Film & TV
Sinking Economy = More Porn Stars
Perhaps one of the most aptly named films to come along in a long time, Zack and Miri Make a Porno allows director and writer Kevin Smith to explore the tricky territory of “friends with benefits.” Best friends since forever, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Penn alum Elizabeth Banks) run into hard times and resort to the wonderful world of adult entertainment to keep themselves afloat.
Election Perfection
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Jimmy Stewart’s earnest depiction of a small-town man’s ascent to the Senate and his surprisingly tough stand against political corruption have captured the hearts of American moviegoers for nearly 70 years.
Forgotten Cinematic Masterpiece: City Lights (1931)
Few films in cinematic history have withstood the test of time better than Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights.
Life Isn't Beautiful
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, based on the eponymous novel by John Boyne, recounts the tragedy of the Holocaust as filtered through the innocent screen of childhood naiveté. The plot centers on an eight-year-old German boy, Bruno (newcomer Asa Butterfield), whose father (David Thewlis) is put in charge of a Nazi death camp.
Guilty Pleasures: Xanadu
Xanadu 1980 I have a secret that threatens to destroy my credibility among my serious-theater friends: I cannot get enough of Xanadu.
Calling All Muses
Woody Allen + Diane Keaton The on- and offscreen sparks between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are redolent of a connection Scarlett Johansson can only dream about.
Trail Blazers
Trailers are more than the reason you can come 15 minutes late to a movie. A good preview can get an audience buzzing about a film months before its release, and a bad one can ensure that no one shows up on opening day.
Don't Worry, Bee Happy
A female-dominated cast in a coming-of-age story rife with racial intolerance and the search for identity are the perfect recipe for a total cheesefest.
W(TF)
As the days of our current Commander-in-Chief's presidency come to an end, Hollywood is churning out its own version of history.
Guilty Pleasures
Center Stage 2000 Hi, my name is Darina, and I’m a dance-aholic. Well, dance movie-aholic, to be precise.
The Devil Wears Vera Wang
Although Rachel Getting Married is directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), the only gore here is the open wound of familial dysfunction.
'Blindness' Review
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you were sightless and locked in an abandoned mental institution while post-apocalyptic chaos, dredged from the seediest underbelly of humanity itself, masticated and regurgitated the values that you held most dear?
Adaptation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Converting a novel into a film is a daunting task: the screenwriter must pare down the script, eliminate irrelevant subplots and commercialize the characters.
Heretically Sealed
Watch out, world: Bill Maher is on the loose, and he spares no monotheistic religion in the hilarious and offensive documentary Religulous.
Guilty Pleasures
Constantine 2005 As a comic book buff, I'm supposed to look harshly upon film adaptations of comics.
Paul Newman
On Sept. 26, legendary actor Paul Newman passed away due to complications from cancer. A prolific actor who appeared in 65 films over 50 years, Newman won over audiences with his gracious charm, fierce magnetism and piercing blue eyes.
Please Don't Stop the Music
Kat Dennings is dancing in a Four Seasons hallway when we arrive for our interview. Clad in a white blouse and black suit, with porcelain skin and ocean blue eyes, Dennings is as striking in person as she is on-screen.
To Infinity and Beyond!
The teen movie is like the irksome little sister of the film industry. It's there and sometimes it can be entertaining, but for the most part, life would be a lot less annoying if it would stop talking so much and quit reading your diary.
Hi, My Name Is Victor and I'm a Sexaholic
As Spike Joneze's 2002 film Adaptation. taught us, adaptation is not an easy task. Unless, of course, you're adapting a book about assholes with incurable sex addictions - then the raw material is a dream come true for Hollywood screenwriters.
