Essay

Song of the Exile

By Nick Pinkerton

On the shifting fortunes of the strange Monsieur Grémillon.

Essay

Death to Everyone

By Nick Pinkerton

On Final Destination, the finest American horror series of the 21st century.

Essay

The Fabulous Flying Fighters of the Former Formosa

By Nick Pinkerton

On the wild world of Taiwanese wuxia.

Essay

The Housemaid

By Nick Pinkerton

On The Housemaid, Kim Ki-young’s lauded noir thriller.

Essay

Loss of Face

By Nick Pinkerton

On Edward Yang’s Taipei-set, corporate-world “comedy,” A Confucian Confusion.

Interview

Jerzy Skolimowsky & Ewa Piaskowska

By Nick Pinkerton & Sean Price Williams

The Polish husband-and-wife duo discuss their new film EO.

The Metrograph Interview

James Gray in Conversation with Nick Pinkerton

By Nick Pinkerton

Nick Pinkerton and James Gray discuss his new film Armageddon Time.

Essay

Keep their Heads Ringin’

By Nick Pinkerton

On The Bell from Hell, a one-off wonder of Fantaterror.

eminem

Essay

Everybody from the 313

By Nick Pinkerton

Revisiting 8 Mile, Eminem’s little hellion-raising cinéma à clef, at 20.

Essay

Child is Bother of the Man

By Nick Pinkerton

A look at 1994’s “minor“ masterpiece Clifford.

Criss Cross

Essay

The Strange Affair of Robert Siodmak

By Nick Pinkerton

A look at the life and career of Robert Siodmak, master of the neurotic noir.

Back Street

Essay

Tucked Away

By Nick Pinkerton

On John M. Stahl’s 1932 Back Street, the lone film to acknowledge that the only three cities in the world are New York, Paris, and Cincinnati.