Notebook Reviews: Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyAnderson’s deftly orchestrated but deliberately uncomplicated new movie.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
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Hong Sang-soo's Spatial Quirks, or Where's That Piano?
Ignatiy VishnevetskyOn the repetition-obsessed filmmaker’s wonky sense of space.
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #11: The Shadow of Charles L. Bitsch
Ignatiy VishnevetskyHints of a filmmaking conspiracy.
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And Then The Camera Goes Up The Jockey's Ass: A Close Look at "Luck"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyTaking apart the first episode of the new David Milch / Michael Mann TV show.
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Notebook Reviews: Joe Carnahan's "The Grey"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyMacho death myths dismantled.
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The Comedy Stylings of Robert Bresson
Ignatiy VishnevetskyTracing Bresson’s audio-visual sensibility back to the formally-ambitious film comedies of the early 1930s.
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Robert Bresson: The Over-Plenty of Life
Ignatiy VishnevetskyIntroducing a new series of essays on the “tightly-packed excess” of Robert Bresson.
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In the Process of the Investigation: David Fincher and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyStieg Larsson’s wish-fulfillment-fantasy-disguised-as-a-thriller as process and data.
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Notebook Reviews: Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyGary Oldman, a bunch of bald guys, and a whole lot of typewriters star in this curio cabinet John le Carré adaptation.
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Notebook Reviews: Steve McQueen's "Shame"
Ignatiy VishnevetskySteve McQueen’s vague new movie wears its emptiness like a badge of honor.
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Secret Defense: Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyThe preeminent stealth Pop artist of big, loud Hollywood movies pretends to make a movie about Shakespeare.
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Laissez-faire Love Triangle
Ignatiy VishnevetskyJohnnie To and Wai Ka-fai’s Don’t Go Breaking My Heart is a romantic comedy obsessed with doubling and decision-making.