Anthony Mann

Movie Violence Has Never Been Better—Or More Reckless

The way we die now

Classic Western Meets Roman Times in Centurion

Reign of Terror

Men in War

The Furies

Devil's Doorway

Higher Ground: Anthony Mann and his Battles of Will

Raw Deal

New York Film Festival 2009: This Year's Documentaries

Bogart's In A Lonely Place at Film Forum

Playing a tortured writer in a paranoid Hollywood, Bogie kicks off Film Forum's Nick Ray fest

The Hurt Locker, Ticking Time Bomb of a Movie

As unconventional as the warfare it depicts

Kent Jones Leaves the Film Society of Lincoln Center: He's Okay, But Are the Rest of Us Fucked?

Would you believe that even my hometown of Cincinnati--primarily noteworthy for Italianate townhouses, imploding professional sports teams, and homicide--supported a respectable repertory movie theater up until 1996? Once shuttered, the lease was grabbed by a Shakespeare Festival. Moviehouses clos ... More >>

Pulp Fictions: Richard Gehr on Lauren Weinstein and Nate Beaty

Manny Farber 1917-2008

Remembering the painter, professor, and underground model for scores of American film critics

Manny Farber 1917-2008

Remembering the painter, professor, and underground model for scores of American film critics

Quiet on the Western Front

Silent cowboy star William S. Hart gets his first N.Y. retro

Hang Time

Painting With Light

Deep in the shadows of Film Forum's noir series

Pickup on Houston Street

Killer B's: Sprawling retro of lesser-known noirs celebrates an ultra-gritty nihilism

Twisted Trails

From T-Men to lawmen, Anthony Mann carried his noir convictions wherever he rode

Native Son

The slaughter rule: Imperialist lynch mob plays follow-the-leader in Australian outback.

Under the Stars

Smashing Time

Shelf Life

Treasures from Columbia’s Golden Age