http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/ Independent film reviews, news and interviews by Andrew O'Hehir en-us Copyright 2010 Salon.com. http://images.salon.com/src/rdf_salonlogo.gif http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:05:00 PST The undignified near-death of Miramax Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:05:00 PST http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/S_FItPLngfQ/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureWhy Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H52lgRyqYr1oG5vL-YfatmUuKKg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H52lgRyqYr1oG5vL-YfatmUuKKg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H52lgRyqYr1oG5vL-YfatmUuKKg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H52lgRyqYr1oG5vL-YfatmUuKKg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/S_FItPLngfQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/index.html Lightning survivors tell (almost) all! Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:03:00 PST http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/HFqCB5iPes4/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureA spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jB23VCAumU6emgpct4-k5P-69rI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jB23VCAumU6emgpct4-k5P-69rI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jB23VCAumU6emgpct4-k5P-69rI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jB23VCAumU6emgpct4-k5P-69rI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/HFqCB5iPes4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/index.html Have an alt-horror Halloween! Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:28:00 PDT http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/8kwxjRm-8vs/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/29/halloween/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/29/halloween/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureForget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v9twRKDsJL1Ok7Caruk2W1DZXrw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v9twRKDsJL1Ok7Caruk2W1DZXrw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v9twRKDsJL1Ok7Caruk2W1DZXrw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v9twRKDsJL1Ok7Caruk2W1DZXrw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/8kwxjRm-8vs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/29/halloween/index.html "Star Trek": Coming to a theme park near you! Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:35:00 PDT http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/rkzd5cWi9gU/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureIs the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin? <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IoyDepU23Z5OHzfdSvv43cOwkVk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IoyDepU23Z5OHzfdSvv43cOwkVk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IoyDepU23Z5OHzfdSvv43cOwkVk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IoyDepU23Z5OHzfdSvv43cOwkVk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/rkzd5cWi9gU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/index.html "Antichrist": Lars von Trier's voyage into madness Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:00 PDT http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/qG33MbPDAWo/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/21/antichrist/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/21/antichrist/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureCall it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4X1OhEfxYrkYmgwgKYeezirEpnk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4X1OhEfxYrkYmgwgKYeezirEpnk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4X1OhEfxYrkYmgwgKYeezirEpnk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4X1OhEfxYrkYmgwgKYeezirEpnk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/qG33MbPDAWo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/21/antichrist/index.html DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:21:00 PDT http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/tkD_zyAiKIU/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureLet's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eE3Y169usL60sZkSF96GKtm_kfE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eE3Y169usL60sZkSF96GKtm_kfE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eE3Y169usL60sZkSF96GKtm_kfE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eE3Y169usL60sZkSF96GKtm_kfE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/tkD_zyAiKIU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/index.html Kids' movies that aren't for kids: The top 10 Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:16:00 PDT http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/VPVymlKz2h0/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureWill "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fso2MW-mBV6sBCHWq5NPzfsocI0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fso2MW-mBV6sBCHWq5NPzfsocI0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fso2MW-mBV6sBCHWq5NPzfsocI0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fso2MW-mBV6sBCHWq5NPzfsocI0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/VPVymlKz2h0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/index.html Rape, power and Polanski's "Chinatown" Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:07:00 PDT http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/btm/~3/PhgYf8x_1Qg/index.html http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/13/chinatown/index.html http://letters.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/13/chinatown/view/?source=rss&aim=/ent/movies/btm/featureWhat are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic? <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9dl0-zyHz93-OF9YNFaEkZUI7OY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9dl0-zyHz93-OF9YNFaEkZUI7OY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9dl0-zyHz93-OF9YNFaEkZUI7OY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9dl0-zyHz93-OF9YNFaEkZUI7OY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/btm/~4/PhgYf8x_1Qg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/13/chinatown/index.html