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Press Play veteran Nelson Carvajal offers, with this video essay,
Press Play veteran Nelson Carvajal offers, with this video essay, a look at the ways Stanley Kubrick has visually influenced many directors, including...

For better or for ill, Terrence Malick is a poets filmmaker. It
For better or for ill, Terrence Malick is a poets filmmaker. It could be argued that to make a film requires that one force a compromise between the d...

It is entirely appropriate that True Detective takes place in
It is entirely appropriate that True Detective takes place in Louisiana. That might sound like a tautology, somewhat like saying that its appropriate ...

Its hard to say what it is thats surging beneath so many of
Its hard to say what it is thats surging beneath so many of Michael Manns films, what gives them their energy. It could be that he comes the closest t...

Evan Puschak, or The Nerdwriter on YouTube, recently posted a
Evan Puschak, or The Nerdwriter on YouTube, recently posted a probing and highly articulate video essay on Ridley Scotts Blade Runner. In it, he manag...

Seth Abramson reexamines Iron Man 3 from a social-political point
Seth Abramson reexamines Iron Man 3 from a social-political point of view: "The presidential administration portrayed in Iron Man 3, which appears to ...