Hope Davis

Teen comedy Charlie Bartlett could use a dose of mean

Twain in Vain

Waiting for Godot’s other shoe to drop

Book Scam

A lying president begets a lying author. Good thing that wouldn't happen today

Repeat Offender

A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor

Bond in a Bikini

A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor

Pure Bull

Pierce Brosnan shatters his Bond mold

Scattered Dour

A comedy, but not that kind

Proof Positive

Paltrow anchors the screen version of the prize-winning play

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Stupor Man

Harvey Pekar wears no costume, but he's a comic-book hero nonetheless

Schmidt Happens

Nicholson disappears into a wondrous movie about quiet desperation

No Fear

There's more tenderness than terror to be found in Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis

American Gotham

New Yorker characters revealed in multileveled Joe Gould's Secret

Analyze Diss

Mumford's mystical psychobabble delivers shrinking returns

Unwelcome Wagon

Paranoia-in-the-'burbs sinks Arlington Road's property values

A Slightly Dirty Dozen

Although many standout films were released in 1998, no single movie really stood out

Two If by Sea!

Stanley Tucci one-ups 1930s screwball comedies with The Impostors

Tryst of Fate

Next Stop Wonderland's close calls just miss the romantic bull's eye

High Hope

Next Stop Wonderland's close calls just miss the romantic bull's eye

State of the Reunion

The Myth of Fingerprints says "stuff it" to family Thanksgiving dinners