The Liberal Catechism The Liberal Catechism
The allegory in the latest installment of The Purge is pretty clear: Election 2016.
Jul 8, 2016 / Joshua Clover
The Big Friendly Director The Big Friendly Director
Steven Spielberg, who has never shown much interest in human-scaled cinema, makes his self-portrait three stories tall in The BFG.
Jun 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment
Should ultra-wealthy foreign nationals be able to transform their personal vendettas against foreign governments into law?
Jun 20, 2016 / James Carden
What Happened in California? What Happened in California?
John Nichols on Bernie’s loss, Andrew Cockburn on Obama’s drone war, and John Powers on Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.
Jun 9, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Chuffah Degree Zero Chuffah Degree Zero
Why has trivial conversation become essential in contemporary cinema?
Jun 7, 2016 / Joshua Clover
Confronting the Resource Curse and Civil War in the Congo Confronting the Resource Curse and Civil War in the Congo
The depictions of Congolese humanity and pain in When Elephants Fight, a new documentary, make it necessary viewing for Westerners.
May 27, 2016 / John Knefel
Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility
The singular cinematic achievement of Straub-Huillet.
May 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose
Anthony Weiner Wasn’t the Only One Who Couldn’t Stop Exposing Himself Anthony Weiner Wasn’t the Only One Who Couldn’t Stop Exposing Himself
A new documentary reveals the media’s narrow fixation on political sex scandals.
May 25, 2016 / Eric Alterman
A Violent Room A Violent Room
Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?
May 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer ‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer
The outstanding political film of the 2016 presidential season is about the 2013 New York City mayoral race.
May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans