History of the movies journey worth taking

In recent weeks the nervous future of the movies, as a business and as an occasional, accidental art form, has been subjected to unusually heavy scrutiny and speculation online and in print. This comes after an Oscar-sanctified movie year in which nostalgic odes to film history ("The Artist," "Hugo") raged against the storm of indifference (those damn kids and their iPhones).

Michael Phillips

October 6, 2012