Where Jeanne Dielman went wrong
Instead of stabbing her customer, she should have killed herself
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
Instead of stabbing her customer, she should have killed herself
2023 is to be her year, proving again that she’s no caricature of a dumb blonde
The latest ‘killer doll’ defies genre tropes with a complex moral
What we know so far about the ‘nightmare’ production
There is a strange beauty beneath the film’s grease and grime
The new film about the novel that touched off a fury is both uncontroversial and worth seeing
Hamline University’s cowardly nod to equity will make its arts department less equitable
…and that’s a good thing
The Piano Lesson puts its characters first
Looking back at James Cameron’s one-dimensional criticism of the rich
An interview with one of the show’s most vocal fans
It is not that hard to create a fascinating program on factual history, though clearly nonsense is more popular
When Hollywood gets representation right
Reckoning with the subjectivity of ranking the greatest films ever
Damien Chazelle produces his most wildly ambitious film to date
Almost Famous fails to make the jump from screen to stage
The popular perception of the loneliness in the painter’s work could not be more wrong
The film is, above all, an Elizabeth Taylor-worshipping vehicle
The movie’s trailer looks every bit as awful as might have been anticipated
The Way of Water is a visually immersive and profoundly uninteresting film
Every producer knew that his work would always be peerless
The White Lotus star is finally being recognized as a bona fide sex symbol
Filmmaking has not been kind to those who have made their names through the three-or-four-minute song
Godard’s work remains a vibrant pageant of cinematic possibilities
Betting against a ‘visual masterpiece’
It’s reflective and culminates with some surprisingly Christian-inspired imagery
She remained witty and wise about the industry that had rewarded her and then all but ditched her
The production balanced the conviction that forward is always best
‘How on earth does this pair have anything left to say?’