Dunkirk: Depth to the Games
The film is a study in learning from old masters as much as it is in bringing an old story to a new audience.
More Branding: An Inconvenient Sequel
There’s no beating around the Bush with regards to how the 2000 election results impacted our present climate situation.
Big Ideas – Alien: Covenant
Covenant does a bit more than just lay out intertextual reference to spice up a familiar narrative.
Everyday Noir: Old Stone
For all the faults of his screenplay, Johnny Ma has a strong hand for visual storytelling.
Tower: A Blind Eye Towards Evil
Tower glows with the kind of heroism that represents the best qualities of humanity in spite of its worst.
A Nightmare in Tune with the American Dream: The Founder
Somewhere near its core, underneath the corporate-friendly narrative and the neon-tinged nostalgia, The Founder is a nightmare to the tune of the American Dream.
On James Jones and the Limits of “Eternity”: An Interview with Tony Williams
There’ve been other negative eras in American history, but there’s always been that spirit of resilience and resistance.
A Bold Look: Robert Kenner’s Command and Control
Command and Control gives a mostly eyewitness account of an otherwise ordinary workplace accident at a nuclear warhead storage facility that could have led to full-scale devastation in the American South.