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Remembering the Film Scholar David Bordwell
Sydney Pollack’s Best Picture winner feels like a film of a different age, and is all the better for it.
Seagrass is ultimately compelling because there are enough moments of artistic expression and perceptive character building to balance the more didactic storytelling.
Our world is too fragmented and our cinema too convoluted to allow for movies as simply, competently fun as Men in Black.
Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days is a beautiful corrective to the busyness of everyday life.
Anton and Anders discuss the ideas and impact of the film scholar David Bordwell, who recently passed away.
Aren shares his favourite films from 2023, including Oppenheimer, The Boy and the Heron, and The Maiden.
The Brothers share their essential films of 2023, including prestige pictures, blockbusters, arthouse and international cinema, and documentaries.
The Brothers dig into Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, interrogating its structure, length, and point of view.
Anton and Anders debate whether the latest Disney Star Wars TV show is a success or a misfire.
The Brothers discuss Erle C. Kenton’s pre-Code horror adaptation of H. G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau.
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is like an art installation about what exists just outside the frame.
Anton makes the case for watching the first Harry Potter movie during Christmas time.
60 years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Oliver Stone’s JFK captures how essential conspiracy is to modern life,
John Adams is smart about politics and history but also has a careful eye for friendship and marriage.
Season 1 demonstrates that Rome deserves to be ranked among the highest achievements of the Golden Age of Television.
Anton and Anders debate whether the latest Disney Star Wars TV show is a success or a misfire.