Nick Davis Associate Professor Department of English, Program in Gender and     Sexuality Studies, Northwestern University Blog / Twitter / Email Buy my first book! Guide to my ratings Optimal on Firefox Resolution: 1280 x 800 Articles Published Here and Elsewhere October 2018 Feature: 2018 Chicago Film Festival Film Comment (online): Joy, Jumpman, Buy Me a Gun, Ruth Carter, Sandra Bland, etc. September 2018 Feature: Problematic! The Films of 1999 Film Comment (print and online): Profile of a college course I taught on films from 1999 Feature: 2018 Toronto Film Festival Film Comment (online): ANIARA, High Life, Vox Lux, Angelo, Graves without a Name, etc. Review: America to Me, 2018 Film Comment (print): dir. Steve James, et al.; documentary series about U.S. high school July 2018 Review: Leave No Trace, 2018 Film Comment (print and online): Short Take; dir. Debra Granik; with Thomasin McKenzie March 2018 Review: The Workshop, 2017 Film Comment (print and online): dir. Laurent Cantet; with Matthieu Lucci, Marina Foïs January 2018 Review: In Between, 2017 Film Comment (print and online): Short Take; dir. Maysaloun Hamoud; with Mouna Hawa December 2017 Feature: The Best Films of 2017 Sight & Sound (online): Get Out, Life and Nothing More, Western, Zama, and runners-up Feature: 2017 Toronto Film Festival Film Comment (online): Life and Nothing More, Our People Will Be Healed, Ava, Waru, etc. September 2017 Interview: Jane Campion Film Comment (online; excerpt in print): Top of the Lake: China Girl, career retrospective August 2017 Review: BPM (Beats Per Minute), 2017 Film Comment (print and online): Short Take; dir. Robin Campillo; with Arnaud Valois May 2017 Feature: 1987 Cannes Staycation, Part 3 Film Comment (online): Wings of Desire, Barfly, Robinsonada, Under the Sun of Satan, etc. Feature: 1987 Cannes Staycation, Part 2 Film Comment (online): Babette's Feast, Wedding in Galilee, Matewan, Wish You Were Here, etc. Feature: 1987 Cannes Staycation, Part 1 Film Comment (online): Un Zoo la nuit, Yeelen, Yam Daabo, ...And the Pursuit of Happiness, etc. March 2017 Review: Frantz, 2016 Film Comment (print and online): dir. François Ozon; with Paula Beer, Pierre Niney Feature: Two Arabian Knights, 1927 Film Comment (online): TCM Diary; dir. Lewis Milestone; with William Boyd, Louis Wolheim January 2017 Feature: The Best Films of 2016 Sight & Sound (online): Raising Bertie, Things to Come, Moonlight, and runners-up Feature: 2016 Chicago Film Festival Film Comment (online): Do Not Resist, Raising Bertie, 24 Weeks, Samuel in the Clouds, etc. Review: The Salesman, 2016 Film Comment (print and online): Short Take; dir. Asghar Farhadi; with Shahab Hosseini November 2016 Feature: Sally Kirkland Film Comment (print): Analysis of the actress's Oscar-nominated performance in Anna July 2016 Feature: Kristen Stewart Film Comment (print; excerpt online): Analysis of the actress's persona and body of work November 2015 Interview: Todd Haynes, Part 2 Film Comment (online): Conversation about his self-curated career retrospective Feature: 2015 Toronto Film Festival Film Comment (online): 3000 Nights, As I Open My Eyes, Much Loved, Starve Your Dog, etc. Interview: Todd Haynes, Part 1 Film Comment (print and online): Conversation about Carol and its inspirations June 2015 Interview: Mia Wasikowska Film Comment (online): Interview with the actress on the occasion of Madame Bovary May 2012 Recording: Illuminating the Shadows: Film Criticism in Focus Block Museum of Art: Discussion with Elena Gorfinkel, Adrian Martin, Girish Shambu July 2007 Feature: Love Field, 1992 Film Experience Blog: Review focusing on Michelle Pfeiffer's performance Permalink Home Blog E-Mail