Film

GoodFellas GoodFellas

Unlike The Godfather, in Martin Scorsese's depiction of New York mafioso, no one pretends to be a man of honor. That's one of the reasons it's so great.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander

Ingmar Bergman's life-affirming story of the Ekdahl family would be his last feature film. No one ever made a better exit.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Easy Rider Easy Rider

Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper revved up their motorcycles and, like Jack Kerouac, inspired a generation of young people to hit the road.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Do the Right Thing Do the Right Thing

New York City's second most-famous Mookie delivers pizza and fights the power in Spike Lee's breakthrough film. Some critics predicted its provocative portrayal of race tensions wo...

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Epic Moments: ‘Milk,’ ‘Australia,’ ‘Wendy and Lucy’ Epic Moments: ‘Milk,’ ‘Australia,’ ‘Wendy and Lucy’

Gus Van Sant's Milk, Baz Luhrmann's Australia, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy.

Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Dread of Failure: On Desplechin and Kaufman The Dread of Failure: On Desplechin and Kaufman

Reviews: Arnaud Desplechin's enchanted A Christmas Tale and Charlie Kaufman's brilliant Synedoche, New York.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

McCain Attack Ads by Lynch, Jason Reitman and Shyamalan McCain Attack Ads by Lynch, Jason Reitman and Shyamalan

What if John McCain's negative ads were remade by David Lynch, M Night Shyamalan and Juno director Jason Reitman?

Oct 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Landline

Panoramas: ’24 City,’ ‘Ashes of Time Redux,’ ‘Happy-Go-Lucky Panoramas: ’24 City,’ ‘Ashes of Time Redux,’ ‘Happy-Go-Lucky

24 City and Ashes of Time Redux, two stars of the New York Film Festival; plus Happy-Go-Lucky and Ballast reviewed.

Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Lee Atwater’s Legacy Lee Atwater’s Legacy

Rebel. Liar. Attack dog. Bigot. Stefan Forbes's Boogie Man assesses the enduring damage Lee Atwater did to our political process.

Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Antonino D’Ambrosio

McCain and W. McCain and W.

McCain's not a perfect replica, but Oliver Stone's Bush bio-pic reminds us they're two spoiled screw-ups who divided and conquered the country for their high-rolling pals.

Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

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