Jacob T. Swinney
Video Essay: Post-Apocalypse Now
When you're on the precipice of a collapse, sometimes the most soothing thing is finding movies to show us what the end will look like ...
Video Essay: Blade Runner 2049‘s Denis Villeneuve and the Silent Close-Up
In anticipation of the biggest film of Villeneuve's career so far, a look at his most striking visual trademark.
Video Essay: Stephen King at the Movies
With The Dark Tower in theaters and It on the horizon, we look at the many and varied Stephen King adaptations.
A Letter From the Editors: May 2017
This month, we're thinking about Leonard Cohen, (re)birth, falling in reverse, and other forms of moving on/letting go.
Video Essay: Falling in Reverse
What happens if you take one of cinema's most recognizable tropes, and then turn it upside down?
Video Essay: Malick’s Shadows
With Terrence Malick's Song to Song in theaters now, Jacob T. Swinney's video essay looks at a recent motif in the director's films.





