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The West Side Story Reboot That We Really Need

by Jonathan Zimmerman January 29, 2022January 31, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s vibrant remake of the 1960s classic doesn’t address our deepest division—the Trump line.

Buster Keaton in The Navigator

January/February/March 2022

How Buster Keaton Became a Digital Meme

by Eric Cortellessa January 17, 2022January 29, 2022

Don't Look Up

Political Animal

Don’t Look (Close) Up

by Bill Scher January 17, 2022January 18, 2022

Titane

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A Horror Film About Gender Fluidity

by Joy Ashford July 23, 2021January 9, 2022

Quentin Tarantino

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Trapped in Quentin Tarantino’s Memory Palace

by Janis Hirsch July 21, 2021January 9, 2022

Ernest Hemingway

Political Animal

Ernest Hemingway, the Darkness and the Light

by Chris Matthews April 9, 2021January 9, 2022

Nomadland

The Visionary Politics of Nomadland

by Eric Cortellessa April 2, 2021February 4, 2022

Mike Nichols

The Master of (Self-inflicted) Disaster

by Eric Cortellessa January 10, 2021February 4, 2022

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The 1996 Black Lesbian Film That Became Essential Viewing for 2020

by Giulia Heyward August 12, 2020January 9, 2022

Da 5 Bloods

Spike Lee Tells a Different Vietnam War History

by Eric Cortellessa June 20, 2020February 4, 2022