Accurate is Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’?

A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film.

Robert Zubrin

1 Aug 2023 · 9 min read

Dare to Be Brilliant

Nolan’s kaleidoscopic biopic may be his most ambitious picture to date.

Brad Strotten

27 Jul 2023 · 3 min read

Bob Ross, Populist Artist

A Netflix documentary and a new film about the beloved American TV painter explore a life marked by popular success and personal betrayal.

Julia Friedman

19 Jul 2023 · 9 min read

“Be Vigilant, America”

Two forgotten films from 1942 about Japanese internment offer a window into the shameful nativism of wartime America.

Thomas Doherty

6 Mar 2023 · 10 min read

A Bore of a Blockbuster

Next time, one hopes, James Cameron will focus as much on the story he tells as the means he uses to tell it.

Allan Stratton

19 Jan 2023 · 7 min read

The Radicalization of the Film Canon

Sight and Sound’s 2022 poll is a sign of the times.

Adrian Nguyen

18 Dec 2022 · 12 min read

Startling Intimations of Greatness

As we await the release of Woody Allen’s 50th feature film, his biographer looks back on the career of one of America’s great cinematic artists.

David Evanier

21 Nov 2022 · 26 min read

Ken Kesey and the Rush to Deinstitutionalization

Whatever the literary strengths of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the book has done much to harm both the mentally ill and their communities.

Stephen Eide

14 Nov 2022 · 11 min read

Getting Fletch Wrong

Jon Hamm’s portrayal is an improvement on Chevy Chase’s goofball routine, but still bears little relation to the amoral cad in Gregory McDonald’s novels.

Kevin Mims

23 Sep 2022 · 16 min read

Adult Fantasy of Youth

A look back at Bertolucci’s 2003 film, The Dreamers.

Marilyn Simon

18 Aug 2022 · 13 min read

“I Believe in America”

Fifty Years of ‘The Godfather‘

Graham Daseler

22 Jul 2022 · 13 min read