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Five Jazz Films, Illustrated

June 18, 2013
BLACK AND TAN

Revisiting jazz film favorites with comics.

The Greatest Silent Films You’ve Never Heard Of

June 12, 2013 | 9 Comments
COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR

Neglected beauties rise out of the archival mists to complicate the silent film canon.

The Ten Best Overlooked Soundtracks

June 7, 2013 | 5 Comments
DAISIES

With all due respect to the great works of music in cinema, I’ll be ignoring them.

Eight Takes: Pier Paolo Pasolini

March 5, 2013 | 2 Comments

Looking back at Pasolini, who would have been ninety one today.

The Iranian Film 50

March 1, 2013 | 9 Comments
ABOUT ELLY

Fifty films essential to understanding Iranian cinema.

Sundance: Eight to Anticipate

January 16, 2013 | One Comment
LOVELACE

As the typical Sundance ‘success’ has moved from the art house to the Oscars, the festival garners a whole new kind of attention.

American Bogeymen

January 9, 2013
POISON

As ZERO DARK THIRTY takes a starring role in a national debate, a playlist of cinematic scares pays tribute to existential threats past, present and parodied.

Dancing in Unexpected Places

January 7, 2013 | One Comment
CERVEZA BUD

While the web moved Gangnam and Girl Walk style in 2012, a century’s worth of cinema finds dance in yet more surprising places.

The Year in Film 2012: Afterthoughts, Events, Surprises

December 31, 2012 | 4 Comments
ROOM 237

Cinema, dead? Not so fast. Keyframe contributors find magic in live events and restorations. But live audiences? That’s another story.

The Year in Film 2012: Scenes and Performances

December 28, 2012
MEKONG HOTEL

Lists and notes on the best scenes and top performances of 2012.

The Year in Film 2012: Feature and Nonfiction Top Tens

December 27, 2012 | One Comment
HOLY MOTORS

Keyframe contributors and friends weigh in on the year that was with Feature and Nonfiction Film Top Tens.

WEST OF MEMPHIS: Injustice, Cont’d

December 24, 2012
WEST OF MEMPHIS

Overlooked by the Academy but deeply appreciated by those in the know, WEST OF MEMPHIS, the fourth nonfiction film in the case of the so-called ‘West Memphis Three,’ builds a rich, new picture of judicial misconduct.