Pauline Kael

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Offers Proof a Franchise Can Live Long and Prosper

Jason Segel Uses His Balls to Great Effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Enchanted: What a Toad

Fairy-tale land and real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Keep the Meter Running

Fairy-tale land and real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Aging Gracefully

Two decades later, the Dallas Video Fest is better than ever

The Parent Trap

Joshua gets it: Your kid is a monster

ĦAsk a Mexican!

Joshua gets it: Your kid is a monster

Monkey Business

Peter Jackson spares no expense for a Kong that's just too long

Broke, But Not Broken

With Cinderella Man, Ron Howard finally scores a knockout

Punish This

The latest comic-book movie might just kill you

Indian Giver

The Missing misses plenty, except ancient prejudices

Long Live the Poison Pen

There are two kinds of critics: those who criticize, and those who don't

Moore and Less

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

The Pitch

In 1988, Ron Shelton made Bull Durham. In 2002, it couldn't be done.

Steel Cage Match

TNT pays tribute to Nicolas Cage

Space Oddity

Spielberg and Kubrick had a weird little kid, and its name is A.I.

The Devil to Pay

Warners must have a hell of a good reason for re-releasing The Exorcist

The Bit Player

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Jaws of life

Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster finally receives the DVD treatment it deserves

The last word

Stanley Tucci's Secret is a poignant look at a writer and his curious subject

Retouching Evil

Using Detailed instructions left by Orson Welles, top film editor Walter Murch has remade "The Best b-Movie ever" -- Welles' Touch of Evil

The Voice, The Spark, The Image

On film, on vinyl, and in print, the late Chairman of the Board offers pleasurable surprises

A couple of clowns

In Box of Moonlight, John Turturro finds himself...in a mediocre movie

Mia & Peter & Liza & Mazursky

The USA Film Festival offers an unapologetic orgy of movie delights

Ready to scorn

Kansas City is Robert Altman's best movie in years--but does anyone care anymore?

Spies like us

Idiotic agents sabotage the flawed, energetic Mission: Impossible

Letters

Idiotic agents sabotage the flawed, energetic Mission: Impossible

Rushes

Idiotic agents sabotage the flawed, energetic Mission: Impossible

Fishing expeditions

Free Willy 2 and Under Siege 2 try to recapture the magic of their predecessors

Final step

Ginger Rogers, 1911-1995

Magnificent obsession

The films of Great Director honoree Paul Schrader mix art-house intelligence with B-movie grit

Letters

The films of Great Director honoree Paul Schrader mix art-house intelligence with B-movie grit

Love letters

Pauline Kael's For Keeps is a diary of a strange and passionate affair with movies