Criticism — Minneapolis / St. Paul Cinephile Society

The First Image: on Martin Scorsese and "Silence"

Niles SchwartzJuly 20, 2019Martin Scorsese, Silence, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Shusako Endo, The Last Temptation of Christ

Terry Gilliam's "12 Monkeys"

Niles SchwartzNovember 15, 2018Terry Gilliam, 12 Monkeys, Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeline Stowe, David Peoples, Janet Peoples, La Jetee, Chris Marker, Slant Magazine, David Morse

Terminal Man: Brian De Palma's "Carlito's Way"

Niles SchwartzNovember 10, 2018Carlito's Way, Brian De Palma, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Mission: Impossible, Casualties of War, The Untouchables, Blow Out, Bonfire of the VanitiesComment

The Howling Gale of the Finite: "First Man"

Niles SchwartzOctober 12, 2018Damien Chazelle, Josh Singer, Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, First Man, Neil Armstrong, NASA

Faustian Poptimism: "A Star is Born"

Niles SchwartzOctober 5, 2018A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, David Bowie, George Cukor, Sam Elliott, Eric Roth, Doctor Faustus

John Boorman's "Exorcist II: The Heretic"

Niles SchwartzOctober 4, 2018John Boorman, Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist, William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty, Scream Factory, Slant Magazine, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Richard Burton, James Earl Jones, Louise Fletcher

Alex Cox's "Straight to Hell"

Niles SchwartzOctober 4, 2018Slant Magazine, The House Next Door, Alex Cox, Straight to Hell, Joe Strummer, Sid and Nancy, Repo Man, Sy Richardson, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, The Pogues, Kino Lorber

"The Tree of Life" Criterion Collection Review

Niles SchwartzOctober 4, 2018Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, Criterion Collection, Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Slant Magazine

Lee Chang-dong's "Burning"

Niles SchwartzSeptember 10, 2018Burning, Lee Chang-dong, Steven Yeun, Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, Slant Magazine

One Heat Minute Podcast: on the 74th Minute of Michael Mann's "Heat"

Niles SchwartzSeptember 9, 2018Michael Mann, Heat, Blake Howard, One Heat Minute, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro

Susan Seidelman's "Smithereens"

Niles SchwartzSeptember 7, 2018Susan Seidelman, Smithereens, Susan Berman, Richard Hell, The Feelies, Criterion Collection, Slant Magazine

"The Meg"

Niles SchwartzSeptember 7, 2018Jason Statham, The Meg, Joe Turteltaum, Jaws

"Christopher Robin"

Niles SchwartzSeptember 7, 2018Christopher Robin, Walt Disney, The Tao of Pooh, Marc Forster, Alex Ross Perry, Ewan McGregor

John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy"

Niles SchwartzSeptember 7, 2018Don Quixote, Midnight Cowboy, Waldo Salt, Jon Voight, Slant Magazine, Dustin Hoffman, John Schlesinger, Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sofia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides"

Niles SchwartzJuly 27, 2018Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides, Slant Magazine, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Francis Ford Coppola, Criterion Collection

"The Equalizer 2"

Niles SchwartzJuly 19, 2018The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, Antoine Fuqua, Richard Wenk, Denzel Washington, Ashton Sanders

"Eighth Grade"

Niles SchwartzJuly 19, 2018Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, Pretty in Pink

"Sicario: Day of the Soldado"

Niles SchwartzJune 28, 2018Taylor Sheridan, Sicario, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, Denis Villeneuve, Stefano Sollima, Slant Magazine

"The Year of Spectacular Men"

Niles SchwartzJune 28, 2018Madelyn Deutch, Lea Thompson, The Year of Spectacular Men, Slant Magazine, Zoey Deutch

"Off the Map: Freedom, Control, and the Future in Michael Mann's PUBLIC ENEMIES" Now Available

Niles SchwartzJune 25, 2018Public Enemies, Michael Mann, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, John Dillinger, Niles Schwartz, Reel Spirituality, Blackhat