To talk about 12 Years a Slave is to talk about how much history has failed us, and we it. Read More
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is as much about the incalculable weight of this mythology as it is the titular deed. Read More
On Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Chinatown, and the battle for L.A.’s soul. Read More
Veronica Mars is a girl hero, and what’s more: a hero for girls. Read More
As a child of the nineties, the first movie I remember seeing that involved Vietnam was—what else—Forrest Gump (1994). Read More
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Read More
As a hopeless U.S. history nerd, I’m heartbreakingly bored with seeing the same old damn Presidents in every major Hollywood historical picture. Read More