The Fin

Oct 22, 2021 — Deep Dives People of color have often been erased from the history of queer life, but against the odds they have managed to leave behind important documents of their communities’ survival, including underappreciated films that remain to be discovered by...

Dec 10, 2019 — Colleagues, students, and other admirers remember an essential figure of film and media studies.

Oct 18, 2019 — Maurice Pialat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Béla Tarr, Robert Eggers, and Disney’s most notorious feature make for a rough and tumble week.

Sep 5, 2019 — Critics split three ways: Joker is just plain great, or great but dangerous, or dangerous and also really quite bad.

Feb 25, 2019 — Turns out, not everyone loves a winner.

Nov 7, 2018 — Over on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck, we’ve always taken to heart that old adage about good things coming in small packages. Through our Short + Feature pairings, we’ve thrown the spotlight on some of the short films that have...

Sep 29, 2018 — This “lean but evocative allegory” can be read in a surprising number of ways.

Aug 16, 2018 — The Cleveland Museum of Art salutes the late Italian master Ermanno Olmi with a screening of Il posto, a touching and wisely funny look at the trials of work.

Jul 18, 2018 — A new podcast from Trailers from Hell, three hours on Yojimbo, and more.

Jul 16, 2018 — NECSUS, a freely accessible, international journal of media studies, is rolling out its new issue.