ENG 282: 2010s

2010:

127 Hours (USA/UK: Danny Boyle, 2010: 94 mins)

Kellett, Christine. "Audience faints at 'realistic' amputation film." The Sydney Morning Herald (September 15, 2010)

Black Swan (USA: Darren Aronofsky, 2010: 108 mins)

The Black Swan Issue Little White Lies #33 (2010)

Carlos (France/Germany: Olivier Assayas, 2010: 330 mins)

The Carlos Issue #31 (2010)

Yue, Genevieve. "The Curtain’s Undrawn: An Interview with Olivier Assayas on Carlos." Senses of Cinema #57 (2010)

Even the Rain (Spain/Mexico/France: Icíar Bollaín, 2010: 103 mins)

Sitrin, Marina. "Ruptures in imagination: Horizontalism, autogestion and affective politics in Argentina." Policy & Practice #5 (Autumn 2007)

In a Better World (Denmark/Sweden: Susanne Bier, 2010: 119 mins)

"In a Better World. (2010) Susanne Bier." Filmsweep (June 29, 2011)

Incendies (Canada/France: Denis Villeneuve, 2010: 130 mins)

Pike, David L. "Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (2010)." Bright Lights Film Journal #74 (November 2011)

Inside Job (USA: Charles Ferguson, 2010: 120 mins)

Ferguson, Charles. "Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America." Democracy Now (Posted on Dialogic: May 29, 2012)

Kaboom (USA: Greg Araki, 2010: 86 mins)

Maanen, James Van. Kaboom Guru (May 31, 2011)

Let Me In (United Kingdom/USA: Matt Reeves, 2010: 116 mins)

Kuerstein, Erich. "Swedish Death, American Style." Acidemic #7 (2012)

The Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugal: Raoul Ruiz, 2010: 272 mins)

Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy. "Everything is Permeable." The Current (August 5, 2011)

Never Let Me Go (UK/USA: Mark Romanek, 2010: 103 mins)

Kunkel, Benjamin. "Dystopia and the End of Politics." Dissent (Fall 2008)

Nostalgia for the Light (France/Germany/Chile/Spain/USA: Patricio Guzmán, 2010: 90 mins)

Ball, Norman. "Fourth Moments in the Atacama Desert: On Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

Of Gods and Men (France: Xavier Beauvois, 2010: 122 mins)

Greydanus, Stephen D. "'Of Gods and Men': A transcendent spiritual portrait of faith, love and martyrdom." National Catholic Register (March 9, 2011)

Poetry (South Korea: Lee Chang-Dong, 2010: 139 mins)

White, Rob. "Into the Past." Film Quarterly 64.4 (Summer 2011)

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Finway/Norway/France/Sweden: Jalmari Helander, 2010: 84 mins)

Kalat, David. "Rare Exports." Movie Morlocks (December 24, 2011)

Restrepo (USA: Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, 2010: 93 mins)

Turse, Nick. "Death on Your Doorstep: What Sebastian Junger and Restrepo Won’t Tell You About War." TomDispatch (July 13, 2010)

Shutter Island (USA: Martin Scorsese, 2010: 138 mins)

Lehane, Dennis. "Between Dorchester Ave and Sunset Boulevard." Radio Open Source (November 22, 2010)

Sleeping Beauty (France: Catherine Breillat, 2010: 82 mins)

Garcia, Maria. "Rewriting Fairy Tales, Revisiting Female Identity: An Interview with Catherine Breillat." Cineaste 36.3 (2011)

The Tillman Story (USA: Amir Bar-Lev, 2010: 94 mins)

Kirby, Sean. "Cinematographer - Police Beat, Zoo, Lovely Still, Against The Current, The Tillman Story." Spoiler Alert Radio (January 10, 2011)

Treme (HBO TV Series: Eric Overmeyer and David Simon: 2010 - )

Leyda, Julia. "'This Complicated, Colossal Failure': The Abjection of Creighton Bernette in HBO's Treme." Television and New Media (February 7, 2012)

Waiting for Superman (USA: Dave Guggenheim, 2010: 111 mins)

Faux, Jeff. " Education Profiteering; Wall Street's Next Big Thing?" The Real News Network (September 30, 2012)

2011:

18 Days (Egypt: Ahmad Abdalla, et al., 2011: 125 mins)

Massa, Stephen. "18 Days and the 'Montage of History'." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

The People of the Egyptian Revolution The Adventures of Tin Tin (USA/New Zealand: Steven Spielberg, 2011: 107 mins)

Benedict, Steven. "The Techniques and Themes of Steven Spielberg." Vimeo (August 8, 2012)

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace (United Kingdom: 180 mins)

Atkinson, Michael. "Archival Trouble: The fiction-free science fiction of Adam Curtis." Moving Image Source (February 16, 2012)

Ball, Norman. "The Power of Auteurs and the Last Man Standing: Adam Curtis' Documentary Nightmares." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

The Artist (France/Belgium: Michel Hazanavicius, 2011: 100 mins)

Wilder, Felix. "The Artist, The Most Emasculating Film of the Year." Omega Level (January 16, 2012)

Attack the Block (UK/France: Joe Cornish, 2011: 88 mins)

The Attack the Block Issue #34 (2011)

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Sweden: Göran Olsson, 2011: 100 mins)

Tate, Greg. "Fight for rights, will to power: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975." Sight and Sound (December 2011)

White, Rob. "Interview with Göran Hugo Olsson." Film Quarterly (Winter 2011)

Contagion (USA: Steven Soderbergh, 2011: 106 mins)

Benson-Allott, Caetlin. "Out of Sight." Film Quarterly 65.2 (Winter 2011)

Clover, Joshua. "Fall and Rise." Film Quarterly 65.2 (Winter 2011)

Damsels in Distress (USA: Whit Stillman, 2011: 99 mins)

Smith, Justine, et al. "Spotlight + Interview – Director Whit Stillman (‘Damsels In Distress,’ ‘The Last Days of Disco’)." Sound on Sight #319 (May 3, 2012)

The Day He Arrives (South Korea: Sang-soo Hong, 2011: 79 mins)

Lee, Kevin B. "Viewing Between the Lines in The Day He Arrives." Fandor (March 21, 2013)

Declaration of War (France: Valérie Donzelli, 2011: 100 mins)

O'Hehir, Andrew. "Surviving a parents’ nightmare, with wine and sex: A young couple faces their son's deadly illness, with Parisian flair, in Declaration of War." Salon (January 26, 2012)

The Deep Blue Sea (UK/USA: Terence Davies, 2011: 98 mins)

Wood, Jason. "Directors of the Year: Terence Davies." International Film Guide: 2012 ed. Ian Hadyn Smith.

Drive (USA: Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011: 100 mins)

The Drive Issue Little White Lies #37 (2011)

Refn, Nicholas Wending. "The Search for a Real Hero." Cinema Scope #48 (2011)

The Game of Thrones (HBO TV Series: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 2011 - )

Goldman, Michael. "Harsh Realms." American Cinematographer (May 2012)

The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo (USA/Sweden/UK/Germany: David Fincher, 2011: 158 mins)

Holben, Jay. "Cold Case." American Cinematographer (January 2012)

Tyree, J.M. "Archive Fighter." Film Quarterly 65.3 (Spring 2012)

Hot Coffee (USA: Susan Saladoff, 2011: 88 mins)

Saladoff, Susan. "Hot Coffee." Media Matters (October 9, 2011)

Hugo (USA: Martin Scorsese, 2011: 126 mins)

Hoberman, J. "Hugo and the Magic of Film Trickery." The Guardian (February 24, 2012)

Into the Abyss (Germany/Canada: Werner Herzog, 2011: 107 Mins)

Ebert, Roger. "Nobody has the right to take another life." Chicago Sun-Times (January 4, 2012)

Le Havre (Finland/France/Germany: Aki Kaurismäki, 2011: 93 mins)

Sicinski, Michael. "Port of Forgotten Dreams: Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre." Cinema Scope (November 4, 2011)

Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany: Lars Von Triers, 2011: 136 mins)

White, Rob. "Interview with Manuel Alberto Claro." Film Quarterly 65.4 (Summer 2012)

Midnight in Paris (Spain/USA: Woody Allen, 2011: 94 mins)

Merrick, Amy. "Living In: Midnight in Paris." Design Sponge (July 2011)

North, Dan. "Midnight in Paris. Spectacular Attractions (January 8, 2012)

Mildred Pierce (HBO TV Mini-series, 2011)

Leyda, Julia. ""Something That Is Dangerous and Arousing and Transgressive": An Interview with Todd Haynes." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

Miss Bala (Mexico: Gerardo Naranjo, 2011: 113 mins)

Teodoro, Jose. Miss Bala: Nightmare State." Film Comment (January/February 2012)

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011: 150 mins)

Dollar, Steve. "Film of the Week: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia." GreenCine Daily (January 4, 2012)

Oslo, August 31 (Norway: Joachim Trier, 2011: 95 mins)

Yoshioka, Maximillian. "Norwegian Nihilism: On Joachim Trier's Oslo August 31st. Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

Polisse (France: Maiwenn, 2011: 127 mins)

Link, Trevor. "Polisse." Spectrum Culture (May 20, 2012)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (USA: Rupert Wyatt, 2011: 105 mins)

Clover, Joshua. "Fall and Rise." Film Quarterly 65.2 (Winter 2011)

A Separation (Iran: Asghar Farhadi, 2011: 123 mins)

O'Hehir, Andrew. "Dazzling Iranian drama A Separation: Part Hitchcock mystery, part scathing social critique, a must-see." Salon (December 30, 2012)

White, Rob. "Institutionalized." Film Quarterly 65.3 (Spring 2012)

Shame (United Kingdom: Steve McQueen, 2011: 101 mins)

Fisher, Mark. "Non-film: Steve McQueen’s Shame." Film Quarterly (January 2012)

Sleeping Beauty (Australia: Julia Leigh, 2011: 101 mins)

Chow, Lesley. "Dream Story: Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty." Bright Lights Film Journal #76 (May 2012)

This is Not a Film (Iran: Jafar Panahi, 2011: 75 mins)

White, Rob. "Institutionalized." Film Quarterly 65.3 (Spring 2012)

Tomboy (France: Céline Sciamma, 2011: 84 mins)

Temple, Melissa Bow. "It's Okay to Be Neither." Together for Jackson County Kids (December 16, 2011)

The Turin Horse (Hungary/Germany/France/Switzerland/USA: Bela Tarr, 2011: 146 mins)

Cutler, Aaron. "Multiple Vision: Deciphering the isolated gazes in the films of Béla Tarr." Multiple Image Source (February 2012)

Handley, David. "The Turin Horse and the End of Civilization As We Know It." Offscreen (April 30, 2012)

2012:

Anna Karenina (UK: Joe Wright, 2012: 129 mins)

Rafferty, Terrence. "Degrees of Infidelity to Tolstoy’s Heroine: Keira Knightley in Joe Wright’s ‘Anna Karenina’." The New York Times (November 4, 2012)

Artifact (USA: Jared Leto, 2012)

Fowler, Robert. "Artifact: A musician’s struggle against a giant corporation." World Socialist Web Site (November 19, 2012)

The Avengers (USA: Joss Whedon, 2012: 143 mins)

Bleasdale, John. "Avengers Dissemble: A Polemic." Alternate Takes (June 10, 2012)

Witmer, John D. "Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC brings the Earth’s mightiest heroes to the big screen for Joss Whedon’s The Avengers." American Cinematographer (June 2012)

Compliance (USA: Craig Zobel, 2012: 90 mins)

O'Hehir, Andrew. "'I was just following orders': Why are we so eager to obey authority, whether the boss, the TSA or the president? A new movie has some answers." Salon (August 19, 2012)

Rizov, Vadim. "Film of the Week: Compliance." Green Cine Daily (August 15, 2012)

Cosmopolis (France/Canada/Portugal/Italy: David Croneberg, 2012: 108 mins)

O'Hehir, Andrew. "David Cronenberg: How I seduced Rob Pattinson." Salon (August 18, 2012)

Django: Unchained (USA: Quentin Tarantino, 2012: 165 mins)

Brown, Cecil. "Tarantino's "Django: Unchained": Hollywood’s Nigger Joke." Counterpunch (January 1, 2012)

Kaplan, Erin Aubry. "'Django' an unsettling experience for many blacks." LA Times (December 28, 2012)

Gangs of Wasseypur (India: Anurag Kashyap, 2012)

Hurtado, J. "GANGS OF WASSEYPUR Is An Epic Experience Hamstrung By A Half-Assed DVD." Twitch (November 25, 2012)

Ginger and Rosa (UK/Denmark/Canada/Croatia: Sally Potter, 2012)

"Ginger and Rosa (UK) (2012)." The Case for Global Film (October 22, 2012)

How to Survive a Plague (USA: David France, 2012: 120 mins)

France, David and Peter Staley. "How to Survive a Plague": As ACT UP Turns 25, New Film Chronicles History of AIDS Activism in U.S." Democracy Now (March 23, 2012)

The Hunger Games (USA: Gary Ross, 2012: 142 mins)

Hudson, David. "Gary Ross's Hunger Games The Daily (March 20-24, 2012)

The Invisible War (USA: Kirby Dick, 2012: 93 mins)

Cioca, Kori, Kirby Dick and Trina McDonald. "The Invisible War: New Film Exposes Rape, Sexual Assault Epidemic in U.S. Military." Democracy Now (January 30, 2012)

The Koch Brothers Exposed (USA: Robert Greenwald, 2012)

Greenwald, Robert. "Koch Brothers Exposed: The 1% at Its Very Worst." Uprising Radio (March 27, 2012)

Looper (USA/China: Rian Johnson, 2012: 119 mins)

Cummings, Alex Sayf. "Time, Fate, and the History of the Future in Looper." Tropics of Meta (October 22, 2012)

Paradise Love (Austria/Germany/France: Ulrich Seidl, 2012: 120 mins)

Papayanis, Marilyn Adler. "Sex on the Beach: The Yin Yang of Female Sex Tourism in Two Films." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

Prometheus (USA: Ridley Scott, 2012: 124 mins)

Weetch, Owen. "Prometheus." Alternate Takes (July 5, 2012)

The Sessions (USA: Ben Lewin, 2012: 95 mins)

Rochlin, Margy. "Who’s That Man in the Iron Lung? John Hawkes Brings Years of Film Work to The Sessions." Democracy Now (October 14, 2012)

Silver Linings Playbook (USA: David O'Russell, 2012: 122 mins)

Weetch, Owen. "The Healthy Lie of Silver Linings Playbook." Alternate Takes (January 16, 2013)

Snow White and the Huntsman (USA: Rupert Sanders, 2012: 127 mins)

Heath, Roderick. "Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)." Ferdy on Film (July 23, 2012)

The Untold History of the United States (USA: Oliver Stone, 2012)

Kuznick, Peter and Oliver Stone. "The Untold History of the United States." After Words (December 29, 2012)

---. "The Untold U.S. History from the Atomic Age to Vietnam to Obama’s Drone Wars." Democracy Now (November 16, 2012)

2013:

Upstream Color (USA: Shane Caruth, 2013: 96 mins)

Leary, M. "Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013)." Filmwell (April 18, 2013)