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Columns

Classified: Writing Black Christmas

By April Wolfe
February 7, 2020
Be kind, rewind: the writer of the horror remake on why the best retreads must make the case for their existence in the here and now

Present Tense: Nick Nolte

By Sheila O'Malley
February 6, 2020
Turbulence ahead: there is nothing comforting about Nolte’s characters, men tormented by pain so deep it can’t be acknowledged

Feeling Seen: Guys & Dolls

By Christina Newland
February 4, 2020
Boys will be boys: there are only hustlers and patsies in the world of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1955 musical

Phantom Light: To Save and Project

By Imogen Sara Smith
January 30, 2020
Return engagement: MoMA’s annual series uncovers the remarkable films of Louis Valray along with a classic of Thai cinema

Present Tense: Daughters of the Sun

By Sheila O'Malley
January 22, 2020
In dreams: Maryam Shahriar’s only feature is made up of images which, dream-like, create space for the unconscious to operate

Present Tense: Used Cars

By Sheila O'Malley
January 7, 2020
Would I lie to you?: Robert Zemeckis’s 1980 madcap comedy pulls no punches with its portrayal of utter corruption

Phantom Light: Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Little Women

By Imogen Sara Smith
December 23, 2019
Sisters and lovers: two new movies dwell on the emotional bonds between women, and on the choice—or lack thereof—of life paths offered to them

Present Tense: Sophia Takal’s Small Moments

By Sheila O'Malley
December 19, 2019
I’ll be your mirror: the refreshing honesty of the Black Christmas filmmaker’s depiction of identity

Present Tense: Kristen Stewart

By Sheila O'Malley
December 5, 2019
A natural fit: thoughts on the mercurial talents of an actress who lets us see her discomfort and shyness

Higher Learning: Renoir’s India

By Priya Jaikumar
December 3, 2019
Out of place: a reverse ethnography of Jean Renoir’s The River