Film-Making
What Does Citizen Kane Have to Do With Mass Effect 2?
Modern games find inspiration in the techniques of classic film noir
March 2013 |
By Kate Cox
A 24-Hour Movie That May Be the Biggest (and Best) Supercut Ever
Christian Marclay’s The Clock, now on view at MoMA, puts YouTube mashup artists to shame
December 28, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
How Benh Zeitlin Made Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Oscar nominee for Best Director transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina
December 2012 |
By Franz Lidz
The Year Ahead in Archival Films
A guide to the movies being preserved now that will be available in future months
July 17, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Five Movies That No One Will Ever Be Able to See
What are the best films that were never put to celluloid? We look back at the passion projects of famous directors that never got off the ground
July 02, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Multiple Sidosis and Disneyland Dream: Two Amateur Masterpieces
Your chance to see two hard-to-find independent shorts
June 27, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Movie Mash-ups That Beat Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Mixing movie genres, from Abbott and Costello to SCTV
June 20, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Father’s Day Roundup of Six Dads You Want to Avoid
Here are some films that give parenthood a bad name
June 15, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry
From the silent days to the present, women have been a solid—if often unrecognized—force in animation
June 13, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Musicians on the Road: Film vs. Reality
How Hollywood portrays musicians—rock, jazz and country—as they tour
June 08, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
The Origins of the Drive-In Theater
For starters, a bit of trivia: the inventor created the drive-in to accommodate his "rather large" mother
June 06, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
A Grimm Review of Snow White and the Huntsman
Fairy tale expert Jack Zipes shares his thoughts on the latest adaptation
June 05, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
A Restored Version of Let There Be Light Available Online
Here's your chance to see a haunting and long suppressed WWII documentary about PTSD
May 25, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Summer Movie Forecast: More of the Same
Hollywood has always loved sequels, and judging from the box office viewers do too
May 23, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Whitewash or Fair Use: Portraying Race on Film
How much does context matter when looking at instances of racism in movies? A journey back to the earliest instances of unapologetic stereotypes to this week's release of The Dictator
May 18, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
For the Love of Film Blogathon III: The White Shadow and Streaming Restored Films Online
Catch Casablanca streaming live on Facebook tonight and read about the opportunity to view a recently restored version of one of Alfred Hitchcock's first films
May 16, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
What to Watch This Mother’s Day
From saints to sinners, some Mother's Day movies you may have overlooked
May 11, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Why Hollywood Loves Comic Books
And why some critics can't stand them
May 04, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Film vs. Digital: Archivists Speak Out
Pros and cons of "perforated plastic with photographic emulsion"
May 02, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
From Summer Blockbusters to Orphan Films
Three recent gatherings celebrate movies big and small
April 27, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
