The Rumpus Review of The Counselor
Throughout the film’s first act, Scott and screenwriter Cormac McCarthy present a culture of testosterone, then spend later scenes toying with this impression...
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The Rumpus Review of 12 Years A Slave
In 12 Years a Slave, a period piece transforms into drama without distance and intellectual arguments about slavery’s connection to the present.
Cutie And The Boxer, November 25
Monday, November 25 at 8pm, The Rumpus will be hosting a free screening of our favorite movie of the year, Cutie And The Boxer, in the screening room at Videology.
The Rumpus Review of All Is Lost
From the start, All Is Lost understands what makes the survival genre great: an uncompromising dedication to what happens on the screen and a refusal to linger over why it happens or what it means.
The Rumpus Interview with Dylan Ryan
Porn star, writer, performance artist, social worker, and activist Dylan Ryan sheds light on her positive experiences as a sex worker and advocates for the empowerment of women in the porn industry.
The Rumpus Review of The Institute – a documentary about Jejune
The Institute is a new documentary film about the Jejune Institute, one of the most fascinating, disorienting, and exciting experiences to emerge out of the Bay Area in the last several years.
The Rumpus Review of Gravity
They are simply trying to survive against unforgiving forces. That’s why I think Gravity, when it comes down to it, is a horror movie.
Oscar Grant’s America: Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station is more than just the story of a black man with bad luck. It is a story about the foundation of the United States of America, and this country was founded on equal parts endurance and lies.
The Last Movie I Loved: Stories We Tell
If you’re reading this now, you’ve probably slept through enough nights to know what it is to wake up to the absence of someone you loved. The ache of without seems to spread forth from within to taint the day, and all the days, ahead.
5 Broken Cameras: We Know How to Live
Many, many people tell Emad to quit filming. It’s the central premise and organizing structure of the documentary. One by one, his cameras are destroyed by bullets.
Reelings #7: Blue Jasmine
Why is Woody Allen choosing to make a movie about this particular character? Is it to support a modern fable of our economic fall from grace? Or is there something more insidious at play?
The Rumpus Interview with Brian Lindstrom
We talk to filmmaker Brian Lindstrom about his latest project, Alien Boy, the creative process behind documentary filmmaking, and his personal and artistic relationship with his wife, Cheryl Strayed.