In the course of his seven-decade career, Clint Eastwood has come to be identified with a single striking proposition. Appearing as a hard-bitten detective, a nondescript pilot, or an aging boxing coach, he advances the claim that upholding a system—legal, mechanical, moral—will . . . . Continue Reading »
In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his article “Clint Eastwood's Law” from the October 2024 print edition of the magazine Continue Reading »
Mid-century Ireland was so much more than the poor, priest-ridden, censorship-stifled, philistinic wasteland that Neil Jordan describes. Continue Reading »
Check all the boxes, then chuck it all aside at forty to follow your muse. Play by the rules and win, only to decide that you don’t want the prize. Most of the rebellions were minor. The devoted housewife informed her husband that she would not be cooking dinner for the family on Tuesday and . . . . Continue Reading »
Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky examines life's meaning in his work, but only once depicts a vindication of man's striving for the eternal. Continue Reading »
David Baird joins the podcast to discuss the new book Popcorn with the Pope: A Guide to the Vatican Film List. Continue Reading »
The Big Lebowski and its kind normalized marijuana in our culture. Continue Reading »
Marlene Dietrich's life is a parable about growing old and being famous. Continue Reading »
Tis the season of “The Artist”: On screen, in print, and on stage, the man of the hour is the creative genius, the absolutist, the martyr, the suffering sinner redeemed only when he gives himself away, lovingly and without reservations, to his art. Just ask Hollywood, which is all aflutter at . . . . Continue Reading »
From the first seconds, first-time director Michael Sarnoski establishes a deliciously understated, contemplative mood in Pig. Continue Reading »
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