How Should We Remember Imelda Marcos? How Should We Remember Imelda Marcos?
A new documentary looks at how the matriarch of the Philippines’ most infamous political dynasty is rewriting her family’s legacy.
Nov 13, 2019 / Rebecca Liu
The Art of Crime The Art of Crime
At this year’s New York Film Festival, a spate of crime films showcased both the wonders and limits of the genre.
Nov 1, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage
A character from Tommy Orange’s There There writes to the actor about what it meant to see Sacheen Littlefeather at the Academy Awards.
Oct 28, 2019 / Tommy Orange
‘Joker’ Brings Class Warfare to the Big Screen ‘Joker’ Brings Class Warfare to the Big Screen
Hollywood is uneasy with superheroes, yet the genre is a mirror for troubled times.
Oct 11, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Stops Short of Class War Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Stops Short of Class War
This upstairs-downstairs thriller pokes fun at inequality, but it’s hardly a call to arms.
Oct 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
A Long Journey Through the Ruins of Capitalism and the Cosmos A Long Journey Through the Ruins of Capitalism and the Cosmos
On Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Brad Pitt’s astronaut adventures in Ad Astra, and more.
Oct 8, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
The Subversive Joy of ‘Hustlers’ The Subversive Joy of ‘Hustlers’
Lorene Scafaria’s box office smash is a cinematic depiction of women rebels who try to steal back what capitalism has stolen from them.
Sep 27, 2019 / Joshunda Sanders
Bless This Mess Bless This Mess
Domestic disruptions in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go Bernadette and other recent films.
Sep 11, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Is a Science Fiction Film ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Is a Science Fiction Film
Far from wallowing in nostalgia, Tarantino is using alternative history to critique conventional Hollywood endings.
Aug 23, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Hallucinatory Violence of Quentin Tarantino’s Alternate Histories The Hallucinatory Violence of Quentin Tarantino’s Alternate Histories
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood looks back at the summer of ’69 and brings the Manson family murders into the present.
Aug 2, 2019 / Stuart Klawans