Never Rarely: Autumn in New York
You don’t know what you’ve been missing until it’s in front of you. This year was shaping up to be a historic year for...
Portrait of a Lady: Hint from Héloïse
Today’s film-school term is “male gaze.” Developed in the 1970s by British film theorist Laura Mulvey, this idea holds that movies are made from...
The Best Jane Austen Movies
On account of the pandemic, Focus Features has announced it is releasing Emma. on streaming services tomorrow, and so I’m posting this listicle of...
Swallow: Choking Hazard
Swallow is the first outing as a solo feature filmmaker for writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis (who co-directed the documentary The Swell Season), and I'm not...
Emma.: Make Me a Match
A few months ago, I mused about how new generations have new versions of Little Women to pick over. Why not do the same...
Traitor: Deep Six Mafia
I’ve always admired informants. A lot of people don’t. They call them rats and stool pigeons. They say “snitches get stitches.” It’s true, many...
Invisible Man: Evidence of Things Not Seen
In 1932, Rouben Mamoulian adapted Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde into a film. Robert Louis Stevenson’s science-fiction novel had already been made into at...
Seberg: Jean in a Bottle
At the tail end of last year, Seberg was given a pro forma release in New York to make it eligible for the Oscars....
The Lodge: Dead Snow
Five years ago, the filmmaking team of Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz captured the world’s attention with Goodnight Mommy, a horror movie they made...
The 30 Best Korean Movies of the 21st Century
I promised myself that if Parasite won the Best Picture Oscar, I’d run this listicle of the best Korean films I’ve seen since the...
