Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film/Politics The Films of 2016 Didn’t See Trump Coming, Either By Chris Barsanti / 22 December 2016 As a gauge of the American zeitgeist, 2016’s films provided no warning of the reactionary backlash the nation just woke up to.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film The Best Films of 2016 By PopMatters Staff / 16 December 2016 PopMatters presents a list of the best films that surfaced in 2016 and impressed us with their cinematic visions of where we’ve been.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Film/PopMatters Picks/Reviews ‘Manchester By the Sea’ Is a Tragedy Bursting With Life By Chris Barsanti / 18 November 2016 In Kenneth Lonergan’s intricate character study, Casey Affleck’s deadpan grief and humor remind us that he is among America's best actors.
Events/Featured: Top of Home Page/Film/Short Ends and Leader TIFF 2016: ‘Manchester by the Sea’ and ‘Neruda’ By Stephen Mayne / 9 September 2016 Misery and Poets: the first day of TIFF sees a brilliant return for Kenneth Lonergan and meta-fictional madness from Chile.