By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 28 October 2026 (IDN) — At first glance, Padraic McKinley’s The Weight (2026), starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe, appears to be a familiar Depression-era adventure: a group of convicts, desperate for freedom, must transport a fortune in gold through the treacherous wilderness of Oregon. Dangerous river crossings, betrayals, […]
The Third Man and the Ruins of Modernity
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 2 October 2026 (IDN) — Carol Reed’s The Third Man, recently screened at the Park Theatre in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, is routinely described as one of the greatest films noirs ever made. It is certainly that. But to call it a film noir tells us remarkably little about what makes […]