Dear Comrades! ★★★
The tenth story in Marguerite de Navarre’s 1558 collection of stories, ‘The Heptameron’ is, tonally, a far cry from theContinue Reading
Tag: Russia
In Memoriam, 2019-2020
Two years since the publication of our inaugural In Memoriam retrospective, we take the time now to look back atContinue Reading
Social Justice in Film
This month, it is more relevant than ever for our Retrospective Roundtable to focus on the theme of social justiceContinue Reading
Leto ★★★★
Leto is a delicate portrayal of a little known period in music history- 1980’s Leningrad, Russia- unfortunate enough to be released inContinue Reading
Fathers in Film
Published on Father’s Day, this month’s retrospective complements last month’s Mothers in Film which we wrote to celebrate Mother’s Day.Continue Reading
Mothers in Film
Our monthly retrospective comes a little earlier this month, and it’s for good reason. Today is Mother’s Day and weContinue Reading
Matt Schlee’s Top 10 Criterion Films
This month, a number of our critics share their 10 favorite titles from the Criterion Collection in celebration of theContinue Reading
Predictions for the 90th Academy Awards
We’re back for a second year of predictions! In a break from tradition, we consider the films nominated at theContinue Reading
Stalker (Blu-ray release) ★★★
In many ways, Stalker was Andrei Tarkovsky’s most arduous film to create. It is believed that he and a numberContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of July 2017
Alex Sitaras: This month’s selection of films is perhaps our most unique yet. There’s no natural choice of order to startContinue Reading
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