FULL TEXT Contemplating the New Physicality of Cinema by C.S. Leigh As moviegoers leave dank, smoke-filled basement theaters behind, how will contemporary cinema change?
Notes from Aboveground by Aaron Cutler The films of Jonas Mekas are masterpieces of nothing.
Cathedral Head by Victoria Nelson A closer look at the deeply Gothic worldview that informs the work of Guillermo del Toro.
A Devil-Obsessed Conglomeration of Christian Misfits by William Giraldi How
The Exorcist, by most accounts the scariest movie ever made, has become completely unscary.
Curse of the Spurned Hippie by Steven G. Kellman Among the small body of American movies filmed in foreign languages is a horror film starring William Shatner—shot entirely in Esperanto.
Sam Mendes in conversation with Heidi Julavits The director of
Revolutionary Road describes the process of adapting—and preserving—Richard Yates’s prose for the screen.
John Sayles interviewed by Antonino D’Ambrosio The “godfather of bootstrap cinema” on vanishing finances, Bruce Lee, and how he might have invented
E.T. Julie Delpy interviewed by Natasha Boas The actress (Godard’s
Détective), screenwriter (Linklater’s
Before Sunrise), and director (
2 Days in Paris) adores sci-fi and Larry David.
FULL TEXT Mike Leigh interviewed by Chloe Veltman “The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They’re able to fly.”
Arthur Bradford micro-interviewed by Dave Eggers 
