Horror Film Ascendant
By Gary D. Rhodes. 2026 is the watershed year of the bloodshed film. The sleep of reason has produced monsters, worlds of gods and monsters, new and old, now lauded by all except the most […]
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The Red Sea Phenomenon: A Genealogical Erasure of Female Pioneers
By Betty Kaklamanidoy. This patriarchal structure operates like a ‘fixer,’ a sophisticated, centuries-old system that protects male supremacy by eliminating the names of women who achieved greatness, leaving behind a male-centric narrative.” This […]
Satyajit Ray’s Rich Humanist Comedy Restored: Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
By Nathaniel Bell. One of the most elusive major works by a celebrated film artist has been restored in 4K….” Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the Forest (original Bengali title: Aranyer Din Ratri) […]
Dead Souls on the U.S. Border: On Alex Cox’s “Final Film”
By Jenny Paola Ortega Castillo. Alex Cox, in what may be his final film, smartly reconfigures the classic theme of bureaucratic greed in Tsarist Russia into a bold, timely political Western situated in the borderlands […]
Alex Cox’s Dead Souls to Close SF IndieFest
Cox’s new revisionist Western offers commentary on contemporary immigration policy and violence.” Alex Cox will appear tonight at SF IndieFest at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater for the closing night screening of his new […]
The Soul Through a Series of Trials: Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch (2009)
By Jackson Diianni. A landmark of Dumont’s career, and one of modern history’s most incredible films.” Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch, released 16 years ago, was, until recently, unavailable to stream in the U.[…]
The Older and Newer: Budapest Classics Film Marathon 2025
By Yun-hua Chen. Showcasing restored films that are over 20 years old, the festival embraces the entire arc of cinematic history….” Now in its eighth year, the Budapest Classics Film Marathon showcases restored films […]
Starring in His Own Nightmare: Joe Begos on Jimmy and Stiggs
By Anela Henley. I never thought I’d be starring in a movie that I made, but just by nature of the circumstances I had to. I think that elevated me as a filmmaker….” Writer-[…]
Preview: Shadows in the Sunlight – On the Noir Western
By Anees Aref. Often described as “psychological westerns”, these films eschewed the conventional heroes of the old west for more complicated protagonists, flawed and motivated by darker impulses….” The “Noir-Western” sounds like a contradiction […]
Call for Proposals – Cinematic Memory: Narrative, Recollection, and Identity (Edited by David Ryan)
______________________________________________________________________________ “I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can’t remember them.”— Leonard Shelby, Memento (2000) “Memories can […]