Patricia Clarkson

At Sundance, Some Films Are Wanted, While Others Are Desired

Art and angst

This indie film sends us in a pansexual, Fassbinder-like direction

Movie Mourning

The Modern hosts an Elegy

'50s Domestic Drama Married Life Obviously Inspired by Todd Haynes

The Modern hosts an Elegy

Amy Ryan is Here, Baby, Here

Playing down-on-her-luck, Ryan's star rises

So Close, and Yet So Far

The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

Light Dining

No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

Populist Mechanics

Faithful King's adaptation drowns in ponderous metaphors

Who Is That Guy?

He plays golf with George Clooney. He clowns around with Chris Tucker. He's best buddies with Peri Gilpin. He's a pasty white dude named Steve Stodghill.

Simply Galling

The Dying Gaul offers three likable people who act appallingly

Reel Killer

The Deep Ellum Film Festival offers cinematic pleasures...just not in Deep Ellum.

Exhuming McCarthy

The Red Scare returns in Good Night, and Good Luck

Sour Town

Dogville screws the pooch

Advance Screening

Pssst, wanna see a movie that isn't out yet...legally?

Give Thanks

Pieces of April's story of a family falling apart to come together is no turkey

Come Together

Three recluses form an unlikely bond in The Station Agent

Winter of Our Discontent

Rose Troche uses the Altman method to reveal more suburban discomfort

Steal This Movie

Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

Moore and Less

Julianne is radiant, but Todd Haynes' 1950s homage seems pointless

Knock on Collinwood

Back in the old neighborhood, buddies gather for a great con job

Fear Factor

In the woods of New York lives a creepy (or is it?) Wendigo

Penn is Mightier

With Pledge, a stunning trilogy of anguish is completed

The pardon

Death row is a beautiful, brutal place along The Green Mile

Not even the curmudgeonly Larry David Can Make Woody Allen's Whatever Works work.

Death row is a beautiful, brutal place along The Green Mile

Land of the Misfit Comics

Death row is a beautiful, brutal place along The Green Mile

Top 10 Thanksgiving Dinners in Movies (And TV)

When it comes to movie holidays, Thanksgiving usually takes a back seat to that overplayed holiday in December. The one with the elves. The one that rhymes with "isthmus." (Sort of.) But why the second-class status, Thanksgiving? The holiday's got all the same potential for family chaos, waxing mor ... More >>

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

When it comes to movie holidays, Thanksgiving usually takes a back seat to that overplayed holiday in December. The one with the elves. The one that rhymes with "isthmus." (Sort of.) But why the second-class status, Thanksgiving? The holiday's got all the same potential for family chaos, waxing mor ... More >>

What Happens In Cairo...

When it comes to movie holidays, Thanksgiving usually takes a back seat to that overplayed holiday in December. The one with the elves. The one that rhymes with "isthmus." (Sort of.) But why the second-class status, Thanksgiving? The holiday's got all the same potential for family chaos, waxing mor ... More >>