Film
TNR Film Classic: Movie Brutalists (1966)
The basic ideas among young American film-makers are simple: the big movies we grew up on are either corrupt, obsolete or dead, or are beyond our reach (we can’t get a chance to make Hollywood films)—so we’ll make films of our own, cheap films that we can make in our own way. For some, this is an attempt to break into the “industry”; for others it is a different approach to movies, a view of movies not as a popular art or a mass medium but as an art form to be explored. READ MORE >>
Stalking Geoff Dyer
David Thomson on Films: What Ever Happened to Meg Ryan?
In the Cut is not a new film, but many of you won’t have seen it, and some who saw it when it opened in 2003, amid critical abuse, should think of seeing it again. Then it may become new, beautiful and very disturbing. So, in the wake of the annual hysteria over our current movies, let me recall an “old” masterpiece, all the more resonant in that it was largely missed by the people whose business it is to guide us in what to see. READ MORE >>
Slideshow: What If the GOP Candidates Were Movie Stars?
The Problem with Oscar Voters: They All Look The Same
TNR Film Classics: ‘My Fair Lady’ (November 14, 1964)
HBO’s New Show Has Good Credentials, But Is That Enough?
Last Friday, the New York Times ran a double-page-spread ad for the new HBO series Luck. It featured quotes like “Sumptuous,” “Addictive,” “Compelling,” “Brilliant,” “Astonishing,” “Breathtaking.” (You know the sort of thing, you could write it yourself.) But after three episodes of Luck, I’m still hedging my bets and crossing my fingers—or just waiting to hear a line clearly. READ MORE >>
