Damage’s Top Ten Movie Moms We love our moms, and we love our movies. It’s Damage’s top ten movie moms. (Plus one because Almodóvar loves his moms, and plus another because RIP Shelley Duvall.)
Left-Critic Consciousness and a Right Kind of Worker If we’re going to criticize trade-union consciousness, we should do the same for “left-critic consciousness,” which too often privileges a “right kind” of worker.
Critical Cul-de-Sac Contemporary film criticism increasingly takes the form of a ceaseless hunt for hidden messages in movies. In addition to producing outlandish interpretations, it is also confusing the role of art in society.