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In Revolutionary Road, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Awake to a Nightmare In Revolutionary Road, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Awake to a Nightmare
No writer ever gazed deeper or more despairingly into the prison of middle-class American conformity than Richard Yates, which may explain why... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: January 01, 2009
The Best Movies of 2008 The Best Movies of 2008
Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way the wind is blowing? Whatever the case, when our often-contentious... More>>
Published: January 01, 2009
DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg's Cure-All for an Ailing Movie Economy is 3D DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg's Cure-All for an Ailing Movie Economy is 3D
As far as Jeffrey Katzenberg is concerned, there have been but two "revolutions" in the movie business: the mass introduction of sound with... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: January 01, 2009
With Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Has Solidified His Position as America's Director With Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Has Solidified His Position as America's Director
"You've made the first movie of the Obama generation!" exclaimed an audience member, as he rushed up to Clint Eastwood after a recent screening... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: January 01, 2009
In The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke Climbs Back in the Ring In The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke Climbs Back in the Ring
"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson early on in The Wrestler — and he should... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: January 01, 2009
Indie Filmmakers Are Finding New Ways of Getting Their Movies into Theaters Indie Filmmakers Are Finding New Ways of Getting Their Movies into Theaters
Michael Jacobs, a filmmaker based in San Francisco, is the director of a movie called Audience of One. It's a documentary about a Pentecostal... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: January 01, 2009
Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in The Reader Take the Long Road to Redemption Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in The Reader Take the Long Road to Redemption
Like Doubt, Stephen Daldry's The Reader is low-budget, high-profile, and beamed straight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: December 25, 2008
In Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood Finds Salvation In Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood Finds Salvation
Walt Kowalski growls a lot — a dyspeptic rumble that wells up from deep inside his belly when he catches sight of his midriff-baring... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: December 25, 2008
Tom Cruise Plots to Kill Hitler in Valkyrie Tom Cruise Plots to Kill Hitler in Valkyrie
Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg — a lot of name for a lot of guy. Born into aristocracy in 1907, he was a soldier by the... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 25, 2008
Brad Pitt Ages in Reverse in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt Ages in Reverse in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is certainly curious — a modest F. Scott Fitzgerald story, about a man born in the twilight of life and... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: December 25, 2008
Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer on Valkyrie Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer on Valkyrie
It's July 20, 1944, and Adolf Hitler has been assassinated — the victim of a bomb blast organized and executed by a cabal of high-ranking... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: December 25, 2008
Yes Man Repackages Jim Carrey's Greatest Hits, Which Maybe Weren't So Great to Start With Yes Man Repackages Jim Carrey's Greatest Hits, Which Maybe Weren't So Great to Start With
For so major a movie star — at least, once upon a time — Jim Carrey seems to make a lot of awfully minor films, several of them over... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 18, 2008
Seven Pounds Has Will Smith Encoring The Pursuit of Happyness with a Pursuit of Misery Seven Pounds Has Will Smith Encoring The Pursuit of Happyness with a Pursuit of Misery
Two years ago nearly to the day, Will Smith and Italian director Gabriele Muccino released The Pursuit of Happyness, one of the most underrated... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: December 18, 2008
Langella and Sheen in Frost/Nixon Capture a Summit of Egos Langella and Sheen in Frost/Nixon Capture a Summit of Egos
I hear America singing and I see . . . Richard Nixon. Not the man but the muse: Has any president since Lincoln inspired more movies, TV... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: December 11, 2008
Doubt Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism Doubt Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism
Back in the early 1980s, when I was a graduate student in Boston, a prominent professor I knew was accused of sexually harassing a female... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: December 11, 2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake Misses the Point, and That’s a Klaatu Barada No-No The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake Misses the Point, and That’s a Klaatu Barada No-No
Flying saucers just aren't that scary anymore. Especially after Ed Wood and Mars Attacks, it's hard to take a threat from a giant Frisbee all... More>>
By Luke Y. Thompson
Published: December 11, 2008
Cadillac Records Can’t Handle the Truth Cadillac Records Can’t Handle the Truth
First, a key spoiler: Cadillac Records is not the story of Chess Records, the blues label started in Chicago in 1950 by brothers Leonard and Phil... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 04, 2008
In Nobel Son, Feel-Good Filmmaker Randall Miller Goes Bad . . . Very Bad In Nobel Son, Feel-Good Filmmaker Randall Miller Goes Bad . . . Very Bad
Nobody in the film industry wants to be pigeonholed. Personal assistants long to be studio heads, gaffers want to direct, and name actors... More>>
By Tim Grierson
Published: December 04, 2008
Australia’s Got Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, but No Chemistry Australia’s Got Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, but No Chemistry
You don't have to have been raised on colonial Brit Lit, classic melodramas, Westerns or war movies, or Gone With the Wind to figure out the... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: November 27, 2008
Witherspoon and Vaughn’s Carol Is Four Christmases Too Many Witherspoon and Vaughn’s Carol Is Four Christmases Too Many
To brand, then dismiss, Four Christmases as a disappointment would be giving it too much credit. The story of couple Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 27, 2008
Gus Van Sant’s Milk Recaptures Californian Intolerance at Exactly the Right Time Gus Van Sant’s Milk Recaptures Californian Intolerance at Exactly the Right Time
Gus Van Sant has never been what you'd call a risk-averse filmmaker, but he directs his Harvey Milk biopic so carefully that there could be a... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 27, 2008
How Gus Van Sant Finally Got Milk After Decades in Development How Gus Van Sant Finally Got Milk After Decades in Development
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, 1992 to be exact. Gus Van Sant, the filmmaker who had just thrilled the world with his... More>>
By David Ehrenstein
Published: November 27, 2008
In Slumdog Millionaire, Bollywood Meets Hollywood In Slumdog Millionaire, Bollywood Meets Hollywood
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Well, who wouldn't in this economy, even if the currency in question is rupees and winning the loot means being... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: November 20, 2008
Disney’s Bolt Is a Starry Dog Story Disney’s Bolt Is a Starry Dog Story
With his blazing white coat and pig-pink ears, to say nothing of the zigzag of lightning cut into his flank, the eponymous canine lead of... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: November 20, 2008
Danny Boyle, from Manchester to Mumbai Danny Boyle, from Manchester to Mumbai
I'm telling Danny Boyle over coffee that his new film, Slumdog Millionaire, is his best by far. "I hope it comes across that I had a real blast... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: November 20, 2008
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