Reverse Shot A different angle on moving images—past, present, and future

• Reverse Shot Does It Again September 21, 2023-December 31, 2023 Reconsidering not only a work of art but how we once considered it. What is it about a particular film that has made us want to revisit, reassess, or retrench our original evaluation?
• Summer of ’81 July 8, 2022-August 30, 2022 The study of a movie year, neither here nor there, in between cinematic renaissances.
• Take Seven: Object Lessons November 11, 2021-February 28, 2022 An exploration of the purpose and meaning of objects in cinema.
• Great Beyond December 10, 2020-April 14, 2021 Testing the border limits of cinephilia by returning to films from other countries that made impressions on us at impressionable ages.
• Best of the Decade: The Return January 21, 2020-February 18, 2020 The twenty best films of 2010-2019, determined by a poll of Reverse Shot contributors
• Binoche Auteur July 1, 2019-August 26, 2019 A closer look at the films and performances of one of our most expansive international stars.
• 15 Rising September 18, 2018-November 9, 2018 For our 15th anniversary, 15 fantastic filmmakers who have made fewer than five films each.
• Take Six: Reverse Shot in Time October 26, 2017-November 30, 2017 What is contained in one particular passage of time?
• Executive Orders May 16-30, 2017 Coming to cinematic terms with the new Trump Administration.
• CineVardaUtopia September 22, 2016-December 14, 2016 She is a figure of constant surprise, of reinvention, of charm and oddity and intellectual freedom.
• True Stories May 10, 2016-June 16, 2016 Why are we suddenly so obsessed with questioning cinematic reality?
• Reverse Shot Unauthorized October 22, 2015-December 7, 2015 Rethinking standard definitions of film authorship
• Take Five: Reverse Shot in Space February 25, 2015-April 28, 2015 Considering the size and shape of the screen
• Martin Scorsese: He Is Cinema September 17, 2014-October 27, 2014 A journey through the films of an American cinematic icon
• Home Theater March 12, 2014-April 4, 2014 Putting the new Golden Age of Television to the test
• Wong Kar-wai: Myths in Motion July 12, 2013-August 23, 2013 Catching up with the Hong Kong movie visionary
• The Life of Film April 1, 2013-May 6, 2013 To celebrate ten years of Reverse Shot, each writer chose a film that gives him or her hope for the future of the medium.
• Take Four: Color Correct August 15-31, 2012 One color, one film
• Steven Spielberg: Nostalgia and the Light March 25, 2012-April 30, 2012 An expansive career symposium of the singular Hollywood auteur
• Simply the Worst September 1-30, 2011 When good directors go bad.
• Stuck in the Middle May 9-29, 2011 Indie cinema meets studio middlebrow
• Take Three: Reverse Shot Sounds Off June 14, 2010-July 21, 2010 Each writer takes on one sound from a film
• Best of the Decade December 6, 2009-January 1, 2010 The twenty best films of 2000-2009, determined by a poll of Reverse Shot contributors
• The American All-Stars October 19-28, 2009 A survey of contemporary Latin American cinema
• Claire Denis: The Art of Seduction June 26, 2009-July 16, 2009 Looking at the sensual films of the great French auteur
• Proposition 24: Defining a New Queer Cinema March 28, 2009-April 13, 2009 What does queer cinema mean in the twenty-first century?
• Hou Hsiao-hsien: In Search of Lost Time August 1-20, 2008 Investigating the career of the great Taiwanese auteur
• The New World: Reverse Shot Goes Digital April 24-27, 2008 Assessing the brave new realms of film with directors who've adopted digital editing and shooting
• Gus Van Sant: Vague Recollections November 10-24, 2007 Evaluating the American independent icon's wide and varied oeuvre
• Take Two: In the Cut July 2-19, 2007 One film, one cut
• Reverse Shot On Demand April 11-18, 2007 Coming of age as cinephiles in the era of home video
• Brian De Palma: Junk Art November 1-28, 2006 Surveying the career of the experimental auteur turned master of the macabre
• Take One July 15-31, 2006 Each writer takes on one shot from a film
• Reverse Shock May 4-13, 2006 Reapplying overused words like “subversive” or “transgressive” or “shocking”
• Neil Jordan October 26, 2005-November 10, 2005 The career of the Irish director
• Reverse Shot Fesses Up September 4-15, 2005 Our writers finally watch the classics they've embarrassingly missed.
• Jim Jarmusch: Dog Days August 1-11, 2005 The Stranger Than Paradise American indie trailblazer comes of age.
• East Meets West May 12-20, 2005 Finding the hidden connections between Asian and American cinema
• Tsai Ming-liang December 6, 2004-December 13, 2014 The beauty and ache of the films by the astonishing Taiwanese artist
• Reverse Shot for President October 19-30, 2004 Reverse Shot, movies, and weighing the American Way
• Richard Linklater June 23, 2004-July 2, 2004 Gabbing about the films of the Austin-based American treasure
• The Holy Moment February 14-26, 2004 Faith and spirituality in cinema past and present
• The Old Song and Dance December 9-15, 2003 Stepping out with some of our favorite contemporary musicals
• Olivier Assayas September 14-19, 2003 The French auteur is one of the most exciting filmmakers alive.
• This Means War! June 16-23, 2003 Antiwar cinema, then and now