politics
Holiday Pick: Mr. Freedom
Looking for a Fourth of July film? Try William Klein's insane superhero satire.
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Dogma in 2025
The Return of Kevin Smith's Blasphemous Masterpiece.
film
CC40: Beautiful, Pointless
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 4
personal essay
A Meditation on 'The Holy Mountain'
And becoming.
politics
Taxation of the Mind
Tariffs on foreign films: stupid, but meaningfully evil.
film
The Shallow and the Portable
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 3
film
The Grim Surveillance Aesthetics of 'Panic Room'
In David Fincher's fifth film, the camera is unsettlingly fluid and invasive.
horror
An Appreciation of Casper Kelly
Thoughts on films like 'Too Many Cooks' and the 'Adult Swim Yule Logs'.
film
The War of the Rohirrim: Rhymes with Éowyn
Finally a good reason to return to Middle Earth.
horror
All Men Are Melted Equal: Street Trash (1987/2024)
Wealth inequality will melt your face.
queer
Cinema of Multiplicity: Films by Vera Drew, Jane Schoenbrun, Paul B. Preciado
The People's Joker, I Saw the TV Glow, and Orlando make new waves in trans storytelling.
film
Clint Eastwood and 'Cry Macho'
Few public figures understand their own iconography better than Clint Eastwood. Setting aside that weird thing where he talked to a chair, Eastwood's film work over the last 30 years has masterfully played on his own celebrity in a way that few actors or directors have been able