A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. [11 January 2008]

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]

I’m Not There, and Neither Are You

By George Reisch, Peter Vernezze and Paul Lulewicz

The Bob Dylan film, I’m Not There, shows that the main puzzle behind pop music’s most enigmatic personality resides right here, within us all. [9 September 2008]

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I’m Not There

By Cynthia Fuchs

Dylan Per Se is a trip, an embodiment of potential meanings for fans and detractors, a performative opportunity for movie stars. [21 November 2007]

Dottie Gets Spanked (1993)

By Daniel Mudie Cunningham

Dottie Gets Spanked contextualizes and foretells the artfully designed surfaces and off-kilter universes of Haynes' later successes. [17 February 2005]

Far From Heaven (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

For Haynes, much of this surface is simultaneously supple and precise, 'girly-swirly,' as he terms it. [29 November 2002]

Far From Heaven (2002)

By Lucas Hilderbrand

Just beneath this conservative façade lies a complicated and progressive commentary on the present that Todd Haynes leaves to the viewer to interpret. [7 November 2002]

Director Todd Haynes rediscovers Bob Dylan [26 November 2007]