Molly Haskell

Declaration of Independence

By Molly Haskell

May 8, 2020

Paul Mazursky’s An Unmarried Woman is the wry, graceful culmination of certain genre of 1970s cinema

The Big Screen: The Traitor

By Molly Haskell

January 28, 2020

Marco Bellocchio’s Sicilian saga unfolds under the looming shadow of mortality, of time running out for aging kingpins, and of debts coming due

Our Fair Lady: Audrey Hepburn

By Molly Haskell

April 2, 2019

A personal appreciation of the great actress, FSLC’s 1991 Chaplin Award Gala honoree

The Big Screen: Gloria Bell

By Molly Haskell

March 7, 2019

Julianne Moore's Gloria is an emblem of a single woman triumphantly navigating middle age

Review: The Favourite

By Molly Haskell

November 19, 2018

(Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/UK/USA, Fox Searchlight, Opening November 23)

Review: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

By Molly Haskell

July 2, 2018

(Gus Van Sant, USA, Amazon Studios, Opening July 13)

I’ve Seen You Somewhere Before: Soulmates in Ophuls’s Letter from an Unknown Woman

By Molly Haskell

December 13, 2017

The marrying kind: what love means in this sumptuous adaptation of a Stefan Zweig novel

Review: Call Me by Your Name

By Molly Haskell

November 15, 2017

(Luca Guadagnino, Italy/France, Sony Pictures Classics, Opening November 24)

A Man Apart

By Molly Haskell

May 3, 2017

Beyond tough, Robert De Niro creates characters whose strange integrity fascinates and frightens us

In Memoriam: Richard Corliss

By Molly Haskell

May 6, 2015

A short remembrance by a friend and colleague

Howard Hawks: Masculine Feminine

By Molly Haskell

March 4, 2015

Hawks’ view of a world precariously divided between the male and female principles

Review: Cake

By Molly Haskell

January 20, 2015

Jennifer Aniston's turn as a cheerless, scarred woman pushes expectations of both her career and female performances

Review: Still Alice

By Molly Haskell

October 1, 2014

(Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland, U.S., 2014)

Finding Herself

By Molly Haskell

May 27, 2011

The everlasting prime of an acting powerhouse who gracefully eludes definition yet is every inch a star