What makes us flock to Christopher Nolan's films with our phones out, Twitter's engine warm and idling, ready to send our judgement out into the void? What have we done to so miss the point of going to the movies? Read More
“The reality is in this head. Mine. I’m the projector at the planetarium, all the closed little universe visible in... Read More
illustration by Sophia Foster-DiminoSometimes I look at the news and think the world is eating itself. It happens pretty often,... Read More
illustration by Brianna AshbyWhiplash opens on a black screen with a slightly-too-loud-for-comfort drum roll, starting so slowly we can barely recognize... Read More
all photos courtesy of the author“The thing about Belgium,” I explain to an attic full of comedians, microphone in hand,... Read More
The beginning of 2014 could not have been metaphorically kinder to me. The morning of January first, I made a... Read More
illustration by Brianna AshbyWhen our family cat died, my parents sent me a text. A mass e-mail was the logical... Read More
illustration by Nicoletta GomboliI. THE KING OF THE HIGH LIFE “People, animals, cities, things, all are imagined. It’s a novel,... Read More
Silence and sentiment. Emotion and fear. The haggard, inconstant flashes of beauty. —The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013) When Christopher Nolan... Read More
illustration by Brianna AshbyMovies in 2014 were a disappointment to me. Guardians of the Galaxy, Gone Girl,and Maleficent all showed up in... Read More
Chad Perman, Editor-in-Chief 1. Boyhood I find myself mostly recommending this film to anybody who has ever been a child, a... Read More