Email Author Stephanie Zacharek

2013 Stories by Stephanie Zacharek

• The Great Gatsby

  published May 9, 2013

  There's a scene in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in which Leonardo DiCaprio's hyperrich, super-awkward Jay Gatsby takes it upon... More >>

• Rashomom

  published May 9, 2013

  Jean-Luc Godard said, "All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun." But really, all you need is a girl, preferably a charismatic one with a... More >>

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  R.I.P., Ray Harryhausen, Master of the Handmade Fantasy

  published May 9, 2013

  In the course of reviewing movies in the early 2000s, just as computer-generated special effects were becoming radically sophisticated and were... More >>

• Iron Man 3: Iron Deficiency

  published May 2, 2013

  Where has Robert Downey Jr. gone? There's no doubt he's the star of Iron Man 3; he sprints through the picture like a neurotic... More >>

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  What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion

  published May 2, 2013

  Stephanie Zacharek is the new chief film... More >>

• To the Wonder: Spinning in Place

  published April 18, 2013

  I have rarely enjoyed watching Terrence Malick's movies. But I really wouldn't want to be him. When you're a reclusive perfectionist who... More >>

• Admission

  published March 21, 2013

  An actress in her thirties — a woman, that is, still playing characters of babymaking age — may have it even tougher than actresses... More >>

• Kiss Kiss Ho Hum

  published February 28, 2013

  There's a reason, beyond basic Judd Apatow oversaturation, that hardly anyone went to see his mewl of middle-aged despair This Is 40. A... More >>

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  21 & Over Just Dares You to Get Offended

  published February 28, 2013

  Guy humor is always with us, kind of like the poor. For as long as cavemen have been etching fart jokes into the walls of caves, women have been... More >>

• Hansel & Gretel Too Much Candy

  published January 31, 2013

  Steven Spielberg and his jaunty little apologue about the 16th President of the United States aside, it's no longer enough in movies for a... More >>