Archive - Matthew Cole Levine

Director in Focus: Spike Lee, "Do the Right Thing" (1989)

Continuing a series retracing the films of Spike Lee.

Jun 24

The Phoenician Scheme

Wes Anderson returns to the well, and this time around that's mostly a good thing.

Jun 13

April 2025

Keeping vital big-screen entertainment alive!

Apr 27

A masterpiece that belongs to Nastassja Kinski and Sharon Tate as much as Roman Polanski.

Apr 18

March 2025

Rope (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948)

This mini-masterpiece might be Hitch's most unexpected triumph.

Mar 1

February 2025

Revisiting David Lynch: Lost Highway (1997)

Lost Highway is an important bridge in David Lynch's career, ushering him out of the world of Twin Peaks (1992’s Fire Walk with Me was the previous…

Feb 27

December 2024

The Best Movies I Saw in 2024

In lieu of a best-of-the-year list (which I usually can’t finish until late January anyway, as the last acclaimed movies finally get their theatrical…

Dec 31, 2024

Director in Focus: Spike Lee, "School Daze" (1988)

This is the second post in a series focusing on the films of Spike Lee.

Dec 13, 2024

October 2024

New(ish) Releases: Megalopolis

Megalopolis teems with contradictions: it’s a $120 million DIY vanity project, both personal and wildly excessive, maudlin and debaucherous.

Oct 1, 2024

August 2024

My Canon: Empire of Passion (1978)

Post #2 in a series revisiting my favorite movies.

Aug 29, 2024

New(ish) Releases: Twisters

The best blockbuster of 2024 (so far).

Aug 8, 2024

July 2024

Films of Palestine: "Fertile Memory" (1981)

This is the second post in a series focusing on the films of Palestine.

Jul 31, 2024

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