Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female

By PopMatters Staff

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. [9 January 2008]

Margot at the Wedding

By Jesse Hassenger

Vivid impressions that make us look closely into Baumbach's fascinating, semi-miserable world. [6 March 2008]

Margot at the Wedding

By Matt Mazur

The brisk 92-minute film explores the intensity of the women’s relationship, and how they are inherently tied to one another, whether they like it or not. [27 November 2007]

Margot at the Wedding

By Cynthia Fuchs

Margot at the Wedding doesn’t resolve as much as it devolves into a series of arguments and dire revelations. [20 November 2007]

Kicking and Screaming (2006)

By Chris Barsanti

Behind all the banter and postgraduate trauma, Kicking and Screaming is a love story, only it's a fairly sour one that unfolds in reverse. [25 August 2006]

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

As Noah Baumbach's film tracks Walt's slow evolution during the months surrounding his parents' divorce, it keeps something of a distance, wry and observant. [4 November 2005]

Brothers and sisters bare their fangs on the big screen [5 December 2007]

A couple who collaborated on a ‘Wedding’ [29 November 2007]

Nicole Kidman probed deep for ‘Margot at the Wedding’ [21 November 2007]