Columns KinoKultur: The camp appeal of the odd couple caper Unlikely pairs gearing up for a heist is the theme of this new batch of titles.
Columns KinoKultur: Nunderestimating the sisters A duo of nunsploitation films from Kino Lorber tests our preconceptions of faith-based cinema.
Columns Criterion Corner: The Learning Tree, One Night in Miami… Two astonishing debuts from Black filmmakers populate Criterion's December offerings.
Features KinoKultur: A holiday present—four fascinating Christmas tales Pocketful of Miracles, Christmas in July, The Holly and the Ivy and the inimitable Santa Claus Conquers the Martians make for stupendous and layered holiday viewing.
Columns KinoKultur: Structure and the Supernatural in 4 Household Tales B.L. Panther takes a look at four films from Kino Lorber that explore the intersection of structure and the supernatural in the latest KinoKultur
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: “The Master” is the definitive role of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s career We close out our year-long exploration of one of cinema's greatest artists with his mesmerizing turn as Lancaster Dodd.
Columns KinoKultur: A tale of two kitties and diminishing returns with Fritz the Cat The latest KinoKultur offers a tale of two kitties and diminishing returns with Fritz the Cat.
Columns KinoKultur: Two with Tallulah Bankhead, Maven of Melodrama By: B.L. Panther This week, KinoKultur spotlights Tallulah Bankhead, an icon of Hollywood's early years.
Columns KinoKultur: recycled thrillers—Scream, Pretty Peggy and The Screaming Woman Two thrillers—Scream, Pretty Peggy and The Screaming Woman are striking examples of star/premise recycling in Made-for-TV films.
Columns Criterion Corner: Mona Lisa, Love & Basketball, Throw Down Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa, Johnnie To's judo drama, and Gina Prince-Bythewood's ode to Black love pepper Criterion's September releases.
Features PSH I Love You: The pitch-perfect scumbag from Punch-Drunk Love PTA's Adam Sandler romance sees the great Philip Seymour Hoffman play a loathsome sleazebag.
Columns KinoKultur: Deep Rising and The Strangeness’ Tentacular Tales Though decades and budgets apart, Stephen Sommers and Melanie Anne Phillips' creature features dig into the unique terror of the tentacle.
Columns Criterion Corner: Ashes and Diamonds, Company, Beasts of No Nation Netflix original Beasts of No Nation, Sondheim musical doc Company, and Andrzej Wajda's postwar masterpiece dot August's Criterion releases.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: repairing the world in Magnolia One of Philip Seymour Hoffman's finest moments has him playing a beacon of comfort and compassion.
Columns KinoKultur: Lesbians and leather in Blood Sisters and Dirty Diaries Blood Sisters, a seminal documentary on Lesbian sadomasochism, converses with Feminist pornography anthology Dirty Diaries intriguingly.
Columns KinoKultur: Dino Metaphors in The Land Unknown and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend The Land Unknown and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend's sometimes awkward dinosaur suits are as textually fascinating as they are clumsy.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: On Hoffman’s first great turn in PTA’s Boogie Nights PSH makes the most out of sparse screentime in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 classic.
Columns KinoKultur: Political Vaudeville in Sweet Liberty and F.T.A. Looking at the radical potential of vaudeville through its appearances in a farce and a long-suppressed documentary.
Features P.S.H. I Love You: Hard Eight – it’s always good to meet a new friend The 1996 crime drama marked the beginning of a beautiful partnership.
Features KinoKultur: Daddy & the Muscle Academy shines a light on Tom of Finland Ilppo Pohjola directs a rich & colorful documentary about pivotal queer icon Tom of Finland.
Features KinoKultur: Doing The Greek – Two Queer Histories by James Ivory By: B.L. Panther B.L. Panther considers two of James Ivory's studies of queer life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.