The Real Image
For someone with schizoaffective disorder, blockbuster films can be far too realistic
The Souls of Ivy Folk
The new film Dear White People runs up against the well-noted limitations of “The Talented Tenth” vanguard.
Destroy All Monsters
The original Godzilla plays out the struggle between two of post-war Japan's major political tendencies: a revolutionary critique of modernity against a victimized anti-historical Japanese nationalism.
A Cute Idea
Ryan Trecartin's films defamiliarize contemporary culture without casting explicit judgment
Some of This Actually Happened
American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street, in and out of history