Features
Monday, January 9 2012
The Best DVDs of 2011
With the continuing rise of Blu-ray, this year sees a lot of repeat entries. Just because they're here again, however, doesn't mean they're any less special.
Tuesday, February 1 2011
Missed Movies of 2010, Part 2: Life During Wartime to Wild Grass
In our second half of 2010's overlooked offerings, we champion West Virginia 'white' trash, a mafia musical, the goriest (and goofiest) spring break ever, a trip to a town called Panic, and one unfairly dismissed, should have been an Oscar nominee mainstream hit from Ben Affleck.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
The Best Films of 2010
Among this year's winners include a fake documentary, a comedy about Jihad, a vampire story NOT dealing with tacky tween romance, a haunting hillbilly noir, and an elegant tale about clones. Not necessarily the usual cinematic suspects.
Wednesday, January 5 2011
The Best Male Film Performances of 2010
Heroes and villains, criminals and crazed creative types: the 20 best male performances of 2010 definitely run the dramatic/comedic character topography... with a few unusual turns tossed in for good measure.
Wednesday, January 9 2008
Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female
From the most sweetly nuanced performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh's career to Cate Blanchett's revelatory portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, the women of 2007 were stellar.
Reviews
Wednesday, February 16 2011
'The Town' Is Ben Affleck's Best Work as Director, Writer and Actor
While not the Oscar bait it was being positioned as, The Town still remains an iron-clad testament to the surprising versatility of writer-director-star Ben Affleck.
Friday, September 17 2010
Ben Affleck's 'The Town' Presents Dilemmas
A single, lingering, low-angle close-up of Pete Postlethwaite's face goes a long way toward making any movie at least a little compelling.
Friday, October 19 2007
Gone Baby Gone
Part noir, part moralizing, and part urban-malaisey, the movie offers an assembly of seedy sorts who make Patrick's quest look increasingly hopeless but also ineffably gallant.
Monday, July 14 2003
Project Greenlight
The new directors press on and are, by turns, stupid, silly, arrogant, conciliatory, and astonishingly clever.
Monday, September 23 2002
Push, Nevada
In Push, Nevada, producers Ben Affleck and Sean Bailey have come up with a show that is, oddly, both original and formulaic.
News
Friday, October 19 2007
Ben Affleck directs new movie rather than stars in it
When Ben Affleck took the recommendation of several friends and read Dennis Lehane's novel "Gone Baby Gone," he immediately started thinking about adapting it into…
Friday, October 19 2007
The up-and-coming Affleck: younger brother Casey, in 2 new films
TORONTO -- Don't underestimate Casey Affleck, the reedy-voiced, baby-faced actor, who is younger brother to Ben. Like the character he plays in "Gone Baby Gone"…
