Subject: Movie Dramas

• Miss Pop Rocks Loves (the Second Half of) the Oscars

  February 27, 2008

• Tony Gilroy's (heretofore unseen) Expert Light Touch in Duplicity

  March 19, 2009

• Royally Screwed: The Duchess

  Lady Georgiana Spencer, cheated in life and in casting

  September 25, 2008

• The Duchess of Langeais Got Game

  Jacques Rivette's film puts a pomo spin on the oldest of love stories

  June 19, 2008

• Cop Out: Street Kings

  Boys will be boys in this shallow look at dirty police

  April 10, 2008

• No Country for Old Men, South Park: Imaginationland, Sleuth, Five Days

  March 13, 2008

• Margot at the Wedding, American Gangster: Unrated Extended Edition, Lust, Caution, Excellent Cadavers

  February 21, 2008

• Various Artists: The Great Debaters: Music From & Recorded for the Motion Picture

  February 7, 2008

• Grace Is Gone

  A Marine mom dies in Iraq

  January 10, 2008

• There Will Be Blood

  An epic gusher strikes oil, and then some

  January 10, 2008

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

  December 27, 2007

• The Savages

  December 27, 2007

• The Year In Film

  Judd Apatow's pretty good year and much more

  December 27, 2007

• The Kite Runner

  Controversy aside, this adaptation just won't fly

  December 20, 2007

• Charlie Wilson's War

  All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols's good time Charlie

  December 20, 2007

• I Am Legend

  That old "last man on earth" setup? It really works

  December 13, 2007

• Atonement

  December 6, 2007

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. Sidney Lumet crafts one hell of a melodrama

  November 15, 2007

• No Country for Old Men

  Coen Brothers transcend themselves with this West Texas tale

  November 15, 2007

• Lions for Lambs

  November 8, 2007

• Jay-Z: America's Most Overrated Rapper

  Get Hova It

  November 1, 2007

• Here, Baby, Here

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

  November 1, 2007

• Martian Child

  Schmaltzy Martian Child attacks John Cusack, all dads

  November 1, 2007

• American Gangster

  November 1, 2007

• Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick, American Gangster, Mr. Brooks, Days of Heaven

  October 25, 2007

• Gone Baby Gone

  The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama

  October 18, 2007

• Michael Clayton

  Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton's no ordinary legal thriller

  October 11, 2007

• No Pie Here

  July 13, 2006

• The Joy in the Bubble

  Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

  May 31, 2007

• America Cannes

  Art imitates life as U.S. directors command this year's fest, with only China rivaling for celluloid domination.

  May 24, 2007

• The Kids Are Not Alright

  From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddie porn.

  February 1, 2007