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Jackson Arn

Adaptation: Patricia Highsmith

By Jackson Arn
November 25, 2015
Through the keyhole: revisit this 2015 essay considering the sidelong stories of the writer behind Carol and Strangers on a Train

Review: Self/less

By Jackson Arn
July 10, 2015
The remake fantasy: Tarsem Singh transplants John Frankenheimer’s Seconds to the present day, but does this new model have a conscience?

Titanus: The Demon

By Jackson Arn
May 29, 2015
It takes a village: Brunello Rondi’s supercharged 1963 tale of possession shines in the Film Society’s survey of a singular Italian studio

The Soderbergh Variations: 2001, Recut

By Jackson Arn
April 20, 2015
Creation myth: an extended consideration of Steven Soderbergh's re-edit of 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed (originally) by Stanley Kubrick

Art of the Real: City Ways

By Jackson Arn
April 8, 2015
In four films featured in the annual nonfiction festival, men and women navigate solitude, sex, death, and globalization in urban environments

Notebook: An Evening with Tom McCarthy

By Jackson Arn
February 27, 2015
Double détournement: a screening of Burroughs's Towers Open Fire and Grimonprez's Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, with commentary from the novelist

Film Comment Selects: Sneak Preview

By Jackson Arn
February 17, 2015
Our annual series starts this Friday at the Film Society of Lincoln Center! How about a handy guide to a tantalizing selection from the international, eclectic lineup?