Have you noticed the new trend in Top Ten lists? Some critics now produce more than one list, ranging from quick and dirty ones for critic’s polls (like Indiewire’s or MSN Movies) to carefully argued lists for one’s …
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Meryl as Maggie in The Iron Lady: A Stunt of Genius
With the help of some great makeup, Streep slips into Thatcher’s skin and finds the British PM’s mettle as well as her metal
Wenders’ Pina: Dance Crazy
One icon of German modernism pays thrilling tribute to another in Wenders’ 3-D doc on the late Pina Bauch’s Wuppertal Dance Theater Company
Pariah: Coming Out and Coming of Age
The year’s best coming-of-age film has slipped in just under the wire. Pariah, which opens this week with a limited release geared towards awards season, opens in a lesbian club where shy Brooklyn teenager Alike (Adepero Oduye) …
From Rin Tin Tin to Snowy in Tintin: Hollywood’s Most Memorable Movie Dogs
Cameron Crowe: Hollywood’s Most Predictable DJ
Cameron Crowe makes uplifting movies about men (always men!) who follow their dreams — and fall in love in the process. They’re endearing, sweet films and they’re almost always set to a familiar selection of music that feels …
Mish Imp 4 Cruises on a Very Merry Day After Christmas
The box office sprang back to life on Boxing Day, with Tom Cruise’s action adventure and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse as the prime winners
TIME’s Favorite Cultural Moments of 2011
Dear reader, you’re probably as exhausted as we are from this month’s onslaught of Top Ten lists. (Don’t worry, we have a couple more we’re rolling out later this week.) But those deal with the macro. Here’s a bit of the micro …
Happy Birthday to the Tramp: The Life and Times of Charlie Chaplin
The silent cinema’s greatest artist was born on April 16, 1889. And whether it was acting, writing, directing, or composing his own soundtracks, Chaplin did it all.
Watch: The Best Christmas Films of All-Time
I’m a sucker for George Bailey. The protagonist of Frank Capra’s 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life is one of the most genuinely likable characters I’ve ever seen on screen — a kind man who’s flawed in all the right places.
War Horse: Spielberg’s Searing, Splendid Christmas Gift
How many Steven Spielbergs are there, anyway? One Spielberg released a 3-D animated comedy yesterday: The Adventures of Tintin. Another has an emotionally urgent live-action epic opening Christmas day: War Horse, the story of a …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Prometheus is Totally an Alien Prequel
Saying something doesn’t necessarily make it so. To hear star Michael Fassbender and director Ridley Scott talk about Prometheus over the past several months, you’d think it was the worst thing imaginable for the film to be a …