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]

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

By Daynah Burnett

When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies. [4 January 2008]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The movie follows the outline of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir, not only recounting his former, super-glam playboy life, but also reckoning with his current condition, asserting a self without speech or gesture. [30 November 2007]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

By Matt Mazur

Diving Bell feels like another world and visually, it looks like no other film. [28 November 2007]

Filmmaker as artist: With so much talent, what’s a little ego? [3 January 2008]