Film takes the longer look at theatrical releases: direction, screenplay, photography, editing and performance, with attention to what a finished cut reveals about the production behind it. Coverage includes festival titles heading toward wide release. Written for moviegoers who read criticism after seeing something, as well as before.
Longer criticism on theatrical releases covering direction, script, photography and performance, plus what a finished picture reveals about its making.
The Librarian of Congress names up to 25 films a year under a 1988 law, using public nominations and a 44-member board. Here is what the designation does, what it does not do, and why the numbers behind it are so stark.
The producer credit is the most misunderstood in moviemaking — here is what the job involves from development through delivery, and how the credit is decided.
A viewing primer through the defining films of Denzel Washington's public professional career, built on documented credits and awards records.
From LaserDiscs in 1984 to a streaming service and its own Blu-ray standard — how the most famous boutique home-video label operates.
Assembly, rhythm, performance selection, and story surgery: the job behind the Academy's oldest below-the-line craft award.
A plain explainer of where box office figures come from, what domestic and international mean, and why gross dollars are not the same as admissions.
A plain explainer of how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences turns thousands of member ballots into each year's Oscar nomination list.
Sections, juries, the Palme d'Or, and the market behind it — a primer on how the world's most watched film festival actually operates each May.
A primer on where to start with Studio Ghibli — release order, era by era, from the 1985 founding to Miyazaki's Oscar-winning The Boy and the Heron.
From Moonlight to Everything Everywhere All at Once, a primer on the independent studio A24 — its history, its signature films, and a practical viewing path for newcomers.