Furious 7 Glorifies The Very Thing That Killed Paul Walker
Universal PicturesLike almost everyone else, I saw Furious 7 over the weekend. The blockbuster opened to a ridiculous $143 million… Read More
April 7, 2015
Noah Gittell
Why Edward Norton — Not Michael Keaton — Should Win the Birdman Oscar
Fox SearchlightBirdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance leads the Oscar nominations this year, and it scored big in the… Read More
February 5, 2015
Why Some Negative Oscar Campaigns Work, And Why Some Fail
Paramount PicturesWhen it comes to the Oscar nominations, critics and moviegoers alike tend to focus on the negatives, but at… Read More
January 27, 2015
What Clint Eastwood Didn’t Say With American Sniper
Warner Bros.When American Sniper was released in a few theaters in New York and L.A. last month, it seemed like… Read More
January 21, 2015
The Most Socially Relevant Movies of 2014
Paramount PicturesWhen considering the value of a film, there are at least two ways to think about it. You can… Read More
December 17, 2014
Bill Cosby and The Problem of Good Art From Bad Artists
NBCYesterday, Roxane Gay published a passionate, compelling and provocative piece on the recent rape accusations that have re-surfaced against Bill… Read More
November 19, 2014
Is Current Cinema as Good as the Romanticized 1970s Golden Age?
Open Road Films/Columbia Pictures/ Art by FSRNightcrawler opened last week to strong admiration from critics (like this), but there was an… Read More
November 10, 2014
What a Jazz Drumming Movie Has to Say About Violence in The NFL
Sony Pictures ClassicsWho would have thought the most brutal film of the year would be about jazz?Andrew (Miles Teller), the protagonist of… Read More
October 16, 2014
Reflecting On Our Future: How a Tom Cruise Movie Predicted 9/11
Paramount PicturesPicture yourself in a New York City movie theater. It’s December 14, 2001. The film you’re watching is Vanilla… Read More
September 11, 2014