Film

A Hard Man A Hard Man

Paul Thomas Anderson's masterful There Will Be Blood pits an oil baron against a preacher in an epic contest of wills.

Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Defiant Ones The Defiant Ones

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are two inmates in a Southern prison who learn to unshackle themselves from hatred.

Jan 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

The Front Page The Front Page

One of three versions of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's madcap newspaper comedy from a period when reporters probably did call their city rooms and say, "Hello, sweetheart, get ...

Jan 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Bakshy

Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours

Unlike the plot of the latest Tom Hanks film, the blowback price of our incessant meddling could prove quite high. And even Hollywood can't put a pretty face on that one.

Jan 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex

Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.

Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Chaos, Clocks, Juxtapositions Chaos, Clocks, Juxtapositions

With the release of the Dylan pastiche I'm Not There, Todd Haynes revises our cultural memory by adjusting familiar clichés.

Dec 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kent Jones

Love by a Thousand Cuts Love by a Thousand Cuts

Museums can't get enough of Kara Walker, whose silhouettes of the history of slavery seem to be a nightmare she's trying to enjoy.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Carter Speaks His Mind Carter Speaks His Mind

A conversation with the former President on Jonathan Demme's new film, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and the difficulty of talking about Israel and Palestine.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

The Cinema of Terror The Cinema of Terror

Three new films--Rendition, The Kingdom and Redacted--take on the clash of civilizations. How does the "war on terror" look on the big screen?

Oct 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

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