Film criticism Archives

Film criticism

Legends of the Lost

by David Thomson,

The discreet charm of movies we cannot see

The Blazing Facts

by Jeff Sharlet,

Filming Uganda’s homophobic fits

Führer-star Review

by Ben Urwand,

From previously unpublished descriptions of Adolf Hitler’s responses to films he watched in 1938 and 1939. The notes, written by Hitler’s adjutants as part of daily records of his activities…

Blood Sport

by Thomas Frank,

For a time in December, it looked as though the nation was finally ready to take on the gun culture. Perhaps you recall the moment: twenty grade-schoolers, along with their…