Farewell to a Non-Visionary Filmmaker
Michael Apted had the discipline not to impose liberal ideology on his films.
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‘Hilaria’ Baldwin and the Allure of the Invented Persona
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
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
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
He sounds about as upset as theatre-experience proponent Christopher Nolan.
The Facile Fascism of David Fincher
Mank is a new myth from Hollywood’s bully-boy filmmaker.
Hollywood’s Greatest Studio Trips Up
Christopher Nolan is absolutely right about Warner Brothers’ idiotic plan to release its movies on TV.
What Up Close and Personal Illuminates about Journalism
The Nineties film points toward a troubling lack of ethics.
Hillbilly Elegy: Ron Howard’s Inverted Mayberry
Americana for our age: Booze, opioids, and ignorance. But Glenn Close, at least, sails past the white-trash clichés.
Harry Styles’s Curious Style
He has apparently “never thought too much about what it means.”