David O. Russell

Lily Tomlin Sends Mayor Tom a Letter About ... Wait For It ... Jenny

War is heck

The revisionism of Three Kings kicks the Vietnam rut

Being Spike Jonze

The acclaimed rock-video director has made one of the year's oddest, funniest films. So why is he scared of his own shadow?

Personal best

From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites

New baby blues

David O. Russell explores family fears through a screwball prism in Flirting With Disaster

Independents' day

Small films have their big night in '96

'96 rewound

Good, but not that good

Hooked on dying

Dream With the Fishes is a smart swim through classic '70s films

Killing Time

In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

Good Shot

Lord of War unloads one of the year's best cinema moments

Saint Frances

Author Mayes boasts about her perfect life

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Jon Brion

I Heart Huckabees Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Milan)

Say Wha? Say Why?

Searching for the meaning of life in a movie that barely exists

The final cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

Pitch it

Alien + Raiders of the Lost Ark - interesting = Pitch Black

Blurred vision

What will 1999 be remembered for -- Malkovich's head or Cartman's ass?

No guts, no glory

David O. Russell gets to the heart of the matter, down to the last detail

The Fighter Falls Through the Ropes.

David O. Russell gets to the heart of the matter, down to the last detail