Archive - Unstrung Nerves: Notes on the Art and Politics of Film

Holiday Pick: Carnage for Christmas

Come for the Christmas, stay for the Carnage.

Dec 25, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

The Subtle Auteur: Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner was a filmmaker so unconfined by stylistic authorship that he made some of the best films of all time.

Dec 18, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

November 2025

Dispatches from DFF48, Part 2

I attended the 48th Denver Film Festival, and here's what I saw.

Nov 14, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

Dispatches from DFF48, Part 1

I attended the 48th Denver Film Festival, and here's what I saw.

Nov 10, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

Notes on CinemaQ 2025 (Overdue)

A long-delayed look at Denver's premiere celebration of queer film.

Nov 5, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

October 2025

Holiday Pick: Halloween III

Watch the magic pumpkin!

Oct 31, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

September 2025

Megadoc: A Film's Apocalypse

Little by little, we went inane.

Sep 25, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

July 2025

Holiday Pick: Mr. Freedom

Looking for a Fourth of July film? Try William Klein's insane superhero satire.

Jul 4, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

June 2025

The Return of Kevin Smith's Blasphemous Masterpiece.

Jun 20, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

May 2025

CC40: Beautiful, Pointless

Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 4

May 30, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

A Meditation on 'The Holy Mountain'

May 19, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

Taxation of the Mind

Tariffs on foreign films: stupid, but meaningfully evil.

May 12, 2025 • Eleven Groothuis

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