Reviews: Films

Cuties (Mignonnes)

Majalli Fatah rips apart a so-called ‘feminist’ critique of an uncomfortable feminist film.
[Issue 142: February/March 2021]

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Siobhain Lash argues that you can sometimes be to blame even when you couldn’t have done differently.
[Issue 141: December 2020 / January 2021]

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Terri Murray gets to the core of ethics with Socrates and Woody Allen [CONTAINS PLOT SPOILERS!].
[Issue 139: August/September 2020]

A Few Good Men

Matt Qvortrup casts Tom Cruise as a Kantian and Jack Nicholson as a utilitarian in this Cold War courtroom ethics epic.
[Issue 138: June/July 2020]

Zombies

Chris Ferbrache wonders why zombie movies have remained so popular for almost a century.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020]

Joker

Ștefan Bolea meditates on madness at the movies.
[Issue 136: February/March 2020]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Thomas E. Wartenberg sees current concerns about truth in the news spotlighted by a classic Western.
[Issue 134: October/November 2019]

Nightcrawler

Terri Murray watches the disappearance of reality into images, in the name of news.
[Issue 133: August/September 2019]

Philosopher at a Film Festival

Thomas E. Wartenberg reports from the 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
[Issue 132: June/July 2019]

Arrival

Christopher Carroll asks if communicating with aliens really would be possible.
[Issue 131: April/May 2019]

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