John Huston

Whit Stillman Returns Triumphant with Damsels in Distress

Joe Arpaio Wins Best "Corruption-Based Chutzpah" from TPM; and the Rep Notices Joe Depo, Misses Diss of E.J.

Mr. "Corruption-Based Chutzpah" in the flesh...Those wisenheimers over at the blog Talking Points Memo have honored Maricopa County's corrupt top constable with one of their annual "Golden Duke" awards, "given in recognition of great accomplishments in muckiness including acts of vena ... More >>

Movies at the Museum: The Maltese Falcon

Mr. "Corruption-Based Chutzpah" in the flesh...Those wisenheimers over at the blog Talking Points Memo have honored Maricopa County's corrupt top constable with one of their annual "Golden Duke" awards, "given in recognition of great accomplishments in muckiness including acts of vena ... More >>

The Book That Dreams Are Made of

In Layman's terms, Hammett's hardboiled masterwork rocks

The Book That Dreams Are Made of

In Layman’s terms, Hammett’s hardboiled classic rocks

The Maltese Falcon

In Layman’s terms, Hammett’s hardboiled classic rocks

The Maltese Falcon

In Layman’s terms, Hammett’s hardboiled classic rocks

California Burning

An epic gusher that strikes oil, and then some

Hurricane Billy's Back

Can William Friedkin resurrect his career?

Vote No

Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

Fish Tales

Seafood spectacle: wading through the oceanic buffet at Serrano's

The Coral

The Coral (Deltasonic UK)Skeleton Key(Columbia)

The Pitch

In 1988, Ron Shelton made Bull Durham. In 2002, it couldn't be done.

Peak Performance

Towering Himalaya scales new heights in Tibetan cinema

Aerial Fotografia

Mexican photography exhibit at Sky Harbor Airport proves a sight for soar eyes

The Bit Player

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Docu-Mama

Rising documentary filmmaker Barbara Bustillo-Cogswell rides high on the hog

Tales From the Vault

Polished but predictable, 75th-anniversary Warner Bros. retrospective is just a roundup of the usual suspects

Rummy Dearest

Oscar and Lucinda is one gambol that doesn't pay off

Flashes

Oscar and Lucinda is one gambol that doesn't pay off

Slave Labor

Spielberg unshackles high-minded Amistad . . . and You Are There!

ABORIGINAL CINEMA

Spielberg unshackles high-minded Amistad . . . and You Are There!

WHAM! BAM! THANK YOU, MOM!

Spielberg unshackles high-minded Amistad . . . and You Are There!

CURSE AND EFFECT

Spielberg unshackles high-minded Amistad . . . and You Are There!

NOTES FROM THE TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL

Spielberg unshackles high-minded Amistad . . . and You Are There!

The Screening Meemies

Judd Nelson? Howard the Duck? The Eighties weren't exactly the best years of our lives