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Max Nelson

Rep Diary: Echoes of Silence (1967)

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

Critical Dialogue: Oliveira, Ruiz, and Late Filmmaking

By Max Nelson
February 20, 2013
Every frame as memento mori: Night Across the Street and Gebo and the Shadow

Critical Dialogue: The Story of Film

By Max Nelson
February 1, 2013
What’s the story? The hope and the hubris in retelling the history of cinema

Critical Dialogue: Django Unchained

By Max Nelson
January 17, 2013
Leading through bleeding: how (or how not) to portray violent culture on screen

Home Movies: The Quiet Man

By Max Nelson
January 3, 2013
Classic Pick

Review: 56 Up

By Max Nelson
January 3, 2013
Time and tide wait for Michael Apted’s camera

Review: Not Fade Away

By Max Nelson
December 20, 2012
For many 67 year-olds, re-inhabiting a long-lost self would be a struggle; for David Chase, the struggle lies in growing out of it