Monday, September 19 2011

Shakespeare Bites Back: Stratford Takes on Hollywood

By Gabrielle Malcolm

Eminent Shakespeare scholars present their argument in response to the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's Anonymous.

Tuesday, June 2 2009

The Old Curiosity Shop

By Lara Killian

If you like your Dickens dark, this is about as bleak as it gets.

Sunday, February 8 2009

Underworld and Underworld: Evolution

By Stuart Henderson

Whereas The Matrix relied on hyper-cool outfits and the beauty of stylized action sequences to help tell its weird little story, Underworld relies on them to try to make us forget that we are watching a story this insipid.

Friday, January 20 2006

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Race here is not an inherent or stable identity, but mutable and mutating.

Friday, September 23 2005

Gladiator: Extended Edition (2000)

By John G. Nettles

It's a bad sign for your making-of doc when the most interesting folks to listen to are the studio weasels.

Thursday, June 27 2002

Gosford Park (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Up at the Villa (2000)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Gladiator (2000)

By Lucas Hilderbrand

Gosford Park (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected.

The Body (2001)

By Kim Ayer

... examines the threat science poses to organized religion.