Film Archive: B

Jamie Babbit

• The Quiet
• The Quiet
• But I'm a Cheerleader
• But I'm a Cheerleader

Hector Babenco

• Carandiru
• Carandiru
• Feature: Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

John Halas, Joy Bachelor

• Animal Farm

Kevin Bacon

• News: Kevin Bacon adds a degree with 'nerd' hero of 'Death Sentence'

Malik Bader

• Street Thief

John Badham

• Saturday Night Fever: 30th Anniversary Special Collector’s Edition

  Featured Article

  

  Unfortunately, even though our collective cultural memory has rightfully situated Saturday Night Fever as the film that launched disco music into the mainstream, it also has ignored or forgotten the powerful story it told.

   

Mary Badham [To Kill a Mockingbird]

• News: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' co-star is scouting a return to acting

Ted Bafaloukos

• Rockers

  Featured Article

  

  For the last 25 years, Rockers has passed the spirit of Roots, Rock and Reggae on to successive generations. A remastered and re-released DVD promises to continue its legacy.

   

Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper

• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

  Featured Article

  

  The openness and honesty with which Eleanor Coppola portrays her husband is by far the greatest asset of Hearts of Darkness.

   

Ramin Bahrani

• Man Push Cart

Bai, James

• Puzzlehead

Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey

• The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Stuart Baird

• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Trek: Nemesis

Graham Baker

• Beowulf

Roy Ward Baker

• Flame Trees of Thika

Ralph Bakshi

• Cool World
• The Lord of the Rings

Juame Balagueró

• Darkness: Unrated Version

Tim Baldini

• The St. Francisville Experiment

Craig Baldwin

• Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America

Alan Ball

• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

Thomas Balmés

• A Decent Factory

Jeff Balsmeyer

• Danny Deckchair

Antonio Banderas

• Crazy in Alabama

Katya Bankowsky

• Shadow Boxers

Stephen K. Bannon

• In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed

Amir Bar-Lev

• My Kid Could Paint That

  PopMatters Pick

  

  My Kid Could Paint That asks viewers to ponder how certainty and doubt reinforce one another, how the need for truth creates its own truth.

   
• News: Filmmaker's 'Paint' plumbs truth behind kid's art
• Feature: The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007
• My Kid Could Paint That

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

• Inside Deep Throat
• Party Monster

Bryan Barber

• Idlewild

Bruno Baretto

• Bossa Nova
• View from the Top

Jordan Barker

• My Brother's Keeper
• The Marsh

Mike Barker

• Shattered

Siddiq Barmak

• Osama
• Osama

Matthew Barney

• Drawing Restraint 9
• Cremaster 3

Christophe Barratier

• The Chorus (les Choristes)

Chuck Barris

• Feature: Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

Andrzej Bartkowiak

• Cradle 2 the Grave
• Doom
• Exit Wounds
• Exit Wounds
• Romeo Must Die
• Romeo Must Die
• Romeo Must Die

Angela Bassett [Meet the Robinsons]

• News: Angela Bassett makes a leap with 'Meet the Robinsons'

Evgene Bauer

• Mad Love: the Films of Evgene Bauer

Noah Baumbach

• Kicking and Screaming: Criterion Collection

  Featured Article

  

  Behind all the banter and postgraduate trauma, Kicking and Screaming is a love story, only it's a fairly sour one that unfolds in reverse.

   
• The Squid and the Whale
• News: A couple who collaborated on a 'Wedding'
• Margot at the Wedding
• News: Nicole Kidman probed deep for 'Margot at the Wedding'
• Feature: Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female
• Margot at the Wedding

  Featured Article

  

  The brisk 92-minute film explores the intensity of the women’s relationship, and how they are inherently tied to one another, whether they like it or not.

   
• News: Brothers and sisters bare their fangs on the big screen
• Margot at the Wedding

Mario Bava

• Danger: Diabolik

Michael Bay

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 3: July)
• News: Will the new 'Transformers' film have 'The Touch'?
• Transformers
• Transformers
• Transformers
• Bad Boys II
• Bad Boys II
• The Island
• Pearl Harbor

Juan Antonio Bayona

• The Orphanage (El Orfanato)
• The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

Henry Bean

• The Believer

Warren Beatty

• Reds

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Warren Beatty's personal best film stands among the most spectacular films of the '80s and has retained its dignity with age.

   

Jean Beaudin

• Battle of the Brave

Xavier Beauvois

• Le Petit Lieutenant

Steve Beck

• Ghost Ship
• Thirt3en Ghosts

Harold Becker

• The Black Marble
• Domestic Disturbance

Walt Becker

• Wild Hogs
• National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Wolfgang Becker

• Good Bye, Lenin!

Kate Beckinsale

• News: After achieving stardom, Kate Beckinsale was ready to get back to basics

Greg Beeman

• License to Drive: Special Edition

Bradley Beesley

• The Fearless Freaks

Bradley Beesley, Sarah Price

• Summercamp!

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Respectful and perceptive, Summercamp! isn't quite what you expect.

   

Timur Bekmambetov

• Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
• Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

Roko Belic

• Genghis Blues

Lucas Belvaux

• The Trilogy: Cavale / Un couple épatant / Après la vie

Steve Bendelack

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
• Mr. Bean's Holiday
• Mr. Bean's Holiday
• News: 'Mr. Bean' speaks! (About his new movie)

Jessica Bendinger

• Stick It

Robert Benton

• The Human Stain
• Nobody's Fool
• Feast of Love
• News: 'Feast of Love' filmmaker keeps it real

Bruce Beresford

• Bride of the Wind
• Double Jeopardy

Amy Berg

• Deliver Us From Evil

Peter Berg

• Friday Night Lights
• The Rundown
• The Kingdom
• News: Today's foreign wars are Hollywood hell
• News: A new script for Hollywood war movies
• News: Hollywood goes to war: Mainstream movies focus on Iraq, terrorism
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

Ingmar Bergman

• A Film Trilogy By Ingmar Bergman
• Wild Strawberries
• Sawdust and Tinsel: Criterion Collection: (Gycklarnas afton)

Nir Bergman

• Broken Wings (knafayim Shvurot)

Greg Berlanti

• The Broken Hearts Club

Alain Berliner

• Passion of Mind

Joe Berlinger

• Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows
• Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows

Jonathan Berman

• Commune

Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman

• American Splendor

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

• The Nanny Diaries
• News: Scarlett Johansson takes a class trip in 'The Nanny Diaries'

Raymond Bernard

• The Chess Player (le Joueur D'echecs)
• Eclipse Series 4 - Raymond Bernard

  Featured Article

  

  This is blockbuster filmmaking of the most skillful and impressive sort from a keen visual stylist.

   

Sandra Bernhard

• News: Sandra Bernhard is still singing and swinging

Halle Berry [Perfect Stranger]

• News: Halle Berry's Academy Award has made all the difference

Bryan Bertino

• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

Bernardo Bertolucci

• The Dreamers
• The Dreamers

Luc Besson

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 1: May)
• La Femme Nikita
• The Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc
• Angel-A
• News: Luc Besson unleashes 'Arthur and the Invisibles'

Jeff Betancourt

• Boogeyman 2

Troy Beyer

• Love Don't Cost a Thing

Thomas Bezucha

• The Family Stone
• The Family Stone

Nick Bicanic, Jason Bourque

• Shadow Company

Joe Biel, Rev. Phil Sano

• A Hundred Dollars and a T-Shirt

Fabián Bielinsky

• Nine Queens

Susanne Bier

• After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet)
• Open Hearts (elsker Dig for Evigt)
• Things We Lost in the Fire
• News: A few words with 'Things We Lost in the Fire' star Benicio Del Toro
• Things We Lost in the Fire

Kathryn Bigelow

• K-19

Mike Bigelow

• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Tony Bill

• Flyboys

Mike Binder

• News: Mike Binder's 'Reign Over Me' came out of 9/11
• Feature: The PopMatters 'Short Ends & Leader' Spring Film Preview
• Reign Over Me
• The Upside of Anger

William Bindley

• The Eighteenth Angel

Molly Bingham, Steve Connors

• Meeting Resistance

Gastón Biraben

• Cautiva

Brad Bird

• Ratatouille
• Ratatouille
• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
• News: Stand-up comic rats on the making of 'Ratatouille'
• Ratatouille

  Featured Article

  

  Ratatouille is wholesome entertainment that everyone's going to be happy with because it pulls off the feat of managing to be hilarious and engaging while offending pretty much nobody.

   
• The Incredibles
• The Incredibles
• Feature: Part 5: The Return of the Auteur

Stewart Bird, Deborah Shaffer

• The Wobblies

Hilary Birmingham

• Tully

Anne-Sophie Birot

• Girls Can't Swim

Larry Bishop

• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

Matías Bize

• En La Cama

Jules White, Hugh McCollum, Edward Bernds, Preston Black

• The Three Stooges: Cops and Robbers

Michael Ian Black

• Wedding Daze

Shane Black

• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Stephanie Black

• Life and Debt

Larry Blamire

• The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

Cate Blanchett

• News: Cate Blanchett returns as Queen Elizabeth I in 'The Golden Age'

Les Blank

• Feature: Part 4: Challenging Convention
• Burden of Dreams: Criterion Collection

Jamie Blanks

• Valentine

Barry W. Blaustein

• Beyond the Mat
• The Ringer

Jeff Bleckner

• Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

Elliot M Bour and Saul Andrew Blinkoff

• Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie

Jeffrey Blitz

• Spellbound
• Spellbound
• News: 'Rocket Science': Truth, but embellished
• Rocket Science
• Rocket Science

Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde), Charles Herman-Wurmfield (Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde)

• Legally Blonde: Platinum Collection

Nikki Blonsky [Hairspray]

• News: Ice cream server one day, 'Hairspray' star the next

Blood Diamond

• News: Big-screen release 'Blood Diamond' could hurt jewelers
• News: Movie review: 'Blood Diamond'

Gina Blythewood-Prince

• Disappearing Acts

Jean Bodon

• Howling with the Angels: Jean Bodon

Sergei Bodrov

• Running Free
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

Christoffer Boe

• Allegro

Budd Boetticher

• Seven Men from Now: Special Collector's Edition

Peter Bogdanovich

• The Cat's Meow
• Hustle
• The Thing Called Love: Director's Cut
• Targets

Anne Bohlen, Kevin Rafferty, James Ridgeway

• Blood in the Face

Uwe Boll

• Bloodrayne
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

Craig Bolotin

• Light It Up

Ben Bolt

• The Big Town

Bong Joon-ho

• The Host (Gwoemul)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  The buzz of 2006's Cannes festival, Bong Joon-ho's The Host offers all sorts of visual surprises.

   
• Feature: A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007
• Feature: The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

Lee Bonner

• Replay

Jan de Bont

• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: the Cradle of Life
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: the Cradle of Life

John Boorman

• In My Country
• The Tailor of Panama

Claude Borenzweig

• Kiss Exposed

Mauro Borrelli

• Haunted Forest

Rick Bota

• Hellraiser: Deader
• Hellraiser: Hellworld

Rachid Bouchareb

• Days of Glory (Indigènes)
• Days of Glory (Indigènes)

Darren Lynn Bousman

• Saw III
• Saw II

René-Jean Bouyer

• They Filmed the War in Color: The Pacific War

Rob Bowman

• Elektra
• Elektra
• Reign of Fire

Kenneth Bowser

• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Nick Park, Steve Box

• Wallace & Gromit: the Curse of the Were-rabbit

Manu Boyer

• I Trust You to Kill Me

Danny Boyle

• Feature: The PopMatters 'Short Ends & Leader' Spring Film Preview
• News: 'Sunshine' star Michelle Yeoh hits the heights
• Sunshine

  PopMatters Pick

  

  The notion of loss pervades Sunshine, even as calculations of self are increasingly complex.

   
• News: British director gets around to making his own sci-fi adventure
• The Beach
• The Beach
• Millions
• Millions
• 28 Days Later
• 28 Days Later

Rachel Boynton

• Our Brand is Crisis
• Our Brand is Crisis

Steve Boyum

• Supercross: the Movie

Tom Brady

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

Zach Braff

• Garden State
• Garden State

John Brahm

• Fox Horror Classics Collection: The Lodger / Hangover Square / The Undying Monster

Stan Brakhage

• By Brakhage: An Anthology

Kenneth Branagh

• Love's Labour's Lost
• Sleuth
• News: Michael Caine turns the tables in 'Sleuth' remake
• Sleuth
• News: Kenneth Branagh takes Shakespeare to Japan for HBO

Simon Brand

• Unknown

Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
• Surf's Up

Tinto Brass

• Feature: Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

Theodore Braun

• Darfur Now

Estela Bravo

• Fidel: The Untold Story

Kevin Bray

• All About the Benjamins
• Walking Tall
• Walking Tall
• Walking Tall

Paddy Breathnach

• Blow Dry

Catherine Breillat

• Fat Girl
• Romance

Valerie Breiman

• Love & Sex

Martin Brest

• Gigli
• Gigli

Eric Brevig

• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

Craig Brewer

• Hustle & Flow
• Hustle & Flow
• News: Blues at heart of 'Black Snake Moan'

Marshall Brickman

• The Manhattan Project

Jeff Bridges

• News: Years after 'Lebowski', The Dude abides

Scott Brill

• Mr. Deeds

Steven Brill

• Little Nicky
• Drillbit Taylor

Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Paul Brizzi

• Fantasia 2000

Jeremy Brock

• Driving Lessons
• Driving Lessons

Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder

• Pumpkin

Adam Brody

• News: 'The O.C.'s' Adam Brody takes a shot at movie stardom

Henry Bromell

• Panic

Katrina Holden Bronson

• Daltry Calhoun

Dorothea Brooking

• The Secret Garden

Adam Brooks

• Definitely, Maybe

Albert Brooks

• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

James L. Brooks

• Spanglish
• Spanglish

Sue Brooks

• Japanese Story
• Japanese Story

Nick Broomfield

• Biggie and Tupac
• Biggie and Tupac

Peter Brosens, Jessica Hope Woodworth

• Khadak

  Featured Article

  

  Whether in the frozen tundra or the desolate ennui of an industrial village, spirits may take flight but there is no doubt that the laws of gravity apply.

   

Eric Bross

• On the Line

James Broughton

• Column: Ready for Their Close-up

Clarence Brown, Michael Curtiz

• Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2

Damon Brown

• Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock

Dana Brown

• Dust to Glory
• Step Into Liquid

Mark Brown

• Two Can Play That Game

David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry

• The Signal

Pieter Jan Brugge

• The Clearing
• The Clearing

Michelle Le Brun

• Death: a Love Story

Luis Buñuel

• Un Chien Andalou (the Andalusian Dog)
• The Milky Way

  PopMatters Pick

  

  In this surrealist masterpiece, Luis Buñuel poses important questions about religious beliefs and organized religion.

   
• Feature: Past Imperfect: Luis Buñuel's Early Work

Luis Buñuel

• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Amnon Buchbinder

• Whole New Thing

Tony Bui

• Three Seasons

Otto Buj

• The Eternal Present

Andrew Bujalski

• Mutual Appreciation

  Featured Article

  

  It's like there's a very tight, but infinite, space where essence is found, and Bujalski knows that it's impossible to catch it on film, that it can only be truly seen by revealing its invisibility.

   

Alexander Bulkley

• The Zodiac

Sandra Bullock

• News: A great script led Sandra Bullock to do thriller

Neil Burger

• The Illusionist
• The Illusionist
• Interview With the Assassin

Daniel Burman

• Lost Embrace

Charles Burnett

• Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection

  Featured Article

  

  Hopefully the appearance of Killer of Sheep just the marks beginning of the due recognition that the UCLA school of black filmmakers deserves as a whole.

   

Edward Burns

• Sidewalks of New York

Nanette Burstein

• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

Tim Burton

• Big Fish
• Big Fish
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Planet of the Apes
• Planet of the Apes
• Sleepy Hollow
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Sweeney Todd is delirious with blood and violence: bright red spurting from the barber's expert slashes, necks snapping and bodies crumpling.

   
• News: Tim Burton knew he was cut out to direct `Sweeney Todd'
• News: Alan Rickman can be a saint, but sometimes evil becomes him
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Steve Buscemi

• Lonesome Jim
• Interview
• News: Steve Buscemi combines acting, directing talents in 'Interview'
• Interview

George Butler

• The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
• Going Upriver: the Long War of John Kerry

Jez Butterworth

• Birthday Girl

Eric Byler

• Charlotte Sometimes

Jeff Byrd

• King's Ransom

Reggie Rock Bythewood

• Biker Boyz