The Unseen Lens: Paula González-Nasser’s ‘The Scout’ Offers a Poetic Look at NYC’s Hidden Interiors
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By Editorial Staff July 20, 2026 In the bustling, relentless ecosystem of New York City, the film industry often views the metropolis as a sprawling set—a collection of backdrops waiting to be captured, lit, and discarded. But what happens to the people…
The Architecture of Memory: Ross McElwee’s ‘Remake’ and the Ethics of the First-Person Lens
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Music Box Films releases “Remake” in U.S. theaters starting Friday, July 10. Long before the video diary became the en vogue format of personal expression on…
The Literary Lens: Assessing the Cinematic Adaptation of ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’
The impulse to categorize a film centered on the systemic oppression of women in 20th-century Iran as a "feel-good" story is, perhaps, a symptom of a modern media landscape saturated with reductive analysis. Yet, as one sits through Eran…
