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Head Wide Open: Being John Malkovich

By Chris Chang
June 14, 2011
Being John Malkovich, the debut feature from Spike Jonze, is as paradoxically cerebral and patently ridiculous as its title implies

Inside Out: David Fincher

By Gavin Smith
June 14, 2011
In conjunction with the release of David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, Gavin Smith profiles and interviews the director's oeuvre

Grishamovies

By Mark Olsen
June 14, 2011
Darling of the airport novel-reading set, film adaptions of John Grisham's books get appraised by Mark Olsen

The Hard Way

By Gavin Smith
June 14, 2011
The premieres of Buffalo '66, Pi, Next Stop Wonderland, High Art, and others

A Lifetime in the Moment: Robert Duvall

By Gavin Smith
June 9, 2011
Robert Duvall talks technique in a career-spanning interview with Gavin Smith

Frank Borzage

By Kent Jones
June 9, 2011
The sanctum sanctorum of love

The Top 150 Unreleased Foreign Language films of the Nineties

By Film Comment
June 9, 2011
Culled from the brains of over 80 critics, programmers, and exhibitors comes the definitive list of hard-to-find, unreleased gems from around the world

The Man Who Would be King: Sean Connery

By Kathleen Murphy
June 9, 2011
In conjunction with the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual gala honoring Sean Connery, Kathleen Murphy profiles the iconic actor

Flying Dutchman: Hard Eight

By Richard T. Jameson
June 9, 2011
March/April pick for most promising directing debut

1997 Oscar Predix

By Film Comment
June 9, 2011
The complete list of nominees and favorites, picked by a smattering of fellow critics and contributors