Hollywood
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‘Giant’ and the Social Problem Genre Deserve Your Analysis
On the 61st anniversary of its premiere, we look at George Stevens’ epic as large as the Benedict ranch and the complicated genre it inhabits.
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Celebrating the Giggling Horror of ‘Kiss of Death’
70 years after its release, Kiss of Death still terrifies with Richard Widmark’s magnificent scene-stealer.
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For Nicole Kidman, There Is No Average Performance
A look back on some of Ms. Kidman’s most iconic, peculiar, and impressive performances. A few days ago, I finally had the pleasure of seeing…
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How Old Hollywood Made America Believe It Was The American Dream Factory
Back when you could just move out to the coast and become a big star.
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The Classic Hollywood Charm of Cary Grant
Suave, gracious, debonair — he personifies the idealized world of American cinema.
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7 Reasons Paul Newman Was the Ultimate All-American Dreamboat
Celebrating the Ryan Gosling that we didn’t have to import from Canada.
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Revenge of the (Film) Nerds
How cult directors are crashing the mainstream scene.
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If Hollywood Royalty Exists, It Begins With The Coppola Family
The family’s influence is vast, stretching across many genres and many eras.
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Imagining a World Without Rotten Tomatoes
What would happen if Rotten Tomatoes and other review aggregators just went away, as some Hollywood suits have suggested? We play out the thought experiment.