David Bordwell Archives - Chicago Reader

The Wolf of Wall Street and the tradition of grotesque comedy

Martin Scorsese’s latest upholds a comic style that’s at least as old as cinema itself.

Talking to a couple of Rogers Park theater managers as their cinema converts to digital projection

Reflections on my stay at the 2012 Wisconsin Film Festival

Rodney Powell of University of Chicago Press details the publication of new books by Dave Kehr and David Bordwell.

A lot of people think superhero movies are “childish.” If only that were true.

David Bordwell lets the air out of cinephiles.

Even for control-conscious filmmakers, it sometimes pays to throw caution to the wind.

Can a movie ever be plagiarized … or is that just another name for remake?

The Danish provocateur in chief is apparently up to his old new tricks again.