One beautiful montage
Among film connoisseurs, one of the most abhorred techniques is the montage. Some critics consider it a cardinal sin, an [...]
Tragedy or comedy?
A question came up recently whether the films “Parasite” (2019) and “Kinds of Kindness” (2024) should be considered comedies or [...]
The roar of politics
World cinema has a long history of producing a wide array of political films that fall somewhere between light entertainment [...]
In pursuit of love
Though love truly is complicated, the adage still sounds like a cliché. Given the difficulty of speaking about love, it [...]
Barbie: beginning to become
Barbie has had many names throughout the years. Twist and Turn Barbie tells what she’s capable of. Astronaut Barbie identifies [...]
Time for the next wave in cinema
During the pandemic, once thriving movie theaters suddenly turned into ghost towns. And even though many have reopened since then, [...]
Following a thread of Anderson’s
Paul Thomas Anderson has proven he knows his way around the most inaccessible regions of the human heart. An explorer [...]
The last Oscar
Nobody saw the blatant aggression coming. The world stood by in shock as the blow was delivered. Any progress towards [...]
The art of seeing
At the beginning of “Viewing Booth,” the 2019 documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, there’s a reference made to author [...]
Anderson in the details
Wes Anderson is among the most vibrant directors American filmmaking has produced in the last few decades. With each of [...]
Securing the set
In late October, film-making faced its worst-case scenario. On the New Mexico set of the Western “Rust,” the actor Alec [...]