Author Profile
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson has written or edited many books, including Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood (2008) and the mystery novels Hemingway Deadlights (2009) and Hemingway Cutthroat (2010). He blogs at Zero For Conduct.
Most Recent Articles
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Features
Robert Redford Doesn’t Know Which Way the Wind’s Blowing
Redford's 'political' film about '60s radicals, The Company You Keep, is anything but. more »
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Culture
Upstream Color Reinvents Cinema
We've seen the future of film, and it's incomprehensible. more »
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Views
Hollywood Is the Wrong Target
Entertainment isn't causing a culture of gun violence--we are. more »
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Views
A Romanian Exorcism
Cristian Mungiu's film 'Beyond the Hills' will take your breath away. more »
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Culture
‘Forget About Morality’
Two Oscar-nominated documentaries present footage of Israel and Palestine you'll never see on network TV. more »
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Features
Zero Nuance
Kathryn Bigelow’s “apolitical” film about bin Laden’s death might as well be a video game. more »
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Culture
A Heathcliff We Haven’t Seen Before
Crafty casting turns Wuthering Heights into a love story haunted by the guilt and ghosts of slavery. more »
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Culture
Tears of Gaza
A new documentary explores the Gaza War from the point of view of children. more »
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Culture
There Will Be Blood ... and Movies
The evolution of our interaction with film more »
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Features
How to Create a Cult
In Kumaré, Vikram Gandhi sets out to determine whether a fake guru could be just as convincing as a “real” guru. more »
