- October 20, 2008
- Happy and Then Some
Mike Leigh’s delicious role model for hard times (good timing). Plus, Bill Maher’s mock anti-religious odyssey.
- October 13, 2008
- Demme’s Dazzler
The director’s Rachel Getting Married spins gold out of the very bleak. Plus, Body of Lies launches a new star.
- September 29, 2008
- The War According to Spike
Miracle at St. Anna is Spike Lee’s bloody, blunt attack on the whitewashing of WWII.
- September 22, 2008
- Southern Discomfort
Dakota Fanning’s revelatory turn in Hounddog; Keira Knightley’s most excellent duchess.
- September 15, 2008
- Back to Basics
The refried yuks of Burn After Reading; the power and glory of Moving Midway.
- August 25, 2008
- Hope Floats
The miraculous Katrina documentary Trouble the Water. Plus: The Rocker never quite rocks.
- August 18, 2008
- Show Stoppers
Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t just steal Tropic’s thunder, he owns it. Plus: Woody Allen’s redemptive muse.
- August 11, 2008
- Half-Baked
Pineapple Express will make you laugh. But so does most pot.
- July 28, 2008
- Folie à Deux
A heist picture about one of the greatest stunts in New York history.
- July 21, 2008
- Bat Out of Hell
They don’t make superhero franchises much darker than this.
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