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Frances McDormand

  • Film

    March 7, 1996

    The perfect crime

    The Coens' dazzling new Fargo rediscovers the horrible, prosaic allure of crime

  • Film

    November 14, 1996

    Crime doesn't pay

    Desperate men take desperate measures in Palookaville and Ransom

  • Film

    January 2, 1997

    Independents' day

    Small films have their big night in '96

  • Film

    March 6, 1997

    Amateur hour

    Standing center stage, Guffman salutes and satirizes small-town America

  • Film

    July 9, 1998

    The children's hour

    Madeline steps gracefully from storybook to screen

  • Film

    July 23, 1998

    Route 666

    Vincent Gallo runs from the devil on the road to Buffalo

  • Music

    March 27, 2003

    Turin Brakes

    Ether Song (Astralwerks)

  • Film

    January 29, 2009

    Fish Out of (Frozen) Water

    Renee Zellweger as the anti-Norma Rae

  • Film

    September 11, 2008

    Intolerable Cruelty

    Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

  • Home Entertainment

    August 9, 2007

    Elvis Is Everywhere

    Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

  • Film

    April 13, 2006

    Lovely, Not Amazing

    Four women struggle to face midlife in Friends With Money

  • Film

    October 20, 2005

    Mine Kampf

    A female ironworker fights back against abuse in the riveting North Country

  • Music

    March 11, 2004

    Gold in Alaska!

    Imaad Wasif proves you don't have to go Hollywood to be a diva

  • Film

    December 11, 2003

    Victor, Mature

    Middle-aged Diane Keaton wins Jack Nicholson away from the young 'uns in Something's Gotta Give

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    The Long Goodbye

    The Dismemberment Plan is finished, but Travis Morrison is just getting started

  • Film

    March 27, 2003

    Sexual Healing

    In Laurel Canyon, a little erotic temptation proves good for the soul

  • Film

    September 5, 2002

    Bobby Love

    De Niro--no surprise--is the reason to like City by the Sea

  • Film

    November 1, 2001

    Cain and Very Able

    Billy Bob doesn't say much, but he's the perfect Man for the Coens' con job

  • Film

    December 28, 2000

    Double Features

    A top-20 list, otherwise known as how to cop out and avoid picking just 10 films

  • Film

    September 14, 2000

    Listen to the Movie

    Almost Famous rings in your ears--and heart--long after it's over

  • Film

    July 13, 2000

    Simply uneven

    The restored and recut Blood Simple reveals the Coen brothers' strengths and weaknesses

  • Film

    February 24, 2000

    Wonder bread

    Curtis Hanson builds us a cheese sandwich out of Chabon's novel

  • Film

    September 16, 1999

    Pitcher's duel

    Schmaltzy and then some, For Love of the Game is still mighty persuasive

  • Film

    July 15, 2010

    The Kids Are All Right: In Praise of Lesbian Family Values.

    Schmaltzy and then some, For Love of the Game is still mighty persuasive

  • Film

    June 30, 2011

    Transformers: Baying at the Moon

    Chicago destroyed, along with viewers' brain cells.

  • News

    December 22, 2011

    Best Films: 10 for 2012

    You better watch out.

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