Features
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
Thursday, December 11 2008
Shameful Exposure
A fiery Kate Winslet saves morality tale in 'The Reader' while a similarly powerful Meryl Streep can't do the same for the overly certain 'Doubt'.
Reviews
Wednesday, December 10 2008
The Reader
Most obviously, Hannah is unfathomable, the feminine object Michael must figure out and overcome in order to "become a man."
Blogs
Thursday, December 11 2008
Unclear Motives Make this 'Reader' Unrewarding
When you turn a book into a movie, context is usually the first creative facet to be sacrificed. Film is so obsessed with movement and…
Tuesday, December 9 2008
Holo-Cost
All across the web this past week, it's been the subject of much metaphysical ink. As awards season slowly winds down, Hollywood is dragging out…
News
Monday, April 13 2009
‘The Reader' is more nuanced than its detractors give it credit for being
Reviewing "The Reader" in The New Yorker last December, Anthony Lane described the film as "pernicious" and "a low-grade musing on atrocity, garnished with erotic…
Thursday, February 12 2009
How Kate Winslet outdid herself to garner an Oscar nomination
Kate Winslet always was going to land a best actress Oscar nomination this year. That was understood. Otherwise, Vanity Fair wouldn't have put her on…
Friday, January 23 2009
Oscars ignore ‘The Dark Knight,' except for Ledger nomination
It was a dark day for "The Dark Knight" as the 81st annual Oscar nominations, announced Thursday, snubbed the most popular film since "Titanic." Christopher…
