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Brad Pitt
February 1, 2024
Phillip Maciak
The Low-Key Pleasures of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
If the 2005 film relied on explosive star power, the new TV version works harder for its payoffs.
August 1, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Quentin Tarantino’s #MeToo Moment?
"Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood" finds the filmmaker at his most self-aware.
January 27, 2015
Eric Sasson
Parents of Transgender Kids Could Learn a Lot from Brangelina
July 9, 2013
David Thomson
Depp v. Pitt: The Dual Fate of the Leading Man
June 21, 2013
David Thomson
The Guts and Energy of 'World War Z'
March 13, 2013
Lydia DePillis
If You Rebuild It, They Might Not Come
Brad Pitt's beautiful houses are a drag on New Orleans
September 26, 2012
Laura Bennett
Mindy Kaling: TV's Smartest Airhead
February 21, 2012
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: ‘The Artist’ Was Awful—and Other Reasons I’m Not Watching the Oscars
November 11, 2011
Timothy Noah
Attention Numerology Freaks
November 1, 2011
Liel Leibovitz
Artistic Judgment: How the Supreme Court Will Soon Decide How Much Access We Have to Art
October 11, 2011
Martin Peretz
A Rally in Somalia Against Al Shabab
September 23, 2011
Nathan Pippenger
Moneyball Proves It: Brad Pitt Is A Genius
June 9, 2011
David Thomson
Stanley Kauffmann on Films: The Whole Thing
August 15, 2010
Jonathan Cohn
New Orleans, Five Years Later
February 17, 2010
Rochelle Gurstein
The Baby Lottery
August 21, 2009
Christopher Orr
The Movie Review: 'Inglourious Basterds'
October 1, 2007
Christopher Orr
The Majestic Assassination of Jesse James
September 10, 2007
The New Republic Staff
Check Out The Big Brain On Brad
June 21, 2005
Christopher Orr
Second Time Farce
January 25, 2005
Christopher Orr
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