Detour

Sep 4, 2017 — “Some films have a heat that makes you shrink from the cinema screen,” begins the Telegraph’s Robbie Collin, “After this morning’s screening of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, I had to check my eyebrows were still intact. The British-Irish director...

Aug 11, 2017 — Nicholas Bell calls The Beguiling Bujold, the series of films starring Geneviève Bujold running at the Quad in New York through Wednesday, “a cherry-picked bushel of cinematic delights featuring a bevy of renowned international auteurs,” among them, Alain Resnais, “who...

Jul 31, 2017 — What is the defining characteristic of the femme fatale? Critic Imogen Sara Smith explores the range of this film noir archetype through a handful of classic performances.

Jun 25, 2017 — TIFF Long Take hosts Rob Kraszewski and Geoff Macnaughton talk with A. O. Scott about working with fellow New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis on that list of The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far) (43’08”)....

Sep 21, 2016 — An exhilarating blend of noir and splatter-flick tropes, the Coen brothers’ debut feature established their unique brand of cosmic fatalism.

Mar 15, 2016 — Set during the height of McCarthy-era paranoia and arriving in 1962, in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis, John Frankenheimer’s high-anxiety Communist conspiracy thriller tapped into the darkest fears of Cold War America.

Jan 20, 2015 — Here he is: the real, unreal Guy Maddin, in his phantasmagorical, polymathic stew of sex, memory, and dreams.

Dec 3, 2013 — This scathing drama about a toxic society established Elio Petri as an important director of popular political entertainment in Italy.

Nov 29, 2013 — Did You See This?• Living Criterion covers • A lengthy detour with Edgar Ulmer • Re-creating Babette’s feast • Eleven great (mini) performances • A gateway cinema survey • Steve James to honor Roger Ebert on film • Mike Leigh...

Sep 18, 2013 — This chapter about director Richard Linklater’s beginnings, from the 1996 book Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema, is by the former producer’s representative, creator and host of IFC’s Split Screen, and...