Twenty years after his first feature premiered at Sundance, we survey the director’s unforgettable films.
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Top 10 Kickass Movie Women
With ‘Haywire’ star Gina Carano kicking it old school, TIME revisits some special ladies who don’t always play nice
Johnny Otis, the Greek Godfather of R&B, Dies at 90
His “Willie and the Hand Jive” was a 1958 summer sensation, but this white impresario was prouder of launching Etta James, Hank Ballard, Littlle Richard and other black artists into the musical mainstream
Who the Hell Is…Haywire‘s Gina Carano?
The first time I saw the trailer for Steven Soderberg’s new movie Haywire, I thought, “Who is that actress, and how did she learn all of those kickass moves?” From what I could tell during the frenzied two-and-a-half-minute …
Miss Bala: Beauty and the Beasts in a Mexican Drug War
Inspired by truly awful events, Gerardo Naranjo’s melodrama is as smart and thrilling as it is tragic
Red Tails: So Square It Can Barely Fly
Against the great odds of pervasive bigotry, a group of black pilots from the Tuskegee training program flew in World War II, shooting down German planes, bombing trains and trucks and even taking out a destroyer. They sacrificed …
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Modern Family Watch: What the Bleep Was the Big Deal?
I hadn’t planned on reviewing last night’s Modern Family, and probably wouldn’t have after watching it, if not for the advance, sight-unseen controversy over something toddler Lily said in the episode. Or rather, didn’t …
Soderbergh’s Haywire: Good Workout, Not So Good Movie
MMA star Gina Carano has the kick of an action heroine but not the charisma of a movie star.
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Dead Tree Alert: Truth Vigilantes, Attack!
Last week, New York Times public editor (the equivalent of an ombudsman) Arthur Brisbane wrote a blog post asking whether, in covering the campaign, reporters should challenge in the body of their straight-news stories statements by candidates that are dubious, distorted or outright false. Or as he put it—in a headline that generated …
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Romney Didn’t Win Iowa After All. Is It Too Late To Change the Story?
Remember that narrow, 8-vote win Mitt Romney scored in the Iowa caucuses? The one that launched him on a 2-for-2 run in the first two GOP contests, building his momentum and underscoring his case as the inevitable nominee? Turns …
Great Celebrations: 6 Ways to Ring In Dickens’ Bicentennial
As the legendary novelist’s 200th birthday (February 7) approaches, we highlight the most notable commemorations.
What Is This Artist Movie That’s Winning All the Awards?
If you’ve paid even passing attention to end of the year lists/Academy Award prognostications, you’ve heard much about The Artist. It won a Best Picture prize at the Golden Globes and is guaranteed to be one of the 5-10 Oscar …
“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin.”