Skip to content
PopMatters

PopMatters

Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999

Primary Menu
  • Features
  • Reviews
  • Lists
  • Music
  • Film
  • TV
  • Books
  • Interviews
  • Picks
  • Donate
  • profile-icon
    • Log In
    • Registration
    • Logout
    • Account

FacebookXBlueskyInstagramThreadsSpotify

elia kazan

‘Movies That Mattered’ Captures Dave Kehr’s Astute Film Criticism
Books/Film/PopMatters Picks/Reviews

‘Movies That Mattered’ Captures Dave Kehr’s Astute Film Criticism

By
Christopher John Stephens
/ 21 November 2017

Dave Kehr is one of the best long-form essay writers people read for clear and sometimes brutally honest indictments of film.

Featured: Top of Home Page/Film/Film Feature/PopMatters Picks/Reviews

Elia Kazan’s Crime Thriller ‘On the Waterfront’ Is Straightforward and Brutal

By
Jose Solis
/ 29 March 2013
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film

The 100 Essential Directors Part 5: Derek Jarman to Mike Leigh

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 14 August 2011

RECENT

  • ‘The Midnight: Shadows’ Illuminates Nostalgia’s Hidden Dangers in Shades of Neon
  • Shawn Colvin’s ‘Whole New You’ Is a Revelation at 25
  • The Curious Connection of the Beatles and Nixon at Disney World
  • Arlo Parks Dances the Pain Away with ‘Ambiguous Desire’
  • One World Film Festival Refuses to Make Human Rights Easy
  • Nuevos Ríos Debut with Astonishing Takes on Tradition
  • Ohyung Offers Vivid Heartland Impressions on ‘Iowa’
  • Bill Callahan Circles Himself on ‘My Days of 58’

Follow PopMatters

FacebookXBlueskyInstagramThreadsSpotify

About

  • Masthead
  • PopMatters’ Submission Guidelines
  • Mission

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Bluesky
  • Spotify
  • Instagram
  • Threads
© 1999-2025 PopMatters LLC. All rights reserved. PopMatters is wholly independent, women-owned and operated.