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February 17, 2015
Ebert's candor pays rich dividends in Steve James’s new documentary Life Itself, based on Ebert’s eponymous 2012 memoir. Like the…
January 19, 2011
Admirers of Taxi Driver can now revisit its pleasures (and traumas) in a Taschen book featuring on-set photographs by photojournalist…
heath ledger the queen's gambit
July 30, 2008
What causes rising stars to abruptly decline and fall? Is it partly the effect of modern-day media hype via blogs,…
March 10, 2008
Gus Van Sant is the perfect picture of an American independent moviemaker. He grew up on both coasts—in Portland, Oregon
October 15, 2007
Modernists and innovators though they were, it’s unlikely that Ingmar Bergman or Michelangelo Antonioni would have dared to plan a
October 15, 2007
When you interview Ennio Morricone, the first thing you learn is what to call him. Do as the Romans do—he’s
March 23, 2006
Even before it opened, Brokeback Mountain picked up a label it may never shake: The gay cowboy movie. To some,
January 16, 2006
Line up last march’s nominees for the Best Picture Oscar and you might think you’re in indie heaven. From Paul