Some Violence Is Required: A Conversation With Pedro Costa
David JenkinsThe Portuguese maestro talks digital, film and DCP, early influences and teachers, David Fincher and filmmaking now.
Criticism
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Romanian Orthodox: Cristian Mungiu's "Beyond the Hills"
Michael NordineCristian Mungiu’s film is a gorgeously austere and often exhilarating in its its slow-burning atmosphere of dread and sorrow.
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Movie Poster of the Week: “Crash Donovan”
Adrian CurryA terrific 1946 French affiche for a 1936 California Highway Patrol stunt-fest.
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The Forgotten: The Glove on the Mantelpiece
David CairnsJoan Crawford fights to get her man amid a sleek and glossy art deco world concocted by Cedric Gibbons at MGM, in Our Dancing Daughters.
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Three Takes #1: Ernst Lubitsch’s "Design for Living"
Calum MarshA new column dedicated to short-form criticism. Each week, three writers offer capsules which engage with a classic or contemporary film.
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Harry Langdon or The Malady of Sleep
Noah TeichnerThis translation of a 1929 piece on Langdon is an exhilarating exercise in a deliriously subjective, free-form style of poetic film writing.
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Movie Poster of the Week: Richard Lester’s “The Three Musketeers”
Adrian CurryA contemporary-styled Polish disassemblage for Lester’s swashbuckling romp and an interview with its designer.
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The Forgotten: Dark Designs
David CairnsTwo silent classic adaptations benefitting from the spectacular designs of Natacha Rambova: Camille and Salome.
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The Details: His Eyes Have “It!”
Alex HansenJean Cocteau has a secret weapon: Jean Marais’ eyes.
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We Come Running: Big Moves in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Otie WheelerDavid O. Russell flirts with absurdism, flinging characters into a chaotic universe before using Hollywood convention to reel them back in.
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Movie Poster of the Week: “20,000 Years in Sing Sing” and Title-Centric Posters through the Ages
Adrian CurryA look at posters in which actors are absent and the title treatment is king.
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Respite
gina telaroliThe love of a woman brings out the face of a clown.