The Queue Archives

The Queue is an oft-recurring column in which Meg Shields provides you with a distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web.

Almost sixty years later, ‘West Side Story’ is as vital and relevant as the day it was released.

Here’s an interview with cinematographer Robert Elswit on the joys and challenges of blending comedy and naturalism in ‘The King of Staten Island.’

What’s worse than doppelgangers, puppets, and spiders? A combination of all three of course.

Here’s a video essay that explains what Terrence Malick’s filmography can teach us about the work of Martin Heidegger.

Here’s a video essay on why ‘Honey Boy’ operates on empathy.

What we’re watching: a true story that draws from the realms of high strangeness, magical thinking, and manic delusion.

Representation matters. Just ask Nichelle Nichols.

Here’s a video essay on why Donnie Yen’s fight choreography kicks ass. Literally.

Here’s a video essay about how Yoshifumi Kondō’s ‘Whisper of the Heart’ resonates with the experience of many artists.

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