Lessons of Darkness Lessons of Darkness
A History of Violence examines one man's attempt to protect his family from the murderers drifting into his small Indiana town. Good Night, and Good Luck presents a portrait of Sen...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Blacklist=Blackmarket Blacklist=Blackmarket
Hollywood
Oct 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Dalton Trumbo
Anywhere But Here Anywhere But Here
Tim Burton enlivens the dark and gloomy life of corpses and aristocrats in Corpse Bride; Occupation: Dreamland offers an unsentimental view of Iraqi soldiers.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Continent for the Taking A Continent for the Taking
What to make of The Constant Gardener, a movie focused on Europeans set in Africa, the return of Terry Gilliam and the New York City-set Keane?
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
Daniel Fuchs's The Golden West is best read as an author's requiem for the Hollywood he loved.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David L. Ulin
‘The Constant Gardener’: What the Movie Missed ‘The Constant Gardener’: What the Movie Missed
As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials...
Aug 30, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Sonia Shah
Neighbors Neighbors
A trio of film reviews: Wall, Tony Takitani and Red Eye.
Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Eat the Document Eat the Document
Stuart Klawans reviews four documentary films.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Spectacle Spectacle
Recent movies including War of the Worlds and Land of the Dead reflect today's political landscape.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Time Out of Mind Time Out of Mind
There are no ordinary shots in Wong Kar Wai's 2046 and no ordinary sounds--which is remarkable, given that you've seen and heard everything before.
Jul 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans