Features
Monday, January 9 2012
The Best DVDs of 2011
With the continuing rise of Blu-ray, this year sees a lot of repeat entries. Just because they're here again, however, doesn't mean they're any less special.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
The Best Films of 2010
Among this year's winners include a fake documentary, a comedy about Jihad, a vampire story NOT dealing with tacky tween romance, a haunting hillbilly noir, and an elegant tale about clones. Not necessarily the usual cinematic suspects.
Wednesday, January 5 2011
The Best Male Film Performances of 2010
Heroes and villains, criminals and crazed creative types: the 20 best male performances of 2010 definitely run the dramatic/comedic character topography... with a few unusual turns tossed in for good measure.
Wednesday, January 5 2011
The Best Female Film Performances of 2010
The ladies really lit up the big screen, delivering the kind of brilliant acting work that makes picking a mere 20 that much more difficult, let alone unearthing a clear number one.
Monday, January 3 2011
The Best Independent / International Films of 2010
PopMatters launches our six-day look at 2010's best film, TV and DVDs by spotlighting the 25 best indie and international films of the year, highlighted by a host of superb documentaries, a stellar film from China and one of the finest works of "hillbilly noir" ever.
Columns
Monday, June 25 2012
What It Means to Be Human: 'Never Let Me Go''
The film, Never Let Me Go, follows the book relatively well, although it eliminates some of the story, and isn't able to mirror the novel's careful and timed revelations about the mystery of Hailsham's students.
Reviews
Friday, February 11 2011
'Never Let Me Go' Is a Haunting, Devastating Film that Reveals Its Secrets with Whispered Precision
Never Let Me Go is an intentionally amorphous work of art whose fluidity allows for layered storytelling and perpetual revelation.
Wednesday, September 15 2010
'Never Let Me Go': We Aren't Machines
For all its invention, the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go is a story of familiar human truths, few of them welcome.
Thursday, August 22 2002
One Hour Photo (2002)
Neatly, ominously, the film composes a bleak vision of Sy's consumption of and by his culture.
Blogs
Thursday, November 11 2010
2010: The Year of the Misunderstood Movie
If it goes down as anything, 2010 will be seen as the year of the misunderstood movie, an artistic anomaly which saw at least four fine films fall by the commercial wayside.
Friday, October 8 2010
Soul Searching: 'Never Let Me Go'
As a genius work of art, as an experience that will leave some cold and others clamoring for the right level of praise, Never Let Me Go surpasses expectation.
Thursday, October 7 2010
In Defense of a Limited Oeuvre: Mark Romanek
Quality over quantity... or something much more telling. Is it better to be prolific and pedestrian, or selective and sanctified?
