Most religions around the world have a flood story. Whether it’s Noah’s Ark, the manvantara-sandhya in Hinduism, or the Cheyenne saga of the Great…
The overwrought, overexplained, overedited maximalism of modern-day blockbuster cinema is a somewhat dumbed-down version of what film theorist Tom Gunning championed early, non-narrative silent…
On July 7th, 2006, Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett died of pancreatic cancer and complications from diabetes at the age of sixty. Although he was…
There’s a certain corrosive brand of unchecked, Western-centric egotism that’s required for a documentary like the condescending Nuclear Now to ever see the light…
Fourth of July is a clumsy, charmless “comedy” destined to be immediately forgotten about. You have to hand it to Louis C.K.: he may…
At this point, it seems fair to say that Jonathan Demme is the finest director of concert documentaries working today. Where most are content…