Lewis Page gives a second look to "Captive State," which was released on March 15 to "brutally lukewarm reviews."
Arts & Culture > Film
On The Limits of Cinematic Alchemy
Annabelle Gurwitch on family history, "Green Book," and white savior stories.
Is The Hunger Games the Myth That Defines Our Times?
Frazer Merritt, Dennis Merritt, and Kevin Lu contemplate "The Hunger Games" franchise and the roll of myths in our unstable times.
In Mary Poppins’s Return, Imagination is Just Background Noise
Shane Cashman compares 1964's "Mary Poppins" to 2018's "Mary Poppins Returns," which favors explanation over imagination.
Unfreedom, Race, and Capitalist Sport in High Flying Bird
Nathan Kalman-Lamb reviews the new Netflix original film "High Flying Bird."
Engaged to a Cinematographer, in a Love Affair with Light
Lauren DePino discusses cinematography and her discovery of the beauty of light.
On Trauma and Grief in American Film
"American film is divorced from the lives that it photographs. The camera distorts their worries and concerns, it leaves their contours misshapen."
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
Richard Wei Semus muses on representations of the contemporary cowboy in Chloé Zhao’s film "The Rider" and Mitski's album "Be the Cowboy."
Bumblebee’s Bungled Politics, Or: John Cena as Metaphor
Niv M. Sultan reviews "Bumblebee," the latest film in the Transformers franchise.
The Undeserving Favourite
Grace Hadland critiques Yorgos Lanthimos's representation of queerness in his newest film "The Favourite."
