Posts by Nick Pinkerton
Essay
Loss of Face
By Nick Pinkerton
On Edward Yang’s Taipei-set, corporate-world “comedy,” A Confucian Confusion.
Interview
“Make it totally crazy, totally unusual!”
By Nick Pinkerton & Sean Price Williams
An interview with Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska on 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.
Essay
Everybody from the 313
By Nick Pinkerton
Revisiting 8 Mile, Eminem’s little hellion-raising cinéma à clef, at 20.
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.
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.
Interview
Breaking Down Breakdown with Jonathan Mostow
By Nick Pinkerton
"You should be kicking their asses!"
Interview
A teenager with some chalk
By Nick Pinkerton
An interview with Radu Jude about his 2020 film Uppercase Print.