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Max Nelson

Critical Dialogue: The Bling Ring

By Max Nelson
June 18, 2013
Is Sofia Coppola's latest a reflective meditation or a wealthy teenage wasteland?

Interview: Marco Bellocchio

By Max Nelson
June 12, 2013
The acclaimed director of Dormant Beauty, Fists in the Pocket, and Vincere discusses faith and the question of judgment in his work

Review: Wish You Were Here

By Max Nelson
June 5, 2013
Kieran Darcy-Smith's carefully calibrated debut about a friend gone missing is very accomplished, which might not be a good thing

Critical Dialogue: Frances Ha

By Max Nelson
May 24, 2013
Modern love, same as New Wave love? Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach collaborate with their cinematic precursors

Critical Dialogue: Something in the Air

By Max Nelson
May 8, 2013
The political is personal—even if you're sort of in it for the girls

Homeward Bound: The Tangled Legacy of the Home Movie

By Max Nelson
May 1, 2013
From family trips to Jonas Mekas and Post Tenebras Lux

Critical Dialogue: IMDb Nation

By Max Nelson
April 16, 2013
Voices from the Internet: exploring the flora and fauna of IMDb

Review: The Angels’ Share

By Max Nelson
April 11, 2013
Ken Loach's kilted caper balances humor and social realism

Review: To the Wonder

By Max Nelson
April 4, 2013
What does Terrence Malick want from us? (And how is he asking us?)

Interview: Lyubov Arkus

By Max Nelson
April 1, 2013
Critic turned caregiver turned filmmaker: the director of New Directors / New Films pick Anton's Right Here discusses finding new avenues to empathy with her autistic subject

Review: The Host

By Max Nelson
March 29, 2013
The adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s alien-invasion novel panders to anxious t(w)eens, but is that so wrong?

Critical Dialogue: Spring Breakers

By Max Nelson
March 21, 2013
Breaking bad: Harmony Korine stares into the abyss of St. Petersburg, FL

Rep Diary: Le Pont du Nord

By Max Nelson
March 19, 2013
"Don't try to understand": another look at Jacques Rivette's Le Pont du Nord

Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

By Max Nelson
March 11, 2013
Behind the curtain: is Sam Raimi’s new blockbuster about Emerald City magic, or just a celebration of itself?

Short Takes: Gimmie the Loot

By Max Nelson
March 9, 2013
(Adam Leon, U.S., 2012)

Old-School Horror Pick: White Zombie

By Max Nelson
March 9, 2013
(Kino, $29.95)

Critical Dialogue: Leviathan

By Max Nelson
March 8, 2013
Staring into the abyss—with GoPro cams

Rep Diary: Le Pont du Nord

By Max Nelson
March 5, 2013
"Don't try to understand": choose your own Rivette adventure

Review: Stoker

By Max Nelson
March 4, 2013
Southern gothic: Park Chan-wook's Shadow of a Doubt–inspired English-language debut

Rep Diary: Echoes of Silence (1967)

By Max Nelson
February 26, 2013
Strangers in the night: Peter Emanuel Goldman’s restless New York nocturne