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2026

The Film Art of animation: A revieworiginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Questioning methodology: On the March 2026 issue of PROJECTIONS devoted to David Bordwell’s research. A guest post by Colin Burnettoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2026
Observations on David Bordwelloriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
John Ford in a whole new lightoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
Criterion Takes Us to Romaniaoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2026
THE FRODO FRANCHISE is an audiobook!original ↗
4 Feb 2026
The ten best films of … 1935original ↗
18 Jan 2026

2025

David and Wesoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2025
Amazon Doesn’t Own James Bond—Yet: Making Sense of the 007 Franchise. A guest post by Colin Burnettoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2025
Moana’s roundabout voyage back to the multiplex: A guest post by Nicholas Benson and Zachary Zahosoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2025
The ten best films of … 1934original ↗
11 Jan 2025

2024

Harry Potter and and fabulous making-of touroriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
A memorial slide show for Davidoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2024
A24: A company of interestoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2024
Where the movie lovers are: A guest post by Matt St. John and Zachary Zahosoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2024
PERPLEXING PLOTS Prizeoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2024
David Bordwell’s Hong Kong Connection: A Guest Post by Li Cheuk-tooriginal ↗
30 Jun 2024
A recording of David’s memorial service is now onlineoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2024
Repost of Vancouver: Three gems from Iran and Indiaoriginal ↗
26 May 2024
Gone but far from forgottenoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2024
Early Hou Hsiao-hsien: Film culture finally comes through (a repost)original ↗
27 Feb 2024
News about PERPLEXING PLOTSoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2024
Women, Oscars, and power (a repost)original ↗
28 Jan 2024

2023

The ten best films of … 1933original ↗
31 Dec 2023
Hark! How Harold’s angels sing (a repost)original ↗
20 Dec 2023
Tracking down Aardman creatures in 2008original ↗
12 Dec 2023
DIE HARD revived: An entry revisitedoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2023
Thank you, Lignanoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2023
Crime spreeoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2023
Another dispatch from Ennui-sur-Blaséoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2023
Art, entertainment, and the hard-boiled mystiqueoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2023
“Best Picture” ≠ “Live Action”original ↗
8 Jul 2023
POKER FACE: Detective off the gridoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2023
ASTEROID CITY adrift in the cosmosoriginal ↗
27 May 2023
BABYLON and the alchemy of fameoriginal ↗
21 May 2023
Calm that camera!original ↗
30 Apr 2023
Older, but wiser?original ↗
2 Apr 2023
Manual laborsoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2023
Catching uporiginal ↗
11 Feb 2023
The reader is warnedoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2023
GLASS ONION: Multiplying mysteriesoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2023

2022

The ten best films of … 1932original ↗
31 Dec 2022
Ellery who?original ↗
18 Dec 2022
Tarantino and the criticism of enthusiasmoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2022
PERPLEXING PLOTS now available!original ↗
17 Nov 2022
You say “formalism” like it’s a bad thingoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2022
A24: the studio as auteuroriginal ↗
10 Oct 2022
Godard: The power of imperfectionoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2022
A Monument to Mystery: Martin Edwards’ THE LIFE OF CRIMEoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2022
HEAT revisitedoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2022
Enter Benoît Blanc: KNIVES OUT as murder mysteryoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2022
Figuring out MENoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2022
Movies by the numbersoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2022
Lie to me: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLEoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2022
Noir x 3original ↗
5 Jun 2022
Streaming media: All you can eat, until it eats youoriginal ↗
22 May 2022
Thompson/Bordwell online books now available for freeoriginal ↗
17 May 2022
How did “prestige horror” come about?original ↗
6 May 2022
PERPLEXING PLOTS: On the horizonoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2022
Wisconsin Film Festival 2022: A return to the theatersoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2022
Oscar’s siren song: The revengeoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2022
Lau Kar-leung: The dragon still dancesoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2022
Sergei Loznitsa and the Ukraine invasionoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2022
Jacques Ledoux, man of the cinemaoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2022
KIMI: She’s hereoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2022
When the image ruled: Julien Duvivier in the silent eraoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2022
Benign fearmongering: Worth a tryoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2022
A health update, with thanksoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2022
Thrills and melodrama from the 1910soriginal ↗
19 Jan 2022
The ten best films of … 1931original ↗
1 Jan 2022

2021

An elegant path into modern Asian cinemaoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2021
An update about our blogoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2021
Crime in the streets and on the pageoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2021
70s mixtape hit: Tom Nichols and the Deplorablesoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2021
Is there a blog in this class? 2021original ↗
25 Aug 2021
Dietrich before von Sternberg and von Sternberg before Dietrichoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2021
Little thingsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2021
French silents from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2021original ↗
8 Aug 2021
Once upon a time in Hollywood, again: Tarantino revises his fairy taleoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2021
Learning to watch a film, while watching a filmoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2021
What you see is what you guessoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2021
A tantalizingly anonymous Josef von Sternberg filmoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2021
Five critics, one of them a killeroriginal ↗
30 May 2021
Wisconsin Film Festival 2021: Here and thereoriginal ↗
19 May 2021
Wisconsin Film Festival 2021: Retrospectatingoriginal ↗
18 May 2021
Wisconsin Film Festival 2021 visits the Middle Eastoriginal ↗
17 May 2021
Wisconsin Film Festival 2021: Streaming goodnessoriginal ↗
14 May 2021
How the world ended in 1916original ↗
26 Apr 2021
Oscar’s Siren Song (A Slight Return): Best Original Songoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2021
Oscar’s Siren Song (A Slight Return): Original Scoreoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2021
Merrily he rolls along: A belated birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheimoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2021
Let’s play God, imperfectly: BLOOD SIMPLE on the Criterion Channeloriginal ↗
23 Mar 2021
A fast-paced cinematic impeachment trialoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2021
Historical film colors: A guest entry from Barbara Flueckigeroriginal ↗
22 Feb 2021
Madalena, Rosalind, and Suzanna: More Rotterdam revelationsoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2021
Rotterdam surprisesoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2021
Rotterdam starts strongoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2021
German classics for the pandemic and beyondoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2021
Repost: Our daily barbarisms: Leo Hurwitz’s STRANGE VICTORY (1948)original ↗
19 Jan 2021
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7: Aaron Sorkin samples the menuoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2021
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