John Sayles is one of America's real filmmaking treasures. His newest film, Honeydripper , isn't one of his finest, but it's wor...
national treasure: book of secrets
More of the same from Nicolas Cage and the gang as they run around the world lookin' for clues. My review appears at Screen International .
daft punk
Bummed you missed Daft Punk on their latest highly-praised tour? Want to know what it was felt and sounded like? You might try Alive 2007 , ...
hal holbrook speaks
The veteran character actor gives one of his best performances in writer-director Sean Penn's Into the Wild . In the midst of the Oscar ...
rosa parks
The song, not the woman. Anyway, if you're curious how Outkast came up with their signature tune, wonder no more: I profile its origins ...
christopher plummer's oscar grab
Man in the Chair is one of those mediocre films which only seems to exist so as to give some venerable actor an outside shot at an Academy A...
the walker
One of Woody Harrelson's best performances goes to waste in writer-director Paul Schrader's new mystery-drama.
simon lebon is the man
That was my impression, anyway, after interviewing him for Blender .
chris brown
R&B singer Chris Brown, a tape recorder, and I all got together down at the Venice boardwalk to take a little Blender personality test. ...