Features
Wednesday, August 11 2010
Mama's Gun: Melissa Leo Works Hard for the Money
PopMatters talks to Melissa Leo about her Academy Award nominated work in Frozen River and one of our top performance picks this time around, as well as her appearance in HBO's Treme.
Friday, January 16 2009
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
Wednesday, January 14 2009
Tough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008
Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible.
Columns
Friday, September 19 2008
The Cold Season
Just when you start worrying about the state of American movies, and wondering whether the business is going to swandive into irrelevance, along comes something as vital and jolting as Frozen River.
Reviews
Tuesday, February 10 2009
Frozen River
By the time there’s a crack in the river, it’s clear that something has to give in both Ray and Lila’s lives.
Friday, August 1 2008
Frozen River
Too often burdened by its own symbolism, Frozen River is buoyed by Melissa Leo's nuanced performance.
News
Monday, February 16 2009
Melissa Leo is all dressed up, for a change — and with some place to go
The decades of "dressing down" have finally paid off for Melissa Leo. Now she gets to dress up for one big night. A woman who…
Tuesday, February 10 2009
Odd little tale sneaks in a bit of a thriller
Oscar voters may have made some boneheaded decisions with this year's batch of Oscar nominees - like ignoring "The Dark Knight" as a Best Picture…
Tuesday, February 10 2009
‘Miracle at St. Anna,' ‘Frozen River' two of 2008's best
Two of the most powerful films of 2008, movies that stay with you long after their final credits roll by, are out this week on…
