A Categories Awards Columns News January 13, 2020 A Quick Guide to the 2020 Oscar Nominations Who should win, who will win, and who was left out.
& Categories Movies January 7, 2020 “1917” Takes a Long, Thin Look at War Sam Mendes' WWI epic is an astounding technical achievement, but loses its soul on the way to razzle-dazzle.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 30, 2019 “Spectre” Loses Itself in the Ghosts of Franchise Past While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes' return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.
T Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 28, 2019 The Secrets Of Great Ladies: Mendes and the Theatricality of “Skyfall” Sam Mendes powers his leading ladies to metatextual heights in his first Bond outing.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 27, 2019 “Away We Go”: An Inter-State Indie-Statement Despite getting off on the wrong foot, Sam Mendes's oft-forgotten dramedy remains a salient look at 2000s anxieties as often seen onscreen.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 26, 2019 “Revolutionary Road” and the Lost Art of Knowing What Isn’t Special Sam Mendes's tale of forlorn love works best as a study of the pitfalls that litter the American Dream.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 17, 2019 “Road To Perdition” Is Not A Subtle Film Sam Mendes' Depresson-era gangster fable is as effective as it is in-your-face with its aesthetics.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 8, 2019 “American Beauty” as the Ultimate Boomer Opus Sam Mendes' Best Picture winner is a flawed but evocative time capsule of '90s middle-age anxiety.
D Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month December 3, 2019 December’s Filmmaker of the Month: Sam Mendes As his WWI war epic 1917 comes out in time for the holidays, we spend December looking back on the eclectic modes of Sam Mendes.
