A Love Letter to the Theatre An interview with Sean Mathias, the director of a daring and original new film adaptation of ‘Hamlet.’ Hannah Gal 10 Mar 2024 · 12 min read
Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny Fight Fascism The animation industry was perhaps the United States’ most potent cultural weapon during World War II. Jacob Bielecki 26 Feb 2024 · 15 min read
The Best Picture Nominees, 2024 A look at the ten nominees for this year’s Best Picture Oscar. Allan Stratton 17 Feb 2024 · 17 min read
Bestseller Reparations In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy. Thomas Larson 24 Jan 2024 · 7 min read
Leonard Bernstein Deserved Better Than ‘Maestro’ Netflix somehow managed to turn the most talented, beloved, and complex American musician in history into a two-dimensional domestic villain. Daniel Lelchuk 16 Jan 2024 · 9 min read
To Save Us All From Satan’s Power William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old. George Case 26 Dec 2023 · 7 min read
How Superhero Franchises Are Killing Original Cinema Most new movies feature neither good storytelling nor innovative filmmaking. Instead, they rely on the nostalgia of ready-made fan bases. Jacob Bielecki 7 Dec 2023 · 7 min read
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 · 10 min read
Dare to Be Brilliant Nolan’s kaleidoscopic biopic may be his most ambitious picture to date. Brad Strotten 27 Jul 2023 · 4 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 · 10 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
