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May 24, 2013
Sarah Hepola
'Lord of the Rings' for Cigarette-Smoking Cynics
How Richard Linklater's 'Before' trilogy defined my generation
May 17, 2013
David Thomson
'Seduced and Abandoned': This is What a Movie Deal Looks Like in 2013
May 13, 2013
Claudia Wallis
Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy Was the Right Decision for Her, But Not for Everyone
May 12, 2013
Stanley Kauffmann
Discovery
May 10, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How to Make a Hidden-Camera Movie of an Abortion Clinic
Analyzing the pro-life movement's dominant form of self-expression
May 10, 2013
Laura Bennett
Christopher Guest Was Not Made for TV
What makes his films so good is what hurts 'Family Tree'
May 10, 2013
Jeffrey E. Stern
Beauty and the Beast
A sex symbol takes on a mullah in Pakistan's national elections
May 9, 2013
David Thomson
'Stories We Tell' Breathes New Life into the Documentary Form
May 9, 2013
Maureen Corrigan
On Screen, 'Gatsby' is Beautiful—and Damned Boring
Five films later, Hollywood still doesn't get Fitzgerald's novel
May 7, 2013
David Thomson
Gatsby Speaks!
These awful films go on and on
May 3, 2013
David Thomson
'What Maisie Knew': Is the Kid Alright?
This twenty-first century Henry James update is too cute by half.
May 2, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
The Robert Downey Jr. Rehab Program
Popcorn flicks can save your life
May 1, 2013
Stanley Kauffmann
Two of the Best
April 26, 2013
David Thomson
Jeff Nichols's "Mud" and the Rural Revolution in American Film
April 26, 2013
Noreen Malone
Spring Break for Nerds
A skeptic learns the secret to South by Southwest’s success
April 12, 2013
David Thomson
The 'Gatsby' Baz Luhrmann Should Have Made
Forget DiCaprio—The Movie Needs Bernie Madoff
April 8, 2013
David Thomson
Apocalypses Now
Hollywood action movies need to get over the end of the world
April 8, 2013
Sacha Z. Scoblic
Roger Ebert's Other Illness
The film critic wrote candidly—and controversially—about his alcoholism
April 6, 2013
Stanley Kauffmann
Finding One’s Self
April 4, 2013
David Thomson
Roger Ebert: For the Love of Film

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