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Max Cavitch

Max Cavitch is an associate professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Philadelphia.

Beauty and the Beast

Review: Beauty and the Beast

by Max Cavitch
February 7, 2016

It’s precisely the questions and challenges of visibility that Cocteau’s film so masterfully explores.

La Haine

Blu-ray Review: Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine on the Criterion Collection

by Max Cavitch
May 15, 2012

Kassovitz’s iconic film about race, violence, and class struggle is both rousing entertainment and brilliant filmmaking.

Beauty and the Beast

Review: Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast on Criterion Blu-ray

by Max Cavitch
July 16, 2011

A near-perfect cinematic integration of beguiling fantasy, hard-won technical achievement, and sophisticated self-reflection.

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