His Night Out

Aug 3, 2020 — Songbook “You’ve probably heard that one before, but what the hell. If it was never new, and it never gets old, then it’s a folk song.” first spoken dialogue in Inside Llewyn Davis The coldest murder in the Coen Brothers...

May 14, 2020 — Sorely missing the festival this year, filmmakers and critics swap memories and reflections.

Apr 28, 2020 — I first fell in love with Miranda July’s work with her strange, wild, poignant short stories;  her stories led me to her novel  and first two feature films, which I watch so  often that they have over time become spiritual...

Feb 10, 2020 — The ragman’s son became one of Hollywood’s brightest stars, working most memorably with Wilder, Minnelli, and Kubrick.

Sep 20, 2019 — In the winter of 1981, when I was young, I fell madly in love with a handsome poet. About two weeks into our affaire de cœur, we went to the Thalia on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to see...

Sep 9, 2019 — The jury presided over by Lucrecia Martel has surprised just about everyone.

Jul 19, 2019 — Who did Agnès Varda want us to believe she was? Why has the idea that Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing caught on? And Roger Corman, feminist hero?

May 15, 2019 — The star-studded zom-com has been met with a first round of mildly appreciative reviews.

Apr 24, 2019 — American cinema has lost one of its most visionary artists.

Dec 20, 2018 — New York launches an Iranian film festival and sends its Art of the Real series to Los Angeles.