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
Once Upon a Time...Film Critics Became Joyless—A Review Tarantino is quintessentially American. He lets us linger and watch Tate in all her Technicolor radiance. He lets us love her. What’s more, he lets her watch and love herself. Steven Volynets 17 Aug 2019 · 9 min read
The Conservative Manifesto Buried in 'Avengers: Endgame' If you haven’t seen Endgame yet—or if you take comfort in the delusion that Marvel is “woke”—stop reading now. Aaron Sibarium 14 Jun 2019 · 10 min read
Tolkien—A Review The real-life Tolkien, who loathed trite allegory, would have cringed. Charlotte Allen 24 May 2019 · 7 min read
'Vice'—A Review The Republican running the session effortlessly fools the group into accepting facts that the audience (of smart liberals, of course) know to be lies. Louise Perry 7 Feb 2019 · 7 min read
Representation and the Communitarianization of Cinema Identity has become the locus of cultural value and representation the means of its transmission. Oliver Whiskard 18 Oct 2018 · 10 min read
Righteous Among the Nations: The Rescued Tribe of Colonel Jose Arturo Castellanos Contreras With the release of their extraordinary documentary film The Rescue, Alvaro and his younger brother Boris haven’t just faced up to their clan’s history. They have turned it into high art. Geoffrey Clarfield 11 Oct 2018 · 6 min read
Real Art Is Bound to Cause Offence Artists should be nervous when advocacy groups gain influence over the creative process: Their focus is never art. It’s always their own narrow agenda. Gabriel Scorgie 26 Aug 2018 · 10 min read
