Farewell to a Non-Visionary Filmmaker By Kyle Smith January 11, 2021 Michael Apted had the discipline not to impose liberal ideology on his films.
NR PLUS ‘Hilaria’ Baldwin and the Allure of the Invented Persona By Kevin D. Williamson January 3, 2021 The longing that causes Hillary Hayward-Thomas to reinvent herself is the same force powering social-media mobs and hashtag activism.
Lana Turner at 100 By Michael Washburn January 3, 2021 The Faustian life choices of this most glamorous star parallel decisions of her many movie characters.
Netflix Fueled by Oil and Gas in New Mexico By Paul Gessing December 25, 2020 Hollywood rails against fracking, but production companies are happy to benefit from subsidies generated by oil producers.
Dune Director Angry about the HBO Max Challenge to Moviegoing By Jack Butler December 11, 2020 He sounds about as upset as theatre-experience proponent Christopher Nolan.
The Facile Fascism of David Fincher By Armond White December 11, 2020 Mank is a new myth from Hollywood’s bully-boy filmmaker.
NR PLUS Hollywood’s Greatest Studio Trips Up By Kyle Smith December 8, 2020 Christopher Nolan is absolutely right about Warner Brothers’ idiotic plan to release its movies on TV.
NR PLUS What Up Close and Personal Illuminates about Journalism By Armond White December 3, 2020 The Nineties film points toward a troubling lack of ethics.
Hillbilly Elegy: Ron Howard’s Inverted Mayberry By Kyle Smith November 25, 2020 Americana for our age: Booze, opioids, and ignorance. But Glenn Close, at least, sails past the white-trash clichés.
Harry Styles’s Curious Style By Madeleine Kearns November 16, 2020 He has apparently “never thought too much about what it means.”