Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Michael Koresky

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)

Short Take: I Am Michael

By Michael Koresky
January 3, 2017
(Justin Kelly, USA, Brainstorm Media, Opens January 27)

The Missing Piece

By Michael Koresky
January 3, 2017
Nostalgia masquerading as neoclassicism was the false promise of ballyhooed hits

Review: I, Daniel Blake

By Michael Koresky
November 3, 2016
(Ken Loach, UK/France/Belgium, Opening December 23)

Festivals: Toronto

By Michael Koresky
September 20, 2016
Life, the universe, and everything in it: in the vast sea of films at this year's fest, a handful asked the big questions

Short Takes: The Birth of a Nation

By Michael Koresky
September 6, 2016
(Nate Parker, USA, Opening October 7)

I Am a Camera

By Michael Koresky
September 6, 2016
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson harnesses her life’s work to define a filmmaking philosophy in Cameraperson

Review: The BFG

By Michael Koresky
July 5, 2016
(Steven Spielberg, U.K./Canada/U.S., 2016)