Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Michael Koresky

Queer & Now & Then: 1980

By Michael Koresky
October 10, 2018
Room service: an infamous scene in The Shining points to the uncontainable forces at work in Kubrick's poised but volatile universe

Review: A Star Is Born

By Michael Koresky
October 4, 2018
Evergreen: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga compete for the realness prize in the fourth version of the well-known Hollywood tale

Queer & Now & Then: 1997

By Michael Koresky
September 26, 2018
Making mock: Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman presents a flamboyant comic figure in Corky St. Clair

Festivals: Toronto 2018

By Michael Koresky
September 13, 2018
North of the border: Barry Jenkins, Claire Denis, and Alex Ross Perry convey uncompromising visions, and Joel Edgerton directs Boy Erased

Queer & Now & Then: 1960

By Michael Koresky
September 12, 2018
Homme fatale: the surpassing beauty of Alain Delon in Purple Noon is a lethal weapon that the actor wields without mercy

The Paragon of Animals

By Michael Koresky
September 4, 2018
With their multi-part yarn The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen Brothers mosey on back to the Old West to survey the eternal disappointment that is man

Queer & Now & Then: 1989

By Michael Koresky
August 29, 2018
Deliver me: Derek Jarman’s War Requiem illuminated hidden histories of feeling as it shone a light on the ravages of war

Queer & Now & Then: 1928

By Michael Koresky
August 15, 2018
Heroine worship: in Princess Mandane, the pioneering Germaine Dulac subverts the traditionally male-driven realm of derring-do

Queer & Now & Then: 1999

By Michael Koresky
August 1, 2018
Hide and seek: Doug Liman’s Go negotiates complicated waters despite its seemingly ephemeral indie-also-ran existence

Home Movies: A Very Natural Selection

By Michael Koresky
July 18, 2018
The current state of gay streaming

Queer & Now & Then: 1971

By Michael Koresky
July 18, 2018
Organized mutiny: William Greaves’s reflexive landmark Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One has more than meta-shenanigans on its mind

Queer & Now & Then: 1953

By Michael Koresky
July 4, 2018
Woman to woman: Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell's Little Rock strivers have a stronger bond that ultimately outshines even the razzle-dazzle and riches around them

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