Features
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.
Thursday, January 6 2011
The Best DVDs of 2010
As the medium continues to struggle with significance in the steady "streaming" of the 21st Century, here are PopMatters' picks for the best the format(s) have to offer.
Wednesday, January 5 2011
The Best Female Film Performances of 2010
The ladies really lit up the big screen, delivering the kind of brilliant acting work that makes picking a mere 20 that much more difficult, let alone unearthing a clear number one.
Friday, July 16 2010
We Built Our Own World: Hans Zimmer and the Music of 'Inception'
Zimmer reveals why he brought along Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr for the Inception soundtrack, how his relationship with Nolan works, and why the music was inspired by both David Bowie and mathematician Roger Penrose.
Wednesday, May 5 2010
2010 Summer Movie Preview - July
In July, Christopher Nolan unleashes his eagerly awaited new film Inception, M. Night Shyamalan returns with The Last Airbender and Adrien Brody stars in a Predator remake.
Reviews
Thursday, March 3 2011
I Can’t Remember to Forget You: 'Memento' Ten Years Later
While reviewers raved about its challenge to traditional linear narrative, it’s really in the realm of character development that Memento most destabilizes cinematic conventions.
Tuesday, December 7 2010
'Inception': The Burden of Dreams
As visual storytelling goes, very few films released this year compete with the ambition and realization of Inception's nested dream-spaces.
Friday, July 16 2010
'Inception': With a Vengeance
It's too easy to see not only that Mal is trouble, but also that Dom will walk right into that trouble she is.
Thursday, July 15 2010
'Inception': Lost in the Labyrinth, Where Minotaurs Multiply
Christopher Nolan's new film is part heist caper, part Jungian fugue-state, where dreams stack up inside each other like Russian nesting dolls.
Thursday, July 17 2008
The Dark Knight
Batman's dilemma in The Dark Knight is how to use his bad press, whether he will embrace it or continue to fight it.
Blogs
Monday, January 31 2011
The Guild-ed Cages of Awards Season
After decades of decided handwringing, Hollywood finally has what it wants: a sense of specialness undeterred by surprise or a sense of wonder.
Monday, August 9 2010
Perceptions Part 1: Why 'Inception''s Success Is Not a "Gamers vs. Geezers" Debate
It's bloggers vs. the artform blue bloods... and the inmates are overrunning this particular aesthetic asylum.
Friday, July 23 2010
The Facts of Life in 'Inception', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', and 'The Matrix'
Images of well-spoken men wearing dour expressions and designer suits have become to Christopher Nolan what terrycloth robes and light-sabers are to George Lucas or blood-spattered blades to Quentin Tarantino.
Thursday, July 22 2010
Knowing Nolan... Again
Christopher Nolan is the bellwether for a new kind of filmmaker, one that successfully merges Hollywood classicism with the best of the post-modern revision.
Monday, July 19 2010
Critical Confessions: Part 22: 'Inception' - Nolan-Nothing vs. Nolan-It-All
In a medium of majority rules, being on the outside looking in is always difficult. Hurling accusations at the ones winning in the court of public opinion is a poor strategy at best.
News
Thursday, July 8 2010
Will there be an 'Inception' backlash before the movie even opens?
I've been getting the feeling lately that Hollywood movies are finally driving our nation's embattled film critics completely crazy. Reviewers are either full of vitriol…
Monday, February 23 2009
Backstage at the Oscars: Heath Ledger's family discusses win
HOLLYWOOD - Heath Ledger's sister Kate knew all along. She told us backstage that her brother had been sending her photos from the set of…
Thursday, February 19 2009
Academy's snubbing of 'The Dark Knight' is a crime
It conjured up a complex and detailed alternate universe. It featured one of the most convincing portraits of wanton evil ever seen in an American…
Friday, January 23 2009
Oscars ignore ‘The Dark Knight,' except for Ledger nomination
It was a dark day for "The Dark Knight" as the 81st annual Oscar nominations, announced Thursday, snubbed the most popular film since "Titanic." Christopher…
Thursday, August 14 2008
How to play at being a villain: Bardem, Ledger reignite media interest in craft of acting
The verdict is nearly unanimous: As the Joker in "The Dark Knight," Heath Ledger gives a great performance. But what exactly does that mean? As…
