Culture Warrior

While it may seem a little nonsensical at first for a movie site of all places to participate in giving the late King of Pop his due regard, it seems to me that on closer examination, the music and celebrity persona of Michael Jackson has played a significant but largely unexamined role in influencing cinematic expression.

Film scholar Landon Palmer examines five early entries into the filmography of Sam Mendes.

This week’s Culture Warrior tries to figure out what common theme connects five films made by one of our most talented contemporary filmmakers. From American Beauty to Away We Go.

With the weekend’s release of the much-celebrated sci-fi indie Moon, Culture Warrior compares and contrasts two classic films of the genre made by two essential filmmakers.

Now that everyone and their talking dog has seen Up, it’s time to look at its context within film history and in the legacy of Pixar.

This week, Culture Warrior gets personal as he covers why Hollywood and its characters always seem to be the same but different.

With this weekend’s release of Angels & Demons, Culture Warrior looks at what types of books make good movies and why.

This week Culture Warrior asks, just how ‘new’ is the new Star Trek, anyway?

Landon takes a look at Jim Jarmusch’s new film and other meaningless movies that are meaningless.