As Filmmaker approaches its 18th birthday, I thought I’d fill the dog days of August with a series of posts taking you through our history. For the next few weeks I’ll be revisiting an issue a day, ...

Rome has never looked so despairing. With curfew in full effect, an American soldier, J.J. (Ethan Hawke), makes strange rounds on the deserted streets encircling Piazza Vittiorio. Like Willem Dafoe’s ...