Features
Wednesday, March 24 2010
Sublimated Rage, Sex and the History of Cinema: An Interview with Chloe Director Atom Egoyan
Toronto-based Egoyan fuses Melodrama with the Psychological Thriller and meticulously constructs a classic star vehicle for one of the finest working American actresses, Julianne Moore.
Friday, May 8 2009
Adoration: In the Eye of the Beholder
Atom Egoyan talks to PopMatters about his newest film, Adoration, an intelligent coming-of-age tale that won’t be making it to the local multiplex anytime soon, but makes for a refreshing, welcome addition to the impending sea of American-made summertime garbage.
Columns
Monday, October 29 2012
The Last Witch Hunt: The Legacy of the West Memphis Three
Teenage outcasts often feel like the world is against them; in 1994, three adolescents in West Memphis, Arkansas, experienced proof that it actually was. Now, despite being freed after 18 years of wrongful imprisonment, the battle of the West Memphis Three is not concluded.
Friday, April 13 2012
Yes, It's Genocide: Armenian Artists and the Obligations of History
For many artists of Armenian descent, engaging with the legacy of the 1915 genocide is more than dutiful; it's of crucial importance to how we understand and confront the modern world and its troubles.
Reviews
Friday, July 30 2010
If Only 'Chloe' Could Be the Overheated Mess It Really Wants To Be
Chloe's art house pedigree foils it from becoming the trashy erotic thriller it so desperately wants to be.
Friday, March 26 2010
Chloe
Chloe herself seems slightly out of place in the movie, a slight kink in a fairly rote domestic strife.
Wednesday, March 8 2006
Where the Truth Lies: Unrated Theatrical Version (2005)
As the score swells, the camera reveals a body, a girl seemingly drowned, pale, grotesque, and grim. This, the title hints, is Where the Truth Lies. Except it isn't.
Friday, October 14 2005
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
In a mystery titled Where the Truth Lies, solving the case is not going to be easy.
Friday, November 29 2002
Ararat (2002)
As usual in Egoyan's films, tangled familial relationships inspire chaos and meanness as much as understanding and benevolence.
Blogs
Wednesday, April 4 2012
ReFramed #22: Atom Egoyan's 'Exotica' (1994)
In this installment, ReFramed remembers the breakout film from one of Canada's leading pre-millennial masters, a filmmaker who, sadly, seems to have slowly drifted from the critical consciousness.
