Blue Heron: Sophy Romvari’s Lyrical, Heartbreaking Debut
Looking through the lens of memory on Vancouver Island.
Read MoreRome, Open City: The Blueprint for Revolutionary Cinema
Neorealism meets the spy thriller.
Read More#1063: Top 5 Meryl Streep Scenes
The precision and craft of the best to ever do it.
Read MoreThe Devil Wears Prada 2: With a Defanged Miranda, What’s Left?
No pursed lips — but not two nods.
Read MoreThe Great Dictator: Chaplin’s Act of Artistic Nobility
Comedy as an act of defiance.
Read More#1062: Summer Movie Preview 2026 and ’40s Madness Champion
Drafting the summer slate.
Read MoreMother Mary: More Than Religio-Goth Gestures?
Actually, this is a ghost story. And a love story, too.
Read MoreSteven Soderbergh’s The Christophers
Art is hard. People are harder.
Read More#1061: Citizen Kane vs. Casablanca and ’40s Madness Final
The 1940’s – or cinema’s? – defining film.
Read More#1060: Top 5 Robert Duvall Scenes and ‘40s Madness Final 4
From The Great Santini to Tom Hagen, Gus McCrae, and Mac Sledge.
Read MoreCoppola, Lucas, and Spielberg: How Success Changed the System — and Them
Three friends who risked everything — and changed the rules.
Read More#1059: The Drama: A Split Decision | ’40s Madness Elite 8
Love, rewritten.
Read MorePantheon Inductions | Dissident Cinema Marathon Announcement
Two films take their place.
Read More'40s Madness Sweet 16: An Upset Brewing?
Choose wisely.
Read More#1058: Project Hail Mary: Sensitivity in Space | '40s Madness Round 2
Rocky love Gosling. Filmspotting love Gosling.
Read MoreMeek’s Cutoff: Why It Belongs in the Pantheon
Kelly Reichardt’s frontier story of faith and free will.
Read More#1057: Stand By Me at 40: Why It Still Hits Hard
A return to Castle Rock.
Read More#1056: Oscars Predictions + Filmspotting Madness: 1940s Play‑Ins
Who will win. Who should win. Who should have been nominated
Read More#1055: Top 5 Unreliable Narrators and Kurosawa’s Rashomon
Don’t believe a thing you hear.
Read More#1054: Catherine O'Hara: Our Top 5 Characters
“You never forget the best.”
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