Film
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
John Wayne’s Hondo Comes Out on Blu-ray
The Duke's daughter-in-law Gretchen Wayne talks about the restored version of one of his moodier Westerns
June 06, 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
Finding Doc Watson on Film
Searching for folk music on movies can be surprisingly difficult
June 04, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Beyond Kung Fu: 5 Movies From Asia to Catch
Will the recent purchase of AMC theaters by a Chinese billionaire mean more Asian films in theaters? Likely not, but here are some to watch in the meantime
May 30, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
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
Hollywood Goes to China
From animation studios to movie stars to box office tallies, China has become the next frontier in film production
May 10, 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
Resurrecting the Dead With Computer Graphics
As computer graphics improved in the 1980s and 1990s, people imagined that actors like Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and even a Laurence Olivier/Abraham Lincoln mash-up would star in the movies of tomorrow
April 30, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
From Summer Blockbusters to Orphan Films
Three recent gatherings celebrate movies big and small
April 27, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Edgar Allan Poe: Hollywood’s Favorite Mad Genius
Tracing the work of the famed writer through movies
April 25, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Hollywood Takes on the Environment
Even the earliest films had something to say about the state of the planet
April 20, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
