MASTER MOMENTS: Holly Golightly Singing “Moon River”
If there’s one moment that melts your heart and makes you believe in the movie, it is no doubt that of Holly singing Moon River.
View ArticleMASTER MOMENTS: The Kiss from ‘Ivan’s Childhood’ (1962)
Even the youth are susceptible to the controlling power of war.
View ArticleMASTER MOMENTS: “I Drink Your MILKSHAKE!”
Our latest "Master Moments" essay defends the divisive final chapter to the Paul Thomas Anderson masterpiece 'There Will Be Blood.'
View ArticleMASTER MOMENTS: Indiana Jones’ Last Stand in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
"Master Moments" searches for the defining moment of the Indiana Jones character in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'
View ArticleMASTER MOMENTS: Procuring Toast in ‘Five Easy Pieces’
'Five Easy Pieces' reaches a thematic peak in its iconic diner scene.
View ArticleMASTER MOMENTS: The Seduction of Benjamin Braddock
Hoffman and Bancroft are divinely matched in The Graduate's seduction scene, which fuses music, design, and dialogue for masterfully suspenseful laughs.
View ArticleMASTER MOMENTS: The Final Darkness in ‘The Turin Horse’
In 'The Turin Horse,' the story of Creation runs in reverse, as Béla Tarr builds up to one of the most heartstopping, haunting endings of this century.
View ArticleMASTER MOMENT: ‘Give Him a Sedagive!’
How a deceptively simple game of charades in 'Young Frankenstein' tells us everything about the work that goes in to making us laugh.
View ArticleYEAR IN REVIEW: Master Moments of 2012
Look back at ten 'Master'ful moments that made 2012 such a great year in film, or at least that look cool.
View ArticleMASTER MOMENT: “I Pardon You”
How a simple, five-minute moment in 'Schindler's List' defines one of cinema's most chilling villains, and undercuts teh most common critique made against its director.
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