Bombast

The filth and the fury: a look at hardcore documentaries and the musical scene(s) behind them

Reflections upon moviehouses past and present (but mostly past)

Star-spangled to death: the historical truthiness of the surprisingly small number of movies and TV series set during the Revolutionary War

Nostalgia again for the first time: why movie culture should stop seeking refuge in past mediocrity

Cowboys, Indians, and businessmen: a look at casting and the Apaches' complicated on-screen legacy

A hall of fame with a difference: never mind the stars, what about the tertiary players, background artists, and virtuoso one-off performers of cinema?

What's your 20, good buddy? A look at the lawless, unmistakably Western-influenced big-rig genre

What's underappreciated anymore, anyway? On narratives of taste in film and music

Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington's guileful, green screen satire of cinephile culture and the endless pop culture grist mill

Heart of the country: appraising critical reactions to The Birth of a Nation and the director's other film about rebels