Aaron Katz
My Problems with Picard
Director and longtime Star Trek fan Aaron Katz struggles with the sci-fi franchise's latest offering, but isn’t ready to give up on it yet.
Against Binge-Watching
The writer-director of Gemini harkens back to a time before "content" and infinite streaming options, when watching TV was a social act.
Tracking My On-Again, Off-Again Love Affair with VHS
Aaron Katz looks back on his history with home entertainment's answer to vinyl, and how it inspired his latest film, Gemini.
Aaron Katz (Land Ho!) Talks Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea
What might have been a thrillingly old-fashioned seagoing adventure yarn is curiously lacking in both zest and restraint.
Aaron Katz (Land Ho!) Talks Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes
The great detective looks back on his last case in old age — but is it really Sherlock, or just a simulacrum?
Aaron Katz (Land Ho!) Talks Lisandro Alonso’s Jauja
A onetime fan of self-consciously antagonistic cinema finds much to admire and contemplate in this unconventional, Argentine-set Western.
Aaron Katz (Land Ho!) Talks Charlie McDowell’s The One I Love
Has another 2014 film so inventively woven together different genres and tones into a cohesive whole? Aaron Katz doesn't think so.
Aaron Katz (Land Ho!) Talks Maclain Way and Chapman Way’s The Battered Bastards of Baseball
I wish The Battered Bastards of Baseball were half as rowdy as its subject matter. The film examines the Class A Portland Mavericks...
