Features
Wednesday, January 6 2010
The Best Female Film Performances of 2009
Some in the media would have you think it was a sparse year for women on the silver screen. One peak at this amazing list of 20 girl power performances will have you giving said sentiments a specious second look.
Tuesday, April 28 2009
Summer of Same: June 2009
This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.
Wednesday, January 14 2009
Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008
Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.
Friday, September 12 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008
Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.
Reviews
Wednesday, September 22 2010
'American Beauty' Is a Victim of Its Own Middlebrow, Mainstream Success
Despite the critical success of American Beauty, it turned out that Sam Mendes was not a wild, idiosyncratic, long-take visionary like P.T. Anderson or Spike Jonze, but rather a strong studio craftsman.
Thursday, August 5 2010
Road to Perdition
Sam Mendes’ Road to Perdition is a somber and elegiac period piece set in Depression-era Illinois, with a tragic narrative framed around father and son relationships.
Monday, September 28 2009
Away We Go
Another movie about and/or aimed at educated, self-aware 20-and-30-somethings, a certain portion of which, of course, hate nothing more than a movie trying to entertain them or depict them in any way.
Friday, June 12 2009
Away We Go
Away We Go is breezy and summer-appropriate -- but its central couple still has problems.
Monday, June 1 2009
Revolutionary Road
For those who thought Mendes strayed from Yates' vision too much, give the commentary track a go. For everyone else: watch the emotional fireworks fly...
Blogs
Friday, June 26 2009
'Away' is a Wonderful, Wonky Road Trip
Up until this point, they had avoided responsibility. They lived like nomads, sequestered from family and friends while indulging in their own insular (and happy)…
Friday, June 5 2009
Away We Go: Home Sweet Wherever
A finely pedigreed comic road film that, when all is said and done, is too finely-tooled for the NPR set to have much life left in it.
Wednesday, December 24 2008
Winslet and DiCaprio Shine in 'Revolutionary' Drama
As long as they had Paris, they had hope. Actually, as frustrated suburban housewife April Wheeler would later reveal, it didn't have to be the…
News
Thursday, February 12 2009
How Kate Winslet outdid herself to garner an Oscar nomination
Kate Winslet always was going to land a best actress Oscar nomination this year. That was understood. Otherwise, Vanity Fair wouldn't have put her on…
Friday, January 23 2009
Michael Shannon's small part in ‘Revolutionary Road' made a big impact
"There were no movie stars on that set," actor Michael Shannon said Monday of his latest film, "Revolutionary Road." Celebrity chroniclers and film fans might…
Friday, December 26 2008
In ‘Revolutionary Road,' Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet play a not-so-happy couple
NEW YORK - In "Revolutionary Road," Leonardo DiCaprio does not play a CIA agent, a reclusive multimillionaire or a South African diamond smuggler. Instead, he…
