Dreams of Arrakis: The quixotic allure of Frank Herbert's 'Dune'
As a new half-adaptation opens this week, there are lessons to be learned from two previous attempts by major directors — one a bomb, one never produced.
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In Review: 'The Velvet Underground,' 'Bergman Island,' 'The Last Duel'
A robust movie week offers Todd Haynes' documentary about the influential rock band, Mia Hansen-Løve's meta-movie about married filmmakers in PersonaLand and a lively return to form for Ridley Scott.
The Best Films of the Year (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part II
In yesterday’s newsletter, I wrote about my woeful slacktitude as a moviegoer during the first two-thirds of 2021, and my efforts to make up
The Best Films of the Year (*According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1
In which a humbled critic binges the woefully neglected great films of 2021.
Tending the garden: Why the unusual release plan for ‘Memoria’ is good for film culture
Neon announced a plan to release the new Apichatpong Weerasethakul film in one city, one theater and one week at a time. We should be happy about who benefits.
Odds and Sods: Five Thoughts on Quentin Tarantino's Novelization of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
What the director's first foray into paperback fiction says about his discursive nature, his key obsessions and novelizations as a form.