Features
Tuesday, January 17 2012
The Best Female Film Performances of 2011
It was a monumental year for women in film as our selections for 2011's best female performances indicate... over and over and over again.
Friday, August 26 2011
Variation on a Theme: An Interview with J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons's most visible credit to date is the scenery-chomping role as J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. But in The Music Never Stopped, (now out on DVD) a deeply rewarding film about music therapy, family, and the Summer of Love generation, Simmons shines in his first lead film role as the uptight father of an amnesiac hippie.
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.
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best 30 Films of 2009
In one of the rarest rating periods ever, several on the staff could successfully argue for any of the Top 30 choices as a potential number one. While not all classics, they remain the consistent cream of 2009's crop.
Wednesday, January 6 2010
The Best Male Film Performances of 2009
Certainly, the multi-millionaire boy's club represented here is heavy on the dramatics and light on the more 'amusing' fare. But if you really give this list a meaningful perusal you'll see a few genre and jokester surprises along the way.
Reviews
Friday, December 9 2011
'Young Adult' Is Jason Reitman's Most Grownup Film Yet
In Young Adult, the question is not whether the tightly wound Mavis will snap, but when and how destructively.
Friday, March 12 2010
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham spends over 300 days a year away from home, and loves it. Then two women come into his life and between the two of them, he questions his empty-backpack existence.
Friday, December 4 2009
Up in the Air
As these lessons all come together, the film's floaty, cool affect starts to come down to earth, the points and plot turning more conventional.
Monday, April 14 2008
Juno
Teens have their precious catchphrases and secret languages, but they're nervous, fumbling creatures. They don’t come equipped with Chaucer-like witticisms, or razor-sharp retorts.
Wednesday, December 5 2007
Juno
A movie about a 16-year-old girl's unplanned pregnancy, Juno manages to avoid any significant emotional depths, despite its plainly complex subject.
Blogs
Friday, December 18 2009
'Up in the Air' is First Class All the Way!
Life is all about connections: the meet and greet; the interpersonal 'hook-up'; the professional (and private) networking that brings about common bonds, unbreakable attachments, and…
News
Thursday, January 17 2008
'Juno' grows and grows
For a low-budget movie with no major names in its cast, "Juno" has become a force to be reckoned with. Last weekend the indie comedy…
Thursday, December 20 2007
Oh, baby! 2007 gave birth to a brood of pregnancy comedies
In "Juno," the new, life-affirming teen pregnancy comedy, our spunky 16-year-old heroine is aghast to learn she's been knocked up. "I was thinking I'd just…
Monday, December 10 2007
Diablo Cody, from stripper to The Screenwriter
Diablo Cody's Cinderella moment had arrived. Her film "Juno" was less than four hours from its Hollywood premiere. As the Centerpiece Gala presentation of the…
