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Woody Allen on life, actors, younger women and his 40th film Whatever Works

The new Woody Allen film, Whatever Works — his 40th for those keeping count — signals a return for the filmmaker in more ways than... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 02, 2009

Michael Mann chases Johnny Depp's Dillinger in the fast and furious Public Enemies

"They're all about where people come from. Nobody seems to wonder where somebody's going." So says the Depression-era bank-robber-cum-folk-hero... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 02, 2009

This week in local theaters

CHERI The heroine of Stephen Frears' cutting costume drama is an aging courtesan owning up to her dwindling prospects at the fin of fin de... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 02, 2009

Three new docs dig into grave issues surrounding the food we eat

Having sounded the alarm successfully on ills ranging from global warming to health care, documentarians are now laying their cards on the table.... More>>

Published: June 25, 2009

This week in local theaters

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN On a high-definition TV, reduced by the miracle of chapter-skipping to a tooth-rattling 25 minutes of hot... More>>

Published: June 25, 2009

The ties that bind unravel beautifully in French drama Summer Hours

Throughout his career, festival favorite Olivier Assayas has alternated between meta-pop, sometimes lurid, neo-new wave genre flicks and their... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: June 18, 2009

Short Takes

IL DIVO Hard on the heels of the acclaimed Gomorrah, Italian corruption gets a much quieter but equally vigorous workout in Paolo Sorrentino's... More>>

Published: June 18, 2009

Tony Scott’s Pelham remake makes it out of the station only to jump the tracks

Want to know how a city works? Start by watching 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a primer in which subway hijackers test how long... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: June 11, 2009

Short Takes

IMAGINE THAT Eddie Murphy is a Denver investment consultant, Evan, with a workaholic schedule that leaves little space for seven-year-old... More>>

Published: June 11, 2009

Three bachelor-party bozos loose in Sin City wake up with the very funny Hangover

What Fletch was to plaid-checked water-cooler wits in the '80s, what National Lampoon's Van Wilder was to college-bound douches at the dawn of... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: June 04, 2009

Summer-long Belcourt Western series is more than an OK corral

Starting Saturday, on the lawless streets of Hillsboro Village, The Belcourt will devote its entire summer of weekend repertory programming to... More>>

Published: June 04, 2009

Short Takes: Valentino: The Last Emporer; Sugar

VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR One of the year's surprise hits in limited release, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary hails the end of an era: the 45-year... More>>

Published: June 04, 2009

Truth is stranger than scary movies at this year's Nashville Screenwriters Conference

Nashville isn't often a next stop for movies on their way back from Cannes. So it's a sign of the rising status of the Nashville Screenwriters... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: May 28, 2009

Shock treatment rules at Cannes '09, even without Gaspar Noe's rampaging Enter the Void

CANNES, France—Memorable for its in-your-face sensationalism, the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened with the 3-D computer animation Up,... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: May 28, 2009

This week in local theaters

DRAG ME TO HELL Often a drifting virtuoso in the years before finding his Spider-Man gig, director Sam Raimi here defaults to the horror romps... More>>

Published: May 28, 2009

From porn star to Soderbergh muse, it's all part of Sasha Grey's plan

In these tumultuous days of economic collapse and publishing meltdowns, there's nothing like a porn star to widen eyes—and Sasha Grey is in... More>>

By Anthony Kaufman

Published: May 21, 2009

Short Takes

TERMINATOR SALVATION Rise of the Machines was the subtitle of the last Terminator movie, but it could stand for the entire series: in 25 years... More>>

Published: May 21, 2009

Holy crap! Angels & Demons is dumb, but at least it keeps moving

At the tail end of The Da Vinci Code, having traipsed around scenic Paris and London for over two hours to find out whether the Holy Grail was... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: May 14, 2009

Short Takes: Lymelife, Love n' Dancing, Paris 36

LYMELIFE There's nothing new under the suburban sun (save for infectious ticks) in Derick Martini's Lymelife, whose weighty allegorical title and... More>>

Published: May 14, 2009

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek proof that a franchise can live long and prosper

It's difficult for this longtime Trekkie to review J.J. Abrams's relaunching of the U.S.S. Enterprise. It's difficult to dispassionately dole out... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: May 07, 2009

Shall We Kiss?; 12

SHALL WE KISS? If they're French, even dweebs get to lounge around tastefully beige Paris interiors clutching long-stemmed glasses of Merlot... More>>

Published: May 07, 2009

For the Nashville Film Festival, there's clearly life after 40

The proof of how far the Nashville Film Festival has come in, say, the past 10 years doesn't lie in its attendance, its expansion this year from... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: April 30, 2009

Short Takes

SIN NOMBRE Before setting pen to paper, Sin Nombre writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga purportedly rode the rails in the company of real illegal... More>>

Published: April 30, 2009

Self-starvation becomes ferocious cinema in Steve McQueen's Hunger

Established artists who've made mid-career leaps from gallery to movie house have not easily found their footing. Julian Schnabel's first feature... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: April 23, 2009

Festival Updates

OK, so you missed William Shatner posing Elvis-style with a hand-painted Gibson, unannounced appearances by Nicole & Keith & Faith & Tim, Brian... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: April 23, 2009