Sex in Movies Isn't Dying, It's Changing
Movies are having less sex. Are they less erotic? A take on what a sex scene is really for.
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deep dives
We go deep, long, and hard on films we're passionate about. Usually older films we feel are relevant to the present, but also anything longer than a quick read.
‘Michael Clayton’ and the Complicity of the Janitors
A lawn too green to be real, a neighbor who worked at Monsanto, and the working-class janitor at the center of Michael Clayton. On who carries the blame.
Should we keep watching ‘Michael Clayton’?
Soon, the films that defined a generation of millennials will be twenty years old. Revisiting some of them, we can ask which ones will still be watched.
‘The Vanishing’ is Evil and Essential
The most famous abduction in Dutch cinema happens in flat midday light, in full view, with nothing hidden — and it still makes you sign the contract.
Is ‘Ripley’ the Most Beautiful Television Series Ever Made?
Steven Zaillian and Robert Elswit built eight hours in which every gorgeous frame implicates the person enjoying it. Beauty as a moral instrument, not decor.
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