Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized December 2021: Parallel Mothers, Benedetta, Red Rocket & More – 12/1/21

Christopher Schobert –

• ENDING THE YEAR AT THE MOVIES: Hollywood Holidays, the return of riverrun, and pre-code classics – 12/1/21

Jeff Simon –

• Mel Brooks waited 95 years to tell his story. It was worth the wait – 12/1/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• How the NY Times Built Its Op-Docs Series Into an Awards Pipeline, Firelight Media Doc Lab Fellows, On Alan Berliner’s Home-Movie Collage – 12/6/21
• The End (of ’21) is Nigh – Best of Lists, Awards, Sundance ’22 – 12/13/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized November 2021: Spencer, The Power of the Dog, C’mon C’mon & More – 11/4/21

Christopher Schobert –

• Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Analyzing David Fincher, Reminiscing With Spike Lee, the Making of Dune & More – 11/22/21

Jeff Simon –

• With ‘Squid Game’ and Chappelle, Netflix is the talk of the world. Now what? – 11/4/21
• No matter what outsiders may say, Buffalo is a town of secret sophistication – 11/10/21
• The books-to-movie carousel keeps spinning for ‘Dexter,’ ‘Passing’ and Bond – James Bond – 11/18/21
• Oliver Stone proved his genius with ‘Platoon.’ Then things started to go wrong. – 11/24/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• DOC NYC & IDA Awards Shortlists, BIFA Doc Longlist, and a Report on Nonfiction Storytelling on Gun Violence – 11/1/21
• DOC NYC 40 Under 40 List, Cinema Eye Honors Unforgettables & Audience Award Noms, IDFA Unveils Opening Film & Main Competition – 11/8/21
• Alliance of Doc Editors Release Edit Schedules, Cinema Eye Announces Nominees, IDA Awards Name Honorees – 11/15/21
• DOC NYC Award Winners, Who Killed Malcolm X? Leads to Exonerations,  IDA Doc Awards Nominees, Variety Documentary Day Lineup – 11/22/21
• Oscars Doc Race Gets 100 Fewer Than Last Year, IDFA Award Winners, Get Back Reaches Audiences – 11/29/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized October 2021: The French Dispatch, Titane, The Velvet Underground & More – 9/30/21

Christopher Schobert –

• 2021 NYFF Roundup – The Velvet Underground, Almodóvar’s latest, and a visit with Jane Birkin – 10/16/21
• Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: NYC and the Movies, Analyzing Inland Empire, and How Shaun of the Dead Came to Life – 10/21/21
• Shredd & Ragan: Chris Schobert with some great Horror finds – 10/26/21
• 2021 Chicago International Film Fest roundup – 10/27/21

Jeff Simon –

• The double reverse hype of Katie Couric’s new book – 10/12/21
• In praise of cop and crime shows, the comfort food of a TV diet – 10/21/21
• Tragedy on the set of ‘Rust’ brings back long-ago lessons of respect for guns – 10/29/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• News & Doc Emmy Awards, LGBTQ+ Doc Banned in Kenya – 10/4/21
• SABAYA Consent Controversy, Paris Theater’s ‘New Directions in Documentary’, Thai Cave Rescue Footage – 10/11/21
• Diane Weyermann Dead at 66, Field Of Vision Launches Global Apprenticeship Program, Redford Center & IF/Then Shorts Announce Finalists – 10/18/21
• Cinema Eye Honors & Critics’ Choice Doc Nominees, Tributes to Diane Weyermann, Sabaya Consent Controversy Summarized – 10/25/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized September 2021: Prisoners of the Ghostland, The Card Counter, Anne at 13,000 Ft. & More – 9/1/21

Jeff Simon –

• Of waves, raves and morning faves: Putting the ‘TV’ in focus on TV news – 9/3/21
• My new smart TV might not like me, but I love the choices it gives me – 9/8/21
• Ken Burns hits the right mark in his latest for PBS, ‘Muhammad Ali’ – 9/15/21
• The genius of ‘NCIS’ has spawned a host of joyless relatives – 9/22/21
• You can have ‘The Sopranos’ prequel. I would rather know what came after the original went dark – 9/30/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• Who is Holding Documentary Accountable?, How the Doc Community Can Help Afghan Refugees, TIFF ’21 Begins – 9/13/21
• ‘The Jinx’ Led to Robert Durst’s Murder Conviction, New Digital Security Platform & Clinic, End of Oscar & Emmy Double-Dipping Era – 9/20/21
• Monday Memo – 9/27/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Fantasia International Film Festival review thread – 8/3/21
• Posterized August 2021: Ema, Isabella, Materna & More – 8/5/21

Jeff Simon –

• Thanks to Simone Biles, 2021 was the year the Olympics finally grew up – 8/5/21
• In praise of the $6.50 T-shirt and the man who made it cool – 8/18/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• Fire at Cinemateca Brasileira, Comedy Doc Series Go Off the Beaten Path, News and Documentary Emmy Nominations – 8/2/21
• Sundance Institute Turns 40, Independent Doc Filmmakers Want New & Improved Funding Models, 2021 TIFF Docs Program Announced – 8/9/21
• Truth and the Ethics of Doc Filmmaking, Cat Videos & Various Doc Festival Award Winners – 8/16/21
• Afghanistan & Documentary Cinema, Cíntia Gil Leaves Sheffield Doc/Fest, IDFA Previews 2021 Edition – 8/23/21
• Monday Memo – 8/30/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized July 2021: The Green Knight, The Woman Who Ran, Summer of Soul & More – 7/2/21

Matthew Passantino –

• The Best Movies of 2021, So Far Review – 7/12/21

Steven Prusakowski –

• 2021 Emmy Award Nominee Reactions – 7/14/21

Christopher Schobert –

• Tribeca 2021: Exorcisms, werewolves, conductors, and Britpop – 7/1/21
• Recommended New Filmmaking Books: Tarantino’s Return to Hollywood, Shyamalan’s Old Inspiration, Making Fargo & More – 7/28/21

Jeff Simon –

• How a sitcom-detesting critic came to love ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Kominsky Method’ – 7/8/21
• Juini Booth, a bassist who found ‘freedom’ in jazz – 7/14/21
• Buffalo-born writer Lawrence Block’s latest autobiographical look-back doesn’t disappoint – 7/26/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• Queering Documentary, New Academy Members, AFI DOCS Award Winners – 7/5/21
• Monday Memo – 7/12/21
• ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ Wins L’Œil d’Or, Doc Festivals Report 22% Drop in Selected Films During Pandemic – 7/19/21
• 2021 Grierson Awards Shortlist, TIFF to Honor Alanis Obomsawin with Tribute Award, Inaugural Truth Seekers Summit Program Unveiled – 7/26/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized June 2021: The Amusement Park, In the Heights, Siberia & More – 6/4/21

Jeff Simon –

• You’re in the writer’s room. Should these six season finales end this way? – 6/3/21
• ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise delivers megaplex bliss – 6/15/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• Monday Memo – 6/7/21
• Social Issue Filmmaking and the American Education System, Emmy Predictions, and Documentary Plus to Share Streaming Data – 6/21/21
• Monday Memo – 6/29/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized May 2021: Swimming Out, Spiral, Spring Blossom & More – 5/6/21

Christopher Schobert –

• Hot Docs 2021: A late punk icon leads the pack – 5/14/21

Jeff Simon –

• Basking in the bombast of sports spieler Stephen A. Smith – 5/12/21
• Ellen DeGeneres makes people happy. That’s not the same as being kind. – 5/24/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• Monday Memo – 5/3/21
• Monday Memo – 5/10/21
• Monday Memo – 5/17/21
• Monday Memo – 5/24/21

Jared Mobarak –

• Posterized April 2021: About Endlessness, Shiva Baby, Funny Face & More – 4/1/21

Steven Prusakowski –

• The ‘Verse! Podcast Has Arrived – 4/14/21

Christopher Schobert –

• SXSW 2021 STANDOUTS – 4/20/21
• THE 2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WAS A VIRTUAL TRIUMPH – 4/20/21
• Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Monte Hellman & More – 4/28/21
• Better Days: Remembering peak Sabres fandom – 4/30/21

Jeff Simon –

• On racism, reality TV and fools – 4/3/21
• Not quite a memoir, but a critic’s ‘verbal snapshots’ – 4/11/21
• Three TV shows you won’t want to miss on Thursday nights – 4/19/21
• The Blake Bailey accusations are awful. I’ll still recommend his books. – 4/29/21

Jordan M. Smith –

• Monday Memo – 4/5/21
• Monday Memo – 4/12/21
• Monday Memo – 4/19/21
• Monday Memo – 4/26/21