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 - Male

By PopMatters Staff

From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007. [9 January 2008]

No Country for Old Men

By Cynthia Fuchs

The desolate landscape and moral layout evoke old Westerns, but the film, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel, also reconsiders the genre's conventions, comparing now and "the old times." [9 November 2007]

How to play at being a villain: Bardem, Ledger reignite media interest in craft of acting [14 August 2008]

There will be confusion: Deliberately vague films leave critic cold [24 February 2008]

Joel and Ethan Coen’s ‘No Country for Old Men’ is favored for the Oscar [22 February 2008]

Sex and violence are not always gratuitous, directors say [12 November 2007]

Q&A with ‘No Country for Old Men’ makers Joel and Ethan Coen [9 November 2007]