film commentary

The Spirit Award-nominated writer-director-star of I Blame Society on the surprising way Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s gem affected her life.

Shannon Plumb delves deep into the world of this new nature documentary, and also finds lessons for our current situation.

Rod Thomas, the cinephile musician behind electronic pop band Bright Light Bright Light, on Mario Bava’s cult classic horror.

Writer-director Michael Mohan on the erotic thrillers that were touchstones for his new movie.

An American classic, criminally underappreciated and misunderstood during the filmmaker’s lifetime, finally gets its day in the sun.

The Republic of Sarah creator Jeffrey Paul King on the show he always turns to for inspiration in times of difficulty and doubt.

In honor of the film’s 15th anniversary, Anna Roisman looks at the wisdom that can be gleaned from this Anne Hathaway classic.

Jim Hemphill celebrates the directing great's underappreciated 1974 remake, a film which arguably resonates even more strongly today.

Jim Hemphill pays tribute to the criminally underrated British horror director, who sadly passed away last week.

Kevin Smokler, director of the documentary Vinyl Nation, looks at the cultural impact of Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning classic.

Gillian Wallace Horvat, the writer-director-star of the dark satire I Blame Society, makes the case for Radley Metzger's 1970s classic.

Julia Marchese pays tribute to the late director with this personal appreciation of his towering, half-century-long documentary project.