What Makes a Sam Mendes Film?
Film scholar Landon Palmer examines five early entries into the filmography of Sam Mendes. Read More
June 22, 2009
Features and Columns
Culture Warrior: What Makes a Sam Mendes Film?
This week's Culture Warrior tries to figure out what common theme connects five films made by one of our most… Read More
June 22, 2009
DVD’s I Bought This Week: June 16th
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves betting on the ponies. These two joys come together in the form of… Read More
June 16, 2009
Culture Warrior: Kubrick’s ‘2001’ vs. Tarkovsky’s ‘Solaris’
With the weekend's release of the much-celebrated sci-fi indie Moon, Culture Warrior compares and contrasts two classic films of the… Read More
June 15, 2009
DVD’s I Bought This Week: June 9th
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves working as a professional hitman who targets women and children only because movies… Read More
June 9, 2009
Culture Warrior: ‘Up’ and Pixar’s Cinema of Attractions
Now that everyone and their talking dog has seen Up, it’s time to look at its context within film history… Read More
June 8, 2009
DVD’s I Bought This Week: June 2nd
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves signing up for random medical trials and psychological experiments. These two joys come… Read More
June 2, 2009
Culture Warrior: Change, Stasis, and Predictability in Hollywood
This week, Culture Warrior gets personal as he covers why Hollywood and its characters always seem to be the same… Read More
June 2, 2009
DVD’s I Bought This Week: May 19th
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves taking pictures of people in uncompromising positions and situations. These two joys come… Read More
May 19, 2009
Culture Warrior: The Book Was Better…
With this weekend's release of Angels & Demons, Culture Warrior looks at what types of books make good movies and… Read More
May 18, 2009