on principle

Scorsese vs. Scorsese: Tales of Two Dreamers

Scorsese vs. Scorsese: Tales of Two Dreamers

The Wolf of Wall Street celebrates deception, whereas Hugo upholds the search for truth. Which worldview is Scorsese's?
The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them

The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them

Caesar Must Die and The Act of Killing are experiments that mix fiction and reality in distinct ways in order to investigate the relationship between freedom and violence.

How the Paparazzi Everyman Is Failing Our Entertainers, Failing Ourselves

The End of the Beach Boys’ Summer

Warning! These Films Contain Madness

‘Spring Breakers’, ‘Pain & Gain’ and Postmodern Folly at the Movies

The Ethics of Control: ‘Paul Williams Still Alive’

A Show Divided: ‘Entourage’ as Satire and Misfire

Media Effects: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and the Justice of Journalism

Agitprop to Occupy My Time: ‘In Time’ for the Revolution

The Tabloidization of Errol Morris

This Show Just Got a Little Too Real: Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’