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Oliver Stone got the W but missed T and F Oliver Stone got the W but missed T and F
Famous director assigns motive to Bush's M.O., but at this point, who cares?
W. may be less frenzied than the usual Oliver Stone sensory bombardment, but in revisiting the early '00s by way of the late '60s, this... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 15, 2008
Film Highlight: Topsy-Turvy Film Highlight: Topsy-Turvy
Mike Leigh's work of brilliant improvisation deconstructs the legendary Gilbert and Sullivan "magic" as the product of two gargantuan egos, much... More>>
By Rob Nelson
Published: October 15, 2008
Aptly timed Body Of Lies is tempting terror thriller Aptly timed Body Of Lies is tempting terror thriller
Ridley Scott's latest delivers the post-9/11 tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve
A new kind of war movie for a new kind of war, Body of Lies is about the War on Terror as it is being waged on the ground, in the air, but most... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: October 08, 2008
Film Highlight: Happy-Go-Lucky Film Highlight: Happy-Go-Lucky
After extended cameos in two previous Mike Leigh films (as a resourceful pop tart in All or Nothing and the date-raped rich girl in Vera Drake),... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 08, 2008
Fernando Meirelles's Blindness is worth seeing Fernando Meirelles's Blindness is worth seeing
The Brazillian director who filmed City of God has scary new vision
The most recent example of bleak chic, Fernando Meirelles's mostly harrowing adaptation of José Saramago's international bestseller... More>>
By Anthony Kaufman
Published: October 01, 2008
Film Highlight: Religulous Film Highlight: Religulous
Bill Maher's one-man standup attack on religious fundamentalism is a dog that has more bark than bite—a skeptical, secular-humanist... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 01, 2008
Choke adaptation needs the Heimlich Choke adaptation needs the Heimlich
This film is a sex crime
There's a whole lotta fucking going on in Choke, Clark Gregg's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's first-person novel about a sex addict named Victor... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 24, 2008
Film Highlight: The Duchess Film Highlight: The Duchess
Based on Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, Saul Dibb's costume drama tells how Princess Diana's... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: September 24, 2008
Lakeview Terrace: A Black-and-White Film Lakeview Terrace: A Black-and-White Film
Racial tension lurks above and beneath the surface of Neil LaBute's movie
Earlier this year, when I found myself assigned to jury duty on a drug-related trial in Angeles Superior Court, our jury foreman turned out to be... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 17, 2008
Film Highlight: Trouble the Water Film Highlight: Trouble the Water
By following Scott and Kimberly Roberts, a couple from New Orleans's stricken Ninth Ward, through Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, directors... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: September 17, 2008
Burn After Reading is a winning parody thriller Burn After Reading is a winning parody thriller
The Coen brothers return to snarky form
Masters of the carefully crafted cheap shot, Joel and Ethan Coen have built a career on flippancy. Following their multiple-Oscar-winning,... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: September 10, 2008
Film Highlight: Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul Film Highlight: Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
Even though one of the earliest appeals of cinema was the window it opened onto other cultures and continents, films that engage that interest... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: September 10, 2008
Summer film: Batman saves the season, a little Sex doesn't hurt Summer film: Batman saves the season, a little Sex doesn't hurt
Independent films went south, but thank the Knight for the blockbuster
And so another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper. What else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D. , Bangkok... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 03, 2008
Logic is as elusive as the terrorists in the uneven but entertaining thriller Traitor Logic is as elusive as the terrorists in the uneven but entertaining thriller Traitor
Don Cheadle plays a soldier in the U.S. Special Forces, a job (and a country) he turns his back on
Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures, a Hollywood intellectual, new evidence suggests that Steve Martin reads...prepare... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: August 27, 2008
Film Highlight: Transsiberian Film Highlight: Transsiberian
Though not one for literal smoke and mirrors, master of horror Brad Anderson, with his panache for arousing fear from harried reality and rotted... More>>
By Ed Gonzalez
Published: August 27, 2008
Hamlet 2: Not To Be Hamlet 2: Not To Be
Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 20, 2008
Film Highlight: Frozen River Film Highlight: Frozen River
If Melissa Leo were Charlize Theron with artfully applied bags under the eyes, an Oscar nomination would surely be forthcoming for her... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: August 20, 2008
Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a wry, thoughtful film from Woody Allen
Perhaps this review should begin with a disclaimer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's 39th film as writer-director, will do little to... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: August 13, 2008
Film Highlight: The Animation Show Film Highlight: The Animation Show
Less hit-or-miss than the long-running Spike & Mike packages of drawn-to-the-dark-side filth, this touring animation program curated by Mike... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: August 13, 2008
In love and on the run in Pineapple Express In love and on the run in Pineapple Express
The filmmakers don't act like this is an action movie: it's an idyllic romance interrupted by gunplay
On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 06, 2008
Film Highlight: Man on Wire Film Highlight: Man on Wire
Part caper movie, part real-life superhero saga, and entirely engrossing, James Marsh's documentary recounts in Rififi-like detail how a Parisian... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: August 06, 2008
Swing Vote offers change you can't believe in Swing Vote offers change you can't believe in
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in the election-themed comedy
Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it was. The... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 30, 2008
Film Highlight: American Teen Film Highlight: American Teen
Nanette Burstein, who made the entertaining Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture, spent a year hanging out with a handful of... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 30, 2008
Step Brothers refuses to grow up Step Brothers refuses to grow up
And that's a good thing when Will Ferrell's your star
I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 23, 2008
Film Highlight: CSNY: Déjà Vu Film Highlight: CSNY: Déjà Vu
Neil Young wanted to tour the country that re-elected George W. Bush, and dole out some demerits, light some fires, and maybe even sell a few... More>>
By Michelle Orange
Published: July 23, 2008
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