Cinema - Quillette (Page 5)

A Reasoned Judgment and a Reputation in Ruins

Depp has found that using the law to defend your reputation is a very expensive way of shattering it.

Matthew Scott

7 Nov 2020 · 10 min read

What We Owe to ‘The Boys in the Band’—and Other Classics of Gay Film

I’m grateful to every straight director, actor, and writer who has taken up the cause over the last 60 years, and to their closeted friends and colleagues who inspired them.

Allan Stratton

28 Oct 2020 · 15 min read

Don’t Listen to the Outrage. ‘Cuties’ Is a Great Film

Allan Stratton

17 Sep 2020 · 12 min read

Remembering Reinaldo Arenas and His Enduring Lessons on Repression, Torment, and Exile

All in all, more than 130,000 set sail on rafts and boats made of rotten wood, house doors, truck tires, and anything else that could float.

Jorge C. Carrasco

23 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

Thoughts on Longevity

Contemplation of such great age is intrinsically moving, perhaps because it releases us from the oppressive clamour of the moment.

Simon Evans

8 Jul 2020 · 8 min read

A Rainy Day in New York—A Review

This is the territory with which Allen feels most familiar and confident—a spare, crisp, and yet intricately plotted tale that juggles characters and situations with sensitivity and bathos.

David Evanier

2 Jun 2020 · 10 min read

Death of an Old-Fashioned Clown

Willard was a kind of Holy Fool even among fools.

Simon Evans

21 May 2020 · 7 min read

Easy Rider: 50 Years Looking for America—A Review

Bingen is right about one thing, though: Easy Rider really is an important movie—much more important than a simple measure of its quality would suggest—which is probably why the American Film Institute, among others, continues to rate it so highly.

Graham Daseler

21 Apr 2020 · 14 min read

Nineteen of the Loneliest Films Ever Made

Some of them are stylish pop art or lowbrow trash—depending on how initiated you are with their appeal. But they will also make you cry or simply stare at the screen with a detached jaw as you begin to rethink their implications behind your sterilized walls.

Art Tavana

19 Apr 2020 · 13 min read

Farewell, My Lovely

Chinatown is a remarkable blend of screenwriter Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski’s antipodal sensibilities.

Graham Daseler

9 Apr 2020 · 14 min read

So Here's to You, Buck Henry

Most of us are distant spectators to the roped-off paintings that line the museums inside our aesthetic imaginations. Some of the pieces have been removed; others don’t have appropriate labels.

Art Tavana

28 Jan 2020 · 10 min read

'The Report' Review—A Careful Examination of the CIA's Interrogation Methods

As unpleasant as this kind of harsh treatment was, defenders of EITs maintained that it fell short of torture.

Michael J. Totten

9 Jan 2020 · 10 min read

'White Christmas' and the Triumphs of the Greatest Generation

Michael Curtiz’s 1954 classic White Christmas is so popular that it generates new think-pieces every time the holiday season rolls around. Last year, the New York Times republished its own original review of the film, in which the late Bosley Crowther panned the movie. Other pieces in other places

Kevin Mims

20 Dec 2019 · 11 min read

'The Rise of Jordan Peterson'—A Review

The Rise of Jordan Peterson constructs a kaleidoscopic narrative that enables the viewer to look at the same sequence of events in several different ways.

Carol Horton

14 Oct 2019 · 11 min read

Fear of a White Joker: When Did the Left Stop Caring About Crime's Root Causes?

The key to reducing violence amongst any demographic is in ascertaining the specific attributes of violent individuals.

Samuel Forster

9 Oct 2019 · 6 min read