Philip Baker Hall

Independent Heaven

Porn Yesterday

The hugely ambitious Boogie Nights revisits the sex-film world of the 1970s

Son of Psycho

Van Sant pumps fresh blood into his tribute to the classic

Nixon in a Deep Frost

Langella and Sheen capture a summit of egos as Frost/Nixon goes from stage to screen

You Kill Me, Evan Almighty, American Silent Horror Collection and Mala Noche: The Criterion Collection

Langella and Sheen capture a summit of egos as Frost/Nixon goes from stage to screen

Cold Serial

The infamous Zodiac killer inspires another dead-end film

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Nuclear Waste

It's up to Ben Affleck to save the world, and that's The Sum of All Fears

Ambition Overload

Tim Robbins's Cradle Will Rock only feels like it's re-creating the '30s a day at a time

Short Cuts

Director borrows from the Robert Altman stylebook to create his Magnolia "masterpiece"

Tobacco Toad

Mann elevates The Insider to Oscar-level suspense

Your 2011 Fall/Movie Preview (Part 1)

​Note: Pop Rocks will return next week. Labor Day has come and gone, which means the official start of the fall movie season is just around the corner. In fact, two of the more anticipated releases of latter 2011 -- Warrior and Contagion -- come out tomorrow. After what has been widely rega ... More >>

50/50

Cancer memoir meets Seth Rogen comedy in the slightly uncomfortable film.

Pop Rocks: Perry Is Done. Would He Have Been Worse Than These Movie Presidents?

You've probably seen it by now, but just in case you haven't, here's the precise moment Governor Rick Perry's campaign went irrevocably into the toilet: Anyone anticipating a long, drawn-out embarrassment of primaries and caucuses will be disappointed. As will those of us anticipating at least an ... More >>