An Interview with ‘Ghasjomi’ Filmmaker Sumantra Roy
‘Ghasjomi’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2022 movie with filmmaker Sumantra Roy.
An Interview with ‘Jaggi’ Filmmaker Anmol Sidhu
‘Jaggi’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2021 movie with filmmaker Anmol Sidhu.
I Love You, Man: Celebrating ‘Superbad’ and Its Embrace of Male Friendship
“‘Superbad’ has stood the test of time, and will continue to do so, because there are so few movies that tackle male friendships in such a brutally honest manner, with care and attention, and without falling back on sarcasm once all is said and done.”
Review: Audrey Diwan’s ‘Happening’
“‘Happening’ will remind viewers of Eliza Hittman’s ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ for the way in which both films present the practical challenges faced by women seeking abortion care.”
Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’: Redefining the Superstar Through the Impersonator
“‘Elvis’ isn’t a biopic — it’s a testament to the power of fandom, stardom and art.”
In a State of Exile: ‘The Last of England’ in 1987
“If ‘The Angelic Conversation’ portrays a time where loving affection could be found amongst the rubble of industrialization, then ‘The Last of England’ shows how affection, love and hope are lost qualities of a paradisal past.”
A Film Arising from the Sea and the Sand: ‘Araya’ at Cinema Rediscovered
“Given Araya’s small-scale origins in a country without a major film industry, it remains a fascinating testament to both the lives of the peninsula’s inhabitants and the film’s own creation.”
Collecting Movies with Raymond Rea
Raymond Rea Interview: Greg Carlson and the filmmaker/educator discuss movie collecting.
Visions of the Future from 1995: Touching with Synthetic Hands
Visions of the Future from 1995: Touching with Synthetic Hands by D.M. Palmer: “These films posited that to dream in public, to build new worlds on this freshly privatized terrain, was to risk new and previously inconceivable forms of personal ruin.”
Pre-Code Prime Cuts: Women-Led Films at Cinema Rediscovered
Cinema Rediscovered Essay by Fedor Tot | Women-Led Films of the 1930s | Jewel Robbery (1932) | Red-Headed Woman (1932) | Baby Face (1933)
‘Nope’: Jordan Peele Goes West in Imaginative Genre Mash-Up
“One of the most refreshing dimensions of ‘Nope’ resides in Peele’s willingness to trust viewers to follow him into unexpected territory.”
Practical Magic for the Family: Jacob Estes’ ‘He’s Watching’
“‘He’s Watching’ is a practical and efficient horror film in the style of Rob Savage’s ‘Host’ (2020), but its brilliance lies in Estes’ subversive funhouse mirror approach.”
Review: Adam Christian Clark’s ‘Diary of a Spy’
“‘Diary of a Spy’ mostly keeps viewers in the dark; it’s unclear what makes the main characters tick. Anna and Camden are Dostoevskian figures in spirit, from a different tale, who seem lost in time.”
Review: Sophie Hyde’s ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
“Hyde’s handling of the material, confirmed by her tone and the setting, should not be condemned for something it is decidedly not.”
There Are No Stupid Questions
“‘Ruth Stone’s Vast Library of the Female Mind’ is an inspiring excavation of the subject’s subconscious; a trip that shouldn’t be avoided by off-the-grid creatives.”
Visions of the Future from 1995: I Am the Law
“The capacity to dehumanize has always been present in cinema; to witness the vanquishing of enemies on the screen has served a cathartic function for every society in which cinema has taken hold.”
‘Elvis’: The Tale of a Southern Country Boy Who Crossed the Racial Divide
“Films today, likes films of yesterday, have great trouble dealing with the poor Southern white.”
Review: Cooper Raiff’s ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
“I think Raiff is a legitimate addition to the broad group of artists identified with the New Sincerity trend as popularized by David Foster Wallace and Jim Collins.”
Not Forever on Earth: The Moving Image as Spiritual Medicine in Dario Guerrero’s ‘Rocío’
“‘Rocío’ is one of those special films that has the power to heal and calm the mind.”
Review: Seth Breedlove’s ‘American Werewolves’
“‘American Werewolves’ takes itself seriously but doesn’t fully engage with Western Kentucky prank lore or Native American traditions that could help explain Dogman sightings.”