Excerpt

Back to Black

By Michael Koresky

In this excerpt from his book Films of Endearment: A Mother, A Son, and the ’80s Films That Defined Us, Michael Koresky reconsiders Karen Black’s landmark performance as Joanne in Robert Altman’s 1982 film Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.

First Exposure

Free Spirits

By Michael Koresky

Poltergeist is the subject of the inaugural edition of a column in which writers and filmmakers are invited to share the viewing experiences that shaped their early movie love into life-defining passions.

Essay

PG and the Power of Nightmares

By Michael Koresky

An appreciation of a particular brand of youth-aimed terror that the PG-13 rating helped eliminate. 

Interview

Terence Davies

By Michael Koresky

The preeminent British auteur discusses his progression as a cinephile and filmmaker, from earliest moviegoing experience to his most recent disappointments in the theater.

Essay

Just One Look

By Michael Koresky

The imprint from a mere glimpse of Terence Davies’s The Long Day Closes lingers for years.