Features
Friday, January 11 2008
A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007
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.
Wednesday, January 9 2008
Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female
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.
Wednesday, December 5 2007
It Felt Fluid and Rhythmic: An Interview with Diablo Cody and Ellen Page
The story in Juno is unpredictable and touching. But Cody's dialogue is exceptional, a flurry of hip, witty words that snap and dissipate before you can accuse them of being too stylized.
Reviews
Monday, April 14 2008
Juno
Teens have their precious catchphrases and secret languages, but they're nervous, fumbling creatures. They don’t come equipped with Chaucer-like witticisms, or razor-sharp retorts.
Wednesday, December 5 2007
Juno
A movie about a 16-year-old girl's unplanned pregnancy, Juno manages to avoid any significant emotional depths, despite its plainly complex subject.
News
Thursday, January 17 2008
'Juno' grows and grows
For a low-budget movie with no major names in its cast, "Juno" has become a force to be reckoned with. Last weekend the indie comedy…
Thursday, December 20 2007
Oh, baby! 2007 gave birth to a brood of pregnancy comedies
In "Juno," the new, life-affirming teen pregnancy comedy, our spunky 16-year-old heroine is aghast to learn she's been knocked up. "I was thinking I'd just…
Monday, December 10 2007
Diablo Cody, from stripper to The Screenwriter
Diablo Cody's Cinderella moment had arrived. Her film "Juno" was less than four hours from its Hollywood premiere. As the Centerpiece Gala presentation of the…
