It sure is fun to be young. Not yet old enough to experience that odd combination of nostalgia and melancholy that plagues most adults, and still too young to worry about the future, the youth get to reside in that … Continue reading WHITE GIRL
Every Labor Day weekend since 1974, filmmakers, critics, historians, students, moviegoers, and a handful of outdoorsmen and women converge on the quaint mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, to celebrate the past and present of their beloved art form. They come … Continue reading Simply Potent: Dispatches from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival
It always begins with light. Be it an ancient myth or a modern movie, light carves away the darkness and gives form and shape to the world. In some cases, that light is metaphorical. In others, practical. But in The Light … Continue reading THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
Dear incoming film students, take a moment to learn from those who came before you, and please heed Derek Cianfrance’s advice: “Be where you are. If you’re at school, if you’re in a film class, pay attention. Pay attention, be … Continue reading Illuminating Content: A Conversation with Derek Cianfrance
If a revolution could ever be distilled into a single image, then let it be Delacroix’s commemoration of the French Revolution’s July 1830 victory, “Liberty Leading the People.” The now-iconic painting focuses on Marianne, a woman waving the familiar tricolor … Continue reading BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (哀しみのベラドンナ)
Born July 8, 1885, Dr. John Romulus Brinkley Jr. had trouble with the truth. But then again, Dr. Brinkley was an American, and Americans have a particular allergy to the truth—especially when it stands in the way of a good … Continue reading NUTS!
What makes you get up every morning? It’s a straightforward question, but rarely does it elicit a straightforward response. Ask that question of 20 different people, and you’re likely to get 20 different answers that all sound good and righteous … Continue reading Amy Fox on EQUITY
When it comes to movie genres, none are as distinctly American as the western and film noir. The western, populated by cowboys, Native Americans, and disappearing frontiers, went from dime story novels to popular kiddie fare to wrought psychology and … Continue reading HELL OR HIGH WATER
In Life, Animated—the new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams—one image in particular stands out: a toddler standing in front of a TV, hand outstretched to the image before him. The image is Mickey Mouse donning the sorcerer’s hat … Continue reading LIFE, ANIMATED
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