Friday, January 11 2008

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

Friday, October 19 2007

The up-and-coming Affleck: younger brother Casey, in 2 new films

By Steven Rea

Ryan Gosling’s latest onscreen love is a real doll

By John Anderson

Tuesday, October 16 2007

Lars and the Real Girl

By Cynthia Fuchs

This is the reductive conceit of Lars and the Real Girl, Lars' representative incongruity: he's so unlike everyone else that he becomes their cause and sign of sanity.

Friday, September 21 2007

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

By Cynthia Fuchs

By turns brutal and lyrical, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford considers Wild Western mythology and masculinity, violence and madness.

Tuesday, February 7 2006

Elizabethtown: Widescreen Special Collector’s Edition (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The DVD of Elizabethtown is called the Widescreen Special Collector's Edition, though there's not one thing special about it.

Friday, October 14 2005

Elizabethtown (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown does not know how to end.

Monday, August 18 2003

All the Real Girls (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'David and I are not smart enough to come up with a character that's as complex as Zooey is.'"

Thursday, April 3 2003

All the Real Girls (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Paul has the sort of confidence that afflicts good-looking boys used to getting what he wants.