Features
Friday, January 14 2011
The Best Documentaries of 2010
A remarkable number of documentaries challenged basic assumptions about structure and representation, faith and truth.
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.
Reviews
Tuesday, March 29 2011
'Inside Job' Is a Call to Arms
Treated almost like a crime story, Inside Job unveils a sordid world of the prosperous elite who take an almost unseemly pleasure in living lives of unscrupulous lavishness, with no regard to whom they harm.
Friday, October 15 2010
'Inside Job': Consequences
It may be that Inside Job's greatest effect is that, as the interviewees reveal themselves, they become less central to the story.
Blogs
Wednesday, March 23 2011
Inside Job Screens at Maysles Cinema, March 23, 25, and 27.
It may be that Inside Job's greatest effect is that, as the interviewees reveal themselves, they become less central to the story.
Friday, March 4 2011
Our Lingering Economic Woes Remain an 'Inside Job'
Far too many people want to blame a single party. Apparently, all partisan philosophies where down with this particular appalling practice.
Tuesday, January 25 2011
Finally Getting It? The 2011 Oscar Nominations
The 2011 Oscar Nominations, with indications that, for once, the Academy might have figured out what truly was/is the Year's Best.
Friday, November 12 2010
'Inside Job': The Blame Game as Cyclical Nightmare
As outrage and insight, explanation and excuse, Inside Job is as fascinating as it is frightening.
