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November 3, 2015
Elaine Teng
‘Brooklyn’ Is a Different Kind of Immigrant Movie
November 2, 2015
Hannah K. Gold
How a 3D Film with Real Sex Stays Intimate
Gaspar Noe’s new movie is a sentimental look at love
October 30, 2015
Elisabeth Donnelly
‘Spotlight’ Celebrates The Journalists Who Exposed the Church’s Sex Abuse Cover-Up
October 29, 2015
Lara Zarum
The End of Torture Porn
‘Room’ and ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ refuse to ogle victims of sexual violence.
October 23, 2015
Jess Zimmerman
Real Women Throw Stones
What happens when women stop being polite and start getting real? The violent offenders of “Suffragette” do little to elevate social justice on film
October 15, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Steven Spielberg Makes the Cold War Cool Again with "Bridge of Spies"
October 14, 2015
Ratik Asokan
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Junun” Wants You to Figure out Indian Music for Yourself
October 12, 2015
Evan Kindley
Paul Thomas Anderson Has Made His Version of ‘The Last Waltz'
'Junun' shows the making of Jonny Greenwood and Shye Ben Tzur's new album
October 9, 2015
Jacob Silverman
“Steve Jobs” Is a Magnificent Piece of Consumerist Propaganda
The Apple chairman as corporate tyrant and consumer saint
October 6, 2015
Elaine Teng
Who Is the Real Malala Yousafzai?
A new documentary fails to explain the brave, teenage Nobel prizewinner—or her pushy father
October 2, 2015
Elaine Teng
Philippe Petit's Twin Towers Stunt Is Dramatic Gold
But the cinematic version still misses the mark.
October 1, 2015
Whitney Mallett
Naomi Klein’s Radical Guide to the Anthropocene
In the author’s new documentary, the climate crisis is tied to our rotten economic system.
October 1, 2015
Ethan Gates
In Iran, Turning on a Camera Is An Act of Subversion
September 30, 2015
Kyle Chayka
Laura Poitras Is Creating a Magnum for Digital Documentarians
September 25, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Just What America Needs: A Movie That Celebrates Unpaid Work
"The Intern" isn't funny. It's an insult to every unemployed American.
September 17, 2015
Calum Marsh
Martin Amis: "It’s as if Mario Puzo’s prose is being rewritten by Nabokov"
The author talks about the novel, writing for the screen, and the new film adaptation of London Fields
September 13, 2015
Ratik Asokan
Wim Wenders: "I Never Learned Anything from the History of Cinema"
September 12, 2015
Liesl Bradner
How a Black Man From Missouri Transformed Himself Into the Indian Liberace
September 11, 2015
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
Falling Asleep in the Afterlife
Why are books about visiting heaven so boring—and popular?
September 11, 2015
Jason Guriel
Has 'Dressed to Kill' Outlived Its 80s Shock Value?

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