Film Archive: M

Georges Méliès

• Feature: The Technology of the Occult: Méliès and the Invention of Film

Hettie MacDonald

• Beautiful Thing

Michelle Maxwell MacLaren

• Population 436

Kevin Macdonald

• The Last King of Scotland
• The Last King of Scotland
• One Day in September
• Touching the Void
• Touching the Void

Josef Mach

• Westerns with a Twist (2006)

Josef Mach / Richard Groschopp / Gottfried Kolditz

• Westerns with a Twist (2006)

Roy Mack, William Keighley

• Column: Old Time Religion

David Mackenzie

• Asylum
• Asylum
• Young Adam
• Young Adam

Alison Maclean

• Crush
• Jesus' Son

William H. Macy

• News: Here's the deal on William H. Macy's new movie on moviemaking

John Madden

• Captain Corelli's Mandolin
• Proof
• Proof

Guy Maddin

• Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
• The Saddest Music in the World
• The Saddest Music in the World
• Brand Upon the Brain!

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Subtitled "Remembrance in 12 Chapters," Maddin's excellent movie tracks something like Guy's search for his youthful memories, though you might just as easily describe his effort as a last-ditch repression.

   
• Feature: All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007
• My Winnipeg

  Featured Article

  

  Snow and ice fill the frame in My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin's ookily brilliant evocation of his childhood.

   

Virginia Madsen

• News: For the resurgent Virginia Madsen, a double feature
• News: Virginia Madsen keeping busy with 3 movies in the works

Kurt Maetzig

• Council of the Gods (Der Rat Der Götter) (1950)

Sharon Maguire

• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Bridget Jones's Diary: Collector's Edition

Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi

• News: Spider-Man returns for a bigger-than-ever third film

Michele Maher

• Garmento

Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
• Feature: Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

Natalie Maines [The Dixie Chicks]

• News: Defiant, apologetic Dixie Chick Natalie Maines has her say

April Maiya

• Life After Death: The Movie - Ten Years Later

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

• Kandahar

Greg Maletic

• Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball

Terrence Malick

• Days of Heaven
• Days of Heaven
• The New World

John Malkovich

• The Dancer Upstairs
• The Dancer Upstairs

Louis Malle

• Vanya on 42nd Street

Jim Mallon

• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Ulf Malmros

• Slim Susie

William Malone

• Feardotcom

David Mamet

• Heist
• Spartan
• House of Games
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008
• Redbelt

Don Mancini

• Seed of Chucky

Luis Mandoki

• Angel Eyes
• Angel Eyes
• Trapped
• Trapped

James Mangold

• Girl, Interrupted
• Identity
• Identity
• Kate & Leopold
• Walk the Line
• 3:10 to Yuma
• News: The talents behind '3:10 to Yuma' hope the Western will ride again
• Feature: Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male
• 3:10 to Yuma
• Walk the Line: Extended Cut

Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann

• Shanghai Ghetto

Daniel Mann

• The Rose Tattoo

Michael Mann

• Miami Vice
• Ali: the Director's Cut
• Ali
• Collateral
• The Insider
• Feature: Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

producer/editors: Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann

• Shanghai Ghetto

David Marconi

• The Harvest

Chris Marker

• La Jetee / Sans Soleil

  Featured Article

  

  The persistence and permutation of memory (or the truth about cats, blondes, Hitchcock, video games, and the post-apocalypse) -- what more would you expect from Chris Marker's entry into the Criterion Collection?

   

James Marsh

• The King

Loren Marsh

• Invitation to a Suicide

Garry Marshall

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 1: May)
• News: Jane Fonda returns to the big screen in 'Georgia Rule'
• Georgia Rule
• Beaches: Special Edition
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
• The Princess Diaries: Special Edition
• The Princess Diaries
• Raising Helen
• Raising Helen
• Runaway Bride

Neil Marshall

• The Descent
• The Descent
• Doomsday

Penny Marshall

• A League of Their Own
• Riding in Cars With Boys
• Big: Extended Edition

  Featured Article

  

  Over the course of eight months, four body switch movies were released in the late '80s. Only one Big remains standing.

   

Rob Marshall

• Chicago
• Memoirs of a Geisha

Stephen Marshall

• Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11

Tonie Marshall

• Vénus Beauté (institut) (venus Beauty (institute))

Joshua Marston

• Maria Full of Grace (maria, Llena Eres De Gracia)

Lucrecia Martel

• La Ciénaga

Christopher Martin

• Welcome to Durham

D'Urville Martin

• Feature: Part 3: The Stellar '70s

Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau

• Drole De Felix (the Adventures of Felix)

Tsurumaki Kazuya, Masayuki

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirththe End of Evangelion

Koji Masnuari

• R.O.D.: Read or Die

Dalibor Matanic

• Fine Dead Girls

Jason Matzner

• Dreamland

Ronald Maxwell

• Gods and Generals

John Maybury

• The Jacket
• The Jacket

Daisy von Scherler Mayer

• The Guru
• Party Girl

Michael Mayer

• Flicka
• A Home At the End of the World

Les Mayfield

• Codename: The Cleaner
• American Outlaws
• Blue Streak

Craig Mazin

• The Specials: Specials Edition

Paul Mazursky

• Tempest

Cory McAbee

• American Astronaut
• The American Astronaut
• The Billy Nayer Show: the Early Years

Des McAnuff

• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

James McAvoy

• News: James McAvoy gets a big role as a man wronged in 'Atonement'

Tim McCanlies

• Secondhand Lions

Leo McCarey

• The Awful Truth

Thomas McCarthy

• News: Veteran character actor Richard Jenkins gets a star turn in 'The Visitors'
• The Visitor

Jonas McCord

• The Body

Craig McCracken

• The Powerpuff Girls Movie

Michael McCullers

• Baby Mama

Martin McDonagh

• News: Colin Farrell is not your ordinary hit man
• In Bruges
• News: Irish playwright makes film-directing debut with ‘In Bruges'

Bruce McDonald

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

Jamie McDonald

• Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares

Francine McDougall

• Sugar & Spice

McG

• We Are Marshall

McG

• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• Charlie's Angels
• Charlie's Angels
• Charlie's Angels

Douglas McGrath

• Infamous

Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

• Madagascar

Ewan McGregor

• News: Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is in big demand

Paul McGuigan

• Lucky Number Slevin
• Gangster No. 1
• The Reckoning
• The Reckoning
• Wicker Park

Doug McHenry

• Kingdom Come

Adam McKay

• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Anchorman -- the Legend of Ron Burgundy Giftset
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

John McKay

• Crush

Dave McKean

• Mirrormask

Don McKeller

• Last Night

Andrew V. McLaglen

• Man in the Vault/Ring of Fear (1954)

Greg McLean

• Wolf Creek
• Wolf Creek: Widescreen Unrated Edition

Kevin McMahon

• Mcluhan's Wake

John McManus

• The Wind In the Willows: The Feature Films Collection

David McNally

• Coyote Ugly
• Coyote Ugly: the Unrated Extended Cut
• Kangaroo Jack

Christopher McQuarrie

• The Way of the Gun

James McTeigue

• V for Vendetta
• V for Vendetta

John McTiernan

• Basic
• Predator: Collector's Edition
• Rollerball

Meat Loaf

• News: Jack Black's father is ... Meat Loaf? Only in the movies

Julio Medem

• Sex and Lucía (Lucía y el sexo)

Deepa Mehta

• Water
• Water

Mitsuru Meike

• The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai

Fernando Meirelles

• City of God (cidade De Deus)
• City of God (cidade De Deus)
• City of God (cidade De Deus)
• The Constant Gardener

Jordan Melamed

• Manic
• Manic

Marilyn Mellowes

• From Jesus to Christ

Jean-Pierre Melville

• Army of Shadows: L' Armee des ombres

  PopMatters Pick

  

  In Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film, shadows conceal men whose only moral principle and greatest crime is the desire for freedom.

   
• Army of Shadows: L' Armee des ombres

  Featured Article

  

  A timeless and decidedly sober look at the desultory nature of everyday life during wartime.

   
• Les Enfants Terribles

Jean-Pierre Melvin

• Le Cercle Rouge

Stevan Mena

• Malevolence

Carlos Mencia

• News: Carlos Mencia says the joke's on you - whoever you are

Eric Mendelsohn

• Judy Berlin

Sam Mendes

• American Beauty
• Jarhead
• Road to Perdition

Jacques Meny

• Méliès the Magician / The Magic of Méliès

William Cameron Menzies

• Invaders from Mars

Shaya Mercer

• Trade Off

E. Elias Merhige

• Suspect Zero
• Suspect Zero

Liz Mermin

• The Beauty Academy of Kabul

Greg Aronowitz, Andrew Merrifield

• Power Rangers: Spd - Joining Forces: Volume 1

Marziyeh Meshkini

• The Day I Became a Woman

Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer

• Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Saul Metzstein

• Late Night Shopping

Luke Meyer, Andrew Neel

• Darkon

Nicholas Meyer

• Star Trek Vi: the Undiscovered Country [special Edition]

Russ Meyer

• Feature: Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

Dave Meyers

• The Hitcher

Nancy Meyers

• The Holiday
• The Holiday
• What Women Want

Menno Meyjes

• Martian Child
• Max

Michael Curtiz, Raoul Walsh, Vincent Sherman, Edmund Goulding

• The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Volume 2 (1948)

Michael D. Moore

• An Eye For An Eye

Amanda Micheli

• Double Dare

Roger Michell

• Changing Lanes
• Enduring Love
• The Mother
• Titanic Town

Fruit Chan, Park Chanwook, Takashi Miike

• Three... Extremes

Takeshi Miike

• The Great Yokai War (Yôkai daisensô)

Tahmineh Milani

• Two Women

Lewis Milestone

• Feature: Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

Allan Miller

• The Bolero / In Search of Cezanne

Bennett Miller

• Capote
• Capote

Chris Miller, Raman Hui

• News: Acting legend Julie Andrews returns in Shrek the Third
• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 1: May)
• Shrek the Third

George Miller

• Happy Feet
• Feature: Kids' DVDs: June 2007

Jonathan Miller

• Alice in Wonderland

Jonny Lee Miller [The Flying Scotsman]

• News: A big wheel in his sport and an intriguing man

Peter Miller

• Sacco and Vanzetti
• News: Book, DVD put spotlight on executions of Sacco and Vanzetti
• The Internationale

Rebecca Miller

• The Ballad of Jack and Rose
• Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

Robert Millis

• Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan

Byung-chun Min

• Natural City

Daniel Minahan

• Series 7: the Contenders

Valérie Minetto

• Looking for Cheyenne (Oublier Cheyenne)

Tsai Ming-Liang

• What Time Is It There? (ni Nei Pien Chi Tien)

Tsai Ming-liang

• Feature: All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007

Anthony Minghella

• Breaking and Entering
• Cold Mountain
• Cold Mountain [collector's Edition]
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• The Talented Mr. Ripley

Rob Minkoff

• The Haunted Mansion
• Stuart Little 2
• The Forbidden Kingdom

Robert Minkoff

• Stuart Little

Vincente Minnelli

• The Bad and the Beautiful

Rick Minnich

• Homemade Hillbilly Jam

David Mirkin

• Heartbreakers

Brad Mirman

• Shadows in the Sun

Helen Mirren

• News: `National Treasure' sequel was Helen Mirren's dream

Kenji Misumi

• Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death

John Cameron Mitchell

• Shortbus
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Mike Mitchell

• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
• Sky High
• Sky High

Roger Mitchell

• Notting Hill

Sagar Mitchell, James Kenyon

• Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon

Hayao Miyazaki

• Howl's Moving Castle (hauru No Ugoku Shiro)
• Howl's Moving Castle (hauru No Ugoku Shiro)
• Spirited Away
• My Neighbor Totoro

  Featured Article

  

  Cinematic flights of imagination don’t come more satisfying than this.

   

Kenji Mizoguchi

• Sansho the Bailiff

Frieda Lee Mock

• Maya Lin: a Strong Clear Vision

Sedika Mojadidi

• Motherland Afghanistan

  PopMatters Pick

  

  In her documentary, Motherland Afghanistan, Sedika Mojadidi narrates her family's journey with a mix of concern, confidence, and wonder.

   

Hans Petter Moland

• The Beautiful Country

Dominik Moll

• With a Friend Like Harry (harry, Un Ami Qui Vous Veut Du Bien)

Karen Moncrieff

• The Dead Girl
• Feature: The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007
• Blue Car

Cesario Montano

• Rising Son - The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

Alejandro Monteverde

• Bella

Lukas Moodysson

• Lilya 4-ever (lilja 4-ever)
• Show Me Love
• Tilsammans (together)

John Moore

• The Omen
• Behind Enemy Lines
• Flight of the Phoenix
• Flight of the Phoenix

Julianne Moore

• News: Fast chat with 'Savage Grace' star Julianne Moore

Michael Moore

• Bowling for Columbine
• Bowling for Columbine
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• Michael Moore Dvd Collector's Set
• Michael Moore Dvd Collector's Set
• News: Michael Moore's 'Sicko' provokes serious debate
• News: Failing U.S. health care system is 'Sicko'
• News: Michael Moore says he's a filmmaker, first and foremost
• Sicko
• News: 'Sicko' isn't only proof that U.S. needs better health care
• Sicko

  PopMatters Pick

  

  SiCKO is sensational. It's perhaps the best movie Michael Moore has ever made.

   

Mark Moormann

• Tom Dowd and the Language of Music

David Moreau, Xavier Palud

• The Eye (2008)

Pierre Morel

• District B13

Paulo Morelli

• City of Men (Cidade Dos Homens)

Nanni Moretti

• The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio)

Morgan Spurlock

• News: After taking on McDonald's, Morgan Spurlock went after Osama Bin Laden

Glen Morgan

• Willard

Brett Morgen

• Chicago 10
• News: 'Chicago 10' director sees echoes of the present in the antiwar clashes of the past

Errol Morris

• The Errol Morris Dvd Collectiongates of Heaven (1978), Vernon, Florida (1981), the Thin Blue Line (1
• Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
• The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons of Robert S. Mcnamara
• Mr. Death: the Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
• Standard Operating Procedure

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Errol Morris' new documentary, Standard Operating Procedure, remembers the pictures' effects -- the shock, the outrage, and the anger that greeted their release.

   
• News: America's (possibly) greatest documentary filmmaker focuses on Abu Ghraib
• News: Meet the people behind Abu Ghraib photos

Paul Morrison

• Wondrous Oblivion
• Wondrous Oblivion
• The Fantasticks
• Solomon & Gaenor

Phil Morrison

• Junebug

Viggo Mortensen

• News: Viggo Mortensen, director Cronenberg reunite for gangster movie

Emily Mortimer

• News: In 'Lars,' Emily Mortimer preaches, and practices, acceptance

Guy Moshe

• Holly

Steve Moskovic

• Groucho: a Life in Revue

Mark Moskowitz

• Column: One Hit Wonder - The Stone Reader

Jesse Moss

• Con Man: The True Story Of An Ivy League Imposter

Robb Moss

• The Same River Twice

Jonathan Mostow

• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• U-571

Greg Mottola

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
• Superbad
• Superbad
• News: Seth Rogen turns his adolescence into 'Superbad'
• Feature: Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

Gabriele Muccino

• The Pursuit of Happyness
• The Pursuit of Happyness

Niels Mueller

• The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Russell Mulcahy

• Resident Evil: Extinction

Peter Mullan

• The Magdalene Sisters
• Orphans

Raj Mundrha

• Provoked

Cristian Mungiu

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

  PopMatters Pick

  

  The clock is ticking in the very first moment of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. It's Romania, 1987, and time is running down.

   

Andrzej Munk

• Eroica

Kevin Munroe

• TMNT
• News: Cowabunga! 'TMNT' rules

Fredi M. Murer

• Vitus
• Vitus

F. W. Murnau

• Tabu

Ryan Murphy

• Running With Scissors
• Running With Scissors

Ryan Murphy [Running With Scissors]

• News: 'Nip/Tuck' creator Ryan Murphy turns to film direction

Rich Murray

• Snipes

Noam Murro

• Smart People

Ron Clements, John Musker

• Treasure Planet

Charles Musser

• Before the Nickelodeon

Nancy Myers

• Something's Gotta Give
• Something's Gotta Give

Michel Van Zele, France, 2000, 64 mins.

• Alberto Giacometti

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• Tyrone Power: The Swashbuckler Box Set (1949)