Film

Nudity Clause

From Jayne Mansfield to Seth MacFarlane, A Brief History of Hollywood's Breast Anxiety

From Jayne Mansfield to Seth MacFarlane, a brief history of Hollywood's breast anxiety.

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The Strange Power of Les Mis, the Book

Victor Hugo's Hard-nosed Melodrama

Why the most dramatic parts of Les Misérables are also the most politically incisive.

 

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What Are All Our Zombies Telling Us?

A review of 'Warm Bodies'

There are sane young people who are not counting on living a full term. And there are things in our culture that reflect that doubt. 

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Extremities

The Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami has now made his second feature in exile.

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Last Gasp

'Amour' owes its existence to an industry under siege

Michael Haneke is a paragon of the benefits of a generous state-funded film industry.

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Alan Sharp's movies reflected the confusion, failures, and darkness of the 1970s—and maybe that's why no one wanted to see them.

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Oscar Grouch

I’d like to thank the Academy for nothing

The novel he'd written had become a movie that was nominated for an Oscar. But that didn't mean he'd have an open ticket to the party.

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Wreck-It Disney?

How the Animation Giant Stole Pixar's Mojo

How the animation giant stole Pixar's mojo. 

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Bradley Cooper: Beefcake Thespian

How the "Silver Linings Playbook" star became a serious actor

It’s a real shame that the planned big-screen production of Paradise Lost, which was to feature Bradley Cooper as Lucifer, will never see the light of day. It might have been the perfect role for the 38-year-old actor, who’s nominated for Best Actor at this Sunday’s Oscars for his work as in Silver Linings Playbook.

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Steven Soderbergh has made a career of balancing ambitious films with crowdpleasers. His rotten new movie suggests why he may be getting out of the game.

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