Jim Strouse Archives

How Coronavirus Brought Me Back to Cartoons

By Jim Strouse | April 15, 2020

During lockdown, the writer-director of The Incredible Jessica James has used his spare time to return to his first creative passion.

By Filmmakers | January 9, 2018

Talkhouse Film contributors' favorite films of the year, with special contributions by Aisha Tyler, Bret Easton Ellis, Alex Ross Perry and more.

By Filmmakers | January 5, 2017

Talkhouse Film contributors' favorite films of the year, with special contributions by David Lowery, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Plympton and more.

By Jim Strouse | December 9, 2015

The latest binge-watching sensation is great television exactly because it doesn't conform to the medium's conventions.

By Jim Strouse | August 12, 2015

What do an indie director and his eight- and 11-year-old kids think of the latest (and famously troubled) Marvel movie?

By Jim Strouse | June 19, 2015

What if a 21st-century sex comedy could be smart as well as bawdy, have well-drawn adult characters as well as dick jokes?