Building a Better Documentary?

Princess Leia: Neither Green Girl nor Marie Calloway, and Praise Be

Is Clooney Great, or What?

Kubrick, as Colored by Himself
Kubrick revealed much more about himself in his few films and fewer interviews than is normally assumed.

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

A Response to “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth”

White Knights and Black Flags: A Look at Masculinity in Drive

An Open Letter to Kevin Smith

Existentialism in Action: A Review of Drive
Baldwin reviews the new Ryan Gosling vehicle.

Guillermo del Toro Has It In For Me
Cynthia Hawkins reviews Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.

The Middle of the Beginning: Miranda July’s Push Towards Vulnerability
Arielle Bernstein ponders what our resistance to the vulnerable tells us about 21st century American life.

A Feminist Reading of There Are Monsters

Southpaw: One Week as a Leftie
Sometimes an accident becomes an opportunity.

My Do Not Call List

;) Jerusalem Dump Redux
Matt Salyer revisits an old essay, an old crime, new photographs.

It’s All About the Mystery Box, Baby
Your video guide to the summer blockbusters

Murdering the Chicken to Frighten the Monkeys*: Part One
Learning the Ropes from Mao's Secret Protege

You

Nowheresville
Sucked out of the Well of Desperation, the author impersonates a cop and then is invited to work for Wackford Squeers.

The Playlist of Cinematic Badass Walking

We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Branagh Fanatics
Cynthia Hawkins tries her best to review Thor without her Kenneth Branagh bias.

Acting and Selfhood in Two Classic Divorce Films

Bad Writing and You
A conversation with filmmaker Vernon Lott on his documentary for creative writers

The Game of the Name
In which the author takes yet another trip down the mean streets of his past.