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How “Nickel Boys” Critiques the Camera in America Cinema
December 14, 2024
Taken together, three recent films provoke a profound questioning of how and why we guard the border walls separating documentaries from dramatic features. These movies sabotage genre purity; the...
The Rediscovery of “Naked Acts” Expands Film History
June 12, 2024
Movies that rely on symbolism usually do so through conspicuous artifice, whether that of high style (Hitchcock, Hawks, Wes Anderson) or of rigorous reserve (Michelangelo Antonioni, Alain Resnais). But...