If you’ve taught for even one semester, especially if you decide what textbook to use in your class, then you are aware of the mixed blessing that is the desk/review copy. On the one hand, free (or ...

Ambition intrigues us. Since ancient Greek and Roman times we have watched eagerly as men have been ensnared—and later ruined—by it. People are now perhaps closer to ambition than ever before in the ...

In the proliferation of subgenres, the media noir is perhaps the rarest. From the ’50s alone, Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole, Fritz Lang’s While the City Sleeps, and Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet ...

Tribeca: Roxine Helberg's feature directorial debut is a thin retreading of predictable beats we've seen in countless other movies. It doesn’t exactly scream “nuance” when a film begins with a ...