Salon: Arts & Entertainment

Fort Hood, written on the body

Mary Williams — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:07:00 PST

A revealing documentary on the lives of soldiers at the Army base goes more than skin deep

Disney's "A Christmas Carol": Bah, humbug!

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:00 PST

Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. And isn't one Jim Carrey enough for any movie?

The creepy suspense inside "The Box"

Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:00 PST

"Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelley delivers at least one-half of a sophisticated, old-fashioned thriller

"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away

Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:00 PST

Not even George Clooney's "sparkly eyes" can ignite this wispy satirical comedy

The undignified near-death of Miramax

Andrew O'Hehir — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:05:00 PST

Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter

"Precious" mettle

Stephanie Zacharek — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:04:00 PST

Mo'Nique, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and Mariah Carey keep "Precious" from becoming a social tract

Lightning survivors tell (almost) all!

Andrew O'Hehir — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:03:00 PST

A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force

Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests

SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:00 PDT

Have an alt-horror Halloween!

Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:28:00 PDT

Forget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive

"The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun

Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:00 PDT

Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony

Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy

Andrew O'Hehir — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:26:00 PDT

Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home

"This Is It" is only the beginning

Stephanie Zacharek — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:45:00 PDT

Kenny Ortega's moving documentary expands the unsolvable mystery of Michael Jackson

Scientology's no good, very bad week

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:27:00 PDT

Oscar-winner Paul Haggis breaks with the church. Leader Tommy Davis storms off "Nightline." Whither Tom Cruise?

"Star Trek": Coming to a theme park near you!

Andrew O'Hehir — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:35:00 PDT

Is the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin?

"Cirque du Freak": Not freaky enough

Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:00 PDT

Salma Hayek makes one sexy bearded lady, but she can't put hair on the chest of this good-natured kiddie horror pic

"Amelia": What becomes a legend most?

Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:00 PDT

Hilary Swank has the face, and the swagger, to play Amelia Earhart. So why does this ambitious biopic stall out?

"Antichrist": Lars von Trier's voyage into madness

Andrew O'Hehir — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:00 PDT

Call it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever)

DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't

Andrew O'Hehir — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:21:00 PDT

Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror

The amazing adventures of an aspiring grown-up

Jed Lipinski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:21:00 PDT

In "Manhood for Amateurs," Michael Chabon recounts the glories and embarrassments of fatherhood -- and man purses

A nation of attention whores

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:17:00 PDT

Balloon boy's bizarre dad. Meghan McCain's tweeted cleavage. The Gosselins. Why is everyone so starved for fame?

"30 Rock" strikes back

Heather Havrilesky — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:16:00 PDT

The question raised by the season premiere isn't whether the show is still good. It's how could it get any better?

Where the wild things aren't

Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:07:00 PDT

Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise

The terrifying success of "Paranormal Activity"

Mary Elizabeth Williams — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:06:00 PDT

How to turn a low-budget horror indie into a hit? Add Steven Spielberg, Twitter -- and scare the pants off people

The boy and the balloon

Heather Havrilesky — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:16:00 PDT

A heart-stopping media spectacle ends as 6-year-old Falcon Heene is found safe. But what were we watching, and why?

Kids' movies that aren't for kids: The top 10

Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:16:00 PDT

Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics

High-fiving 40-year-olds? Get out of "Cougar Town"!

Heather Havrilesky — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:06:00 PDT

Why has Courteney Cox's painfully manic midlife-crisis sitcom been embraced by fans and critics?

Critics' Picks: Call it the "liberal Bible"

Judy Berman — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:06:00 PDT

Conservatives may be mangling the Scriptures, but the Mountain Goats' musical take on the Good Book is inspired

Film Salon: Your favorite Coen brothers movie

Compiled by Jed Lipinski — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:06:00 PDT

"Fargo" vs. "Miller's Crossing"? "No Country" vs. "Lebowski"? We put the film geek question to a panel of our faves

Rape, power and Polanski's "Chinatown"

Andrew O'Hehir — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:07:00 PDT

What are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic?

Critics' Picks: How to improve your personality!

Tommy Wallach — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:06:00 PDT

A new collection of vintage educational shorts offers a peek into the anxieties and hopes of earlier generations