Author: Landon Palmer

The categories of responses from critics with the release of yet another Jackass film and in the face of its massive, record-breaking box office intake…

I don’t know if you knew this, but it turns out the French have balls. Yes, they’re historically notorious for being risk-takers and innovators in…

The Room is different from other bad movies. Anybody who has seen it knows this. Its success is so potent, and the film is so…

Every week in October, Criterion Files will be bringing you a horror movie from the archives of classic cinema or the hallways of the arthouse.…

The Social Network is nothing new, but that’s kind of the point. Its structure creates a story of uniquely American ingenuity, individualism, and capital that…

I was living in New York in September 2008, and took some time a couple of days after the stock market crash to visit way…

Welcome to another hearty serving of Junkfood Cinema: it’s why the terrorists hate us. Our resident junkfood expert is busy chomping on Double Downs and…

In 2011, Landon Palmer went through The Criterion Collection disc by disc. Here he shares his experience watching Pier Paolo Pasolini’s most notorious film.

I really love Mad Men. I talk about it a lot. Since The Wire ended in 2008, and I haven’t seen any episodes of Boardwalk…