Features
Wednesday, January 9 2008
Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male
From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.
Tuesday, June 19 2007
Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking
Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts.
Columns
Monday, June 30 2008
Love on the Rocks
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'s dark, witty banter and assessment of human malice made my brain tick and also made me glad I wasn’t married.
Reviews
Thursday, April 24 2008
Charlie Wilson's War
Sorkin's signature dialogue -- smart, rapid fire chatter that packs a punch -- makes this the most engaging poli-sci class you'll ever attend.
Friday, December 21 2007
Charlie Wilson's War
Like The West Wing, Charlie Wilson's War is leftish and glib, entertaining and exasperating, and written by Aaron Sorkin.
Wednesday, October 3 2007
The Graduate
Forty years after its original theatrical release, The Graduate is still extremely timely and its themes and message are relevant whether in the context of 1967 or 2007.
Thursday, April 7 2005
Closer (2004)
This leads to titillation, judgment, desire, and commerce all around. How Howard Stern.
Friday, December 3 2004
Closer (2004)
This leads to titillation, judgment, desire, and commerce all around. How Howard Stern.
News
Wednesday, June 9 2010
American Film Institute saluting Mike Nichols' 'wonderful life'
LOS ANGELES — If it hadn't been for a girlfriend's mother, Mike Nichols might never have become one of the few artists to earn Oscar,…
