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Chris RobéAbout Chris RobéChris Robé is an assistant professor of film and media studies at Florida Atlantic University. He’s written for various journals such as Jump Cut, Cinema Journal, and The Velvet Light Trap. His monograph Thunder Over Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Left Film Theory and Criticism is being published by University of Texas Press in Fall 2010. In his spare time he moonlights as a freelance photographer and a transient guitarist for the punk underworld. Features
Forbidden Hollywood’s William Wellman: The Forgotten ManThe 1934 Production Code’s puritanical stance towards sexuality is often highlighted by contemporary historians, but it also held extremely reactionary political mandates that forbade movie representations of conflicts between capital and labor. [21 May 2009] Agnés Varda: Gleaning the DispossessedIt is the two divides -- between the rich and the poor, between publicity and the practices of everyday life -- that most concerns Agnés Varda. [19 March 2008] A People’s HistorianHoward Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train serves as an important reminder to anyone academia-minded that professional advancement and the goals of education do not always converge. [9 July 2007] Occupy, Resist, and ProduceBy revealing the intricate links that connect the personal with the political, The Take deftly reminds us how our psychic geography is intimately shaped by our socio-economic landscape. [7 June 2007] Children of the RevolutionWhile the government gradually abandoned the Revolution, Mexican cinema rewove its sundry and complicated histories into a singular, nationalistic spectacle filled with valiant leaders, easy morals, stunning imagery, and catchy songs. [10 April 2007] Reviews
Jackass: The Lost TapesThe Jackass Boys embody a forward momentum that teeters towards the eradication of all that they can't stand: hypocrisy, condescension, and perhaps worst of all, the dull throbbing boredom of routine. [29 October 2009] 
State LegislatureWiseman’s films force us to confront the complicated and contradictory moments where ideology and emotion, institution and humanity collide. [26 February 2009] 
Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works: Volumes 1, 2 & 3As Frank’s films reveal, a lack of access to avant-garde cinema is a collective denial of a vital part of our selves. [29 August 2008] 
SatantangoBéla Tarr’s symphony to the possibilities of cinema, his answer to a cold, unfeeling cosmos by transforming the wretchedness of existence into a vision of wonder and beauty. [8 August 2008] 
30 days: Season 2Morgan Spurlock has been treated as a kinder, gentler version of Michael Moore: thinner, younger, and better tailored for prime-time. [25 July 2008] 
Killer of SheepHopefully the appearance of Killer of Sheep just the marks beginning of the due recognition that the UCLA school of black filmmakers deserves as a whole. [30 November 2007] 
The Spaghetti WestIt's time the Spaghetti Western receive its rightful recognition because its serves as a vital body of work to explore the intricate workings of transnational cinema and the multifarious results from infusing commercial cinema with Left politics. [14 August 2007] 
Various Artists: Appetite for Deconstruction: A Punk Rockumentary [DVD]In the place of booths, speakers, rallies, and events that might harness the initial political awareness aroused during the sets, we watch audience members drink, stumble, smoke, flash, and give the camera the finger until finally passing out. [12 March 2007] 
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)If you have ever bought a black-light to create the right ambiance when you played air-guitar on a backwards tennis racket in your parents’ house, then Tenacious D will not disappoint. [7 March 2007] 
Howard Hughes: The Real Aviator (2004)Howard Hughes: The Real Aviator focuses on the man's contributions to and obsessions with aviation. [15 November 2004] 
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)The investigation into issues of patriotism and accountability in Judgment at Nuremberg resonates strongly with contemporary American politics. [18 October 2004] 
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time (2002)According to Goldsworthy, we must re-examine the mundane in order to break through our habitual and clichéd perceptions. [13 October 2004] 
Black Sunday (1977)John Frankenheimer's 'Black Sunday' serves as something of a transition between 'New Hollywood' and the more spectacular films that came later. [14 October 2003] 
Big Trouble (1986)Flimsy and frustrating, Big Trouble suggests that Cassavetes finally gave up on reality. [18 August 2003] 
You Can’t Take It With You (1938)Reveals the liberation offered by non-alienating work and examines the matrices between class and gender, as few other films do. [25 March 2003] 
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) - PopMatters Film Review )Lotte Reiniger used film to... investigate the connections between past and present traditions. [9 January 2003] 
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)Undertakes yet another examination of the restraints of orthodox Western religion. [18 July 2002] 
Big Bad Love (2002)Big Bad Love underlines Barlow's concerns about what it means to be a man. [9 May 2002] |
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