Skip to content
  • Music
    • Reviews
    • Essays
    • Playlists
    • Columns
    • Everything Else
  • Film
    • Reviews
    • Essays
    • Video Essays
    • Columns
    • Everything Else
  • Podcast
  • Contributors
  • About
  • Music
  • Film
  • Network
  • Podcast
  • Artists
  • About
“We don’t want to raise girls who believe men have to save them.”—Shannon Plumb
INTRODUCING
ROLE MODELS
PODCAST NETWORK
THREE GREAT THINGS
HEAR FIRST

Tag: film column

Second Screen: Is Billions a New High for Cable Television?

Film
By Jim Hemphill | March 27, 2017
By Jim Hemphill | March 27, 2017

Second Screen: Is Billions a New High for Cable Television?

Jim Hemphill on the abundance of riches to be found in the Showtime series, which brings the best of cinema to the small screen.

The ’70s Seen: Getting High on Movie-Musical Iconography with Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend

Film
By Steve Lippman | March 24, 2017
By Steve Lippman | March 24, 2017

The ’70s Seen: Getting High on Movie-Musical Iconography with Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend

With Russell's 1971 musical newly out on Blu-ray, Steve Lippman makes a case for the film being an underappreciated classic.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Day of the Locust

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | March 7, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | March 7, 2017

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Day of the Locust

The Canadian auteur reconsiders John Schlesinger's expansive take on Nathanael West's classic novella about '30s Hollywood.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Rapture

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | February 16, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | February 16, 2017

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Rapture

In his journey through the alternative canon, LaBruce puts his focus on Michael Tolkin's 1991 fusion of female sexual melodrama and Biblical epic.

Second Screen: Nashville Goes From Strength to Strength

Film
By Jim Hemphill | February 15, 2017
By Jim Hemphill | February 15, 2017

Second Screen: Nashville Goes From Strength to Strength

Jim Hemphill sings the praises of Callie Khouri's country-music themed drama, which has thrived since its move from ABC to CMT.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Debbie Reynolds in The Rat Race and Goodbye Charlie

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | February 1, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | February 1, 2017

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Debbie Reynolds in The Rat Race and Goodbye Charlie

The Canadian provocateur (and champion of unfairly neglected movies) focuses on two from the late actress in which she plays against type.

Second Screen: The Catch’s Effortless Style Conceals Its True Brilliance

Film
By Jim Hemphill | November 28, 2016
By Jim Hemphill | November 28, 2016

Second Screen: The Catch’s Effortless Style Conceals Its True Brilliance

In his regular TV column, Jim Hemphill gets caught up in the ABC crime series, which channels Soderbergh and Hitchcock at their entertaining best.

Underrated/Overlooked: Joe Swanberg on The Show About the Show

Film
By Joe Swanberg | November 23, 2016
By Joe Swanberg | November 23, 2016

Underrated/Overlooked: Joe Swanberg on The Show About the Show

The acclaimed writer-director on his favorite thing of 2016, the highly unconventional meta web series by fellow Talkhouse contributor Caveh Zahedi.

Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Being 17

Film
By Stephen Cone | November 18, 2016
By Stephen Cone | November 18, 2016

Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Being 17

Stephen Cone on the latest film by the criminally undervalued French filmmaker André Téchiné, a director very important to Cone's life and work.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Daisy Miller

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | November 17, 2016
By Bruce LaBruce | November 17, 2016

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Daisy Miller

LaBruce highlights Peter Bogdanovich's unfairly dismissed 1974 Henry James adaptation, a film he considers one of the best of the 1970s.

Featured Podcast

The Hudsucker Proxy with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger

Popular Talks

Today This Week All Time
  • Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) and Miki Berenyi (Lush) Have a Lot In Common
  • An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • Laura Jane Grace & Paris Campbell Grace Are Not Staying Sane
  • Revisited: An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • Lou Reed Talks Kanye West’s Yeezus
  • Buzz Osborne (the Melvins) Talks the HBO Documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
  • Rose McGowan’s Open Letter to Scott Baio and Those Like Him
  • An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) Talks Drake’s Nothing Was the Same
  • Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) and Miki Berenyi (Lush) Have a Lot In Common
  • An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • Laura Jane Grace & Paris Campbell Grace Are Not Staying Sane
  • Six Steamy Films to Get You in the Mood for The Voyeurs
TALKHOUSE WEEKLY
A Friday digest of the week's best Talks, picked for you by the editors.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
© 2025 Talkhouse, Inc. All Rights Reserved.