Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Michael Koresky

Queer & Now & Then: 1985

By Michael Koresky
June 20, 2018
Stronger together: Buddies by Arthur J. Bressan Jr. faced the AIDS crisis with a drama of courage and grace

Queer & Now & Then: 1974

By Michael Koresky
June 6, 2018
Out of the past: Christopher Larkin’s post-Stonewall gay love story A Very Natural Thing emphasizes positivity

Queer & Now & Then: 1982

By Michael Koresky
May 23, 2018
No place like home: Robert Altman’s Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean centers on a vibrantly portrayed transgender character

Queer & Now & Then: 1947

By Michael Koresky
May 9, 2018
Not up to code: in Edward Dmytryk’s Crossfire, the unspoken motivations for murder loom large

Short Takes: On Chesil Beach

By Michael Koresky
May 1, 2018
(Dominic Cooke, UK, Bleecker Street, Opening May 18)

Interview: Ari Aster

By Michael Koresky
May 1, 2018
In the blood: the writer/director of Hereditary discusses the influences on his family-centric horror

Queer & Now & Then: 1996

By Michael Koresky
April 25, 2018
Dream a little dream: Hettie Macdonald’s quiet landmark Beautiful Thing offers a non-miserable look at marginalized Londoners

Queer & Now & Then: 1992

By Michael Koresky
April 11, 2018
No fear, no die: Sally Potter’s classic New Queer Cinema adaptation of Virginia Woolf emphasizes freedom from everything—except the past

Queer & Now & Then: 2018

By Michael Koresky
March 28, 2018
The new normal: Love, Simon plays to its imaginary audience—but also plays it safe

Queer & Now & Then: 1932

By Michael Koresky
March 14, 2018
Terrors of the flesh: in addition to racebending, The Mask of Fu Manchu builds its horrors from homoerotic torture

Queer & Now & Then: 1968

By Michael Koresky
February 28, 2018
Sitting on the sidelines: Paul Newman’s 1968 film about a small-town schoolteacher’s sexual awakening dared to make its lesbian character sympathetic

Queer & Now & Then: Introduction/1979

By Michael Koresky
February 14, 2018
Toward the lights on Broadway: in the inaugural edition of this new biweekly column, thoughts on the confusions and challenges of growing up a gay movie-watcher and Bob Fosse’s All that Jazz

Short Take: Double Lover

By Michael Koresky
January 3, 2018
(François Ozon, France, Cohen Media Group, Opening February 14)

Short Take: Last Flag Flying

By Michael Koresky
November 3, 2017
(Richard Linklater, USA, Amazon Studios & Lionsgate, Opening November 3)

Interview: Todd Haynes, Ed Lachman, and Mark Friedberg

By Michael Koresky
September 25, 2017
Heroic trio: Wonderstruck’s director, cinematographer, and production designer discuss the inspirations for re-imagining different eras of New York

Festivals: Toronto

By Michael Koresky
September 14, 2017
Fatal attractions: this year’s pared-down fest offered several views on loss and aging

Review: Wonderstruck

By Michael Koresky
September 5, 2017
(Director: Todd Haynes, Country/Distributor: USA, Amazon Studios, Opening: October 20)

Review: Beach Rats

By Michael Koresky
July 30, 2017
(Eliza Hittman, USA, Neon, August 25)

Staying In

By Michael Koresky
April 14, 2017
Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion

Short Take: After the Storm

By Michael Koresky
March 3, 2017
(Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, Film Movement, Opens March 17)