The Cow

Oct 23, 2014 — The author recalls meeting the filmmaker in a Swedish hotel in the ’70s.

Oct 2, 2014 — People struggle to escape their socially dictated roles in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s moving, Douglas Sirk–inspired melodrama.

Jul 1, 2014 — The author’s recollections of the great English actor.

May 14, 2014 — The author recalls his meetings and correspondence with the uncompromisingly independent British director.

Nov 5, 2013 — The author’s colorful interactions with the famously crusty filmmaker.

Sep 30, 2013 — The author describes his interactions with the great Polish filmmaker.

Jul 31, 2013 — The story of the author’s long correspondence with the silent film icon.

Sep 17, 2007 — G. W. Pabst’s adaptation of the play by Bertolt Brecht transforms the original without betraying it, softening its cynicism with humanity and integrating elements of psychoanalysis.

Apr 28, 2026 — In April 1992, John Singleton was en route to the set of his second film when he heard the verdict on the radio. A predominantly white jury had acquitted four police officers who, a year earlier, had been caught on...

May 1, 2024 — Films by Horace Ové, Menelik Shabazz, John Akomfrah, Isaac Julien, and more depict Black lives in a tumultuous era.