The Dream

Aug 13, 2020 — The author and Tablet columnist has written a tight critical biography.

May 6, 2020 — What if the Hollywood of the 1940s were less racist and homophobic than the America of the 1940s?

Dec 10, 2019 — Rock music, as director Wim Wenders once joked in an interview, offered to him and other Germans of his generation the “only alternative to Beethoven.” There is likely as much truth as hyper­­bole in the statement; considering the role that...

Nov 11, 2019 — This month we’re reading about the women (and men) of Hollywood, weighing arguments from all corners, and picking up an overlooked novel.

Aug 28, 2019 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

Aug 14, 2019 — A week into this year’s edition, a few critical favorites are emerging from the competition.

Jul 31, 2019 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

Apr 16, 2019 — In a Lonely Place (1950), screening Friday at MoMA, and The Big Heat (1953), featured on the Criterion Channel, score high on Slant’s list of top noirs.

Apr 16, 2019 — Most proper New Waves of the 1960s came equipped with a rough balance of assimilable superstars and genuine radicals, and for the Czechoslovaks, the guerrilla flank was led by Jan Němec. Jiří Menzel was adored globally for his wry humor,...

Aug 6, 2018 — The new half-hour series lives up to the promise of his unclassifiable debut feature.