Noah Baumbach's film about a kind-hearted but directionless 27-year-old woman has warmth, humor, and witty dialogue—without the obligatory kiss at the end. More »
Jennifer Lawrence and Natalie Portman wax poetic about Meryl; Jon Hamm has a photo of Harrison Ford on his fridge. More »
They may be classics now, but in their original theatrical runs, movies like Office Space, Harold and Maude, and Heathers got savaged by reviewers. More »
Alfred Hitchcock's creepy classic has inspired five decades' worth of scary-movie auteurs with its technical mastery, its unexpected drama, and its terrific subtlety. More »
The new documentary Room 237 spotlights some strange fan theories about The Shining—but are they stranger than any given "eureka" theory about a film's meaning? More »
Authors are notorious for hating the movie adaptations of their work, but Philip K. Dick, Dennis Lehane, Anne Rice and others found themselves pleasantly surprised. More »
Lynne Ramsay, who walked out on 'Jane Got a Gun' without explanation this week, isn't the first acclaimed filmmaker to suddenly quit a project. More »
Even if Seth McFarlane bombs, he's still got these 10 traumatic moments to compete with for worst Academy Awards performance. More »
Ben Affleck isn't the only lauded filmmaker with a secret history of very bad movies. More »
The category's dysfunctional rules have resulted in a nominee field that ignores some of the best foreign films of the year. More »
Some achievements in film have simply gone too long without formal recognition. More »
A look at the popular themes addressed by this year's crop of festival entries More »
The 'Deep Throat' star's biopic, which just premiered at Sundance, squanders its potential. More »
A low-budget comedy defeating a much-hyped historical drama by Steven Spielberg? It's happened before. More »
Jennifer Lawrence called acting "stupid" this week, but she's far from the first to roll her eyes at her chosen line of work. More »
Some films invited petty squabbles, but others—like 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'The Innocence of Muslims'—touched on pertinent, timely issues. More »
David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' is a stylish but overstuffed tale of rock and roll in the '60s. More »
The blueprints of some visionary directors' most iconic scenes More »
Ken Burns's new documentary tells the story of the the men falsely imprisoned for an explosive, much-publicized 1989 rape. More »
Martin Scorsese does it for the storytelling; Kathryn Bigelow does it to talk about the issues. And Steven Spielberg does it because he's an addict. More »
