film criticism Archives - The American Scholar

Baldwin the Prophet vs. Baldwin the Writer

By Phillip Lopate | 04/28/2017 |

Can a film really capture the essence of both?

Report from Hong Kong

By Phillip Lopate | 04/07/2017 |

30 films, two days, and the inevitable breaking out in song

Liking La La Land and Jackie

By Phillip Lopate | 01/20/2017 |

The perversity of appreciation

The New York Film Festival

By Phillip Lopate | 11/11/2016 |

A report

Feast Your Eyes on This

By Sandra M. Gilbert | 12/10/2014 |

What does the flurry for recent food movies say about our obsessions with all things culinary?