"Magnolia" We have a snake to thank for Paul Thomas Anderson's ambitious but intimate epic.
By Stephanie Zacharek [10/16/00]

"Man on the Moon" The DVD of Milos Forman's smart Andy Kaufman biopic misses a chance to illuminate the comedian's real-life weirdness.
By Jeff Stark [07/06/00]

"The Man Who Would Be King" He had to bide his time, but humane cynic John Huston finally got the chance to make one of the most sophisticated American entertainments ever.
By Charles Taylor [09/21/00]

"Manhunter" The first Hannibal Lecter movie is sweetly simple, but the stars say it was creepy as hell.
By Max Garrone [03/01/01]

"The Matrix" Curious to know about the genesis of this surprise superhit? If only a Wachowski or two were there to tell us.
By David Lazarus [08/23/00]

"Men in Black" Director Barry Sonnenfeld and star Tommy Lee Jones talk about aliens, in-jokes and making a perfect summer movie.
By Jeff Stark [11/22/00]

"Mission to Mars" How to make the Red Planet red? Use reflective copper sheeting. But that's only one of the secret wonders of Brian De Palma's maligned masterpiece.
By Charles Taylor [09/29/00]

"M:I-2" John Woo explains the extraordinary process behind his bone-crushing action shots -- but where the hell is Tom Cruise's wire?
By Bill Wyman [12/01/00]

"The Mummy" (1999) and "The Mummy" (1932) Stephen Sommers' 1999 remake uses special effects to dazzle and delight; the 1932 original creeps into your dreams.
By Charles Taylor [07/18/00]

"The Naked Gun" The people who brought you "Airplane!" talk about O.J. Simpson, what "funny" is and how "Nice beaver!" became a classic comic moment.
By Bill Wyman [09/12/00]

"Nashville" On this long-awaited DVD, director Robert Altman talks about the making of an American classic.
[01/03/01]

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" Coffins and scorpions for the holidays! Plus: Two great Tim Burton animated shorts, "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie."
By Stephanie Zacharek [12/22/00]

"The Ninth Gate" Roman Polanski talks about how his love affair with the printed word informed his supernatural, bibliophilic thriller.
By Stephanie Zacharek [08/04/00]

"North by Northwest" Screenwriter Ernest Lehman talks about his plan to write "the ultimate Hitchcock movie."
By Bill Wyman [09/25/00]

"Notorious" In this truly twisted love story, the passion between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman is so powerful it's almost a character in itself.
By Andrew O'Hehir [08/15/00]

"Patton" A documentary extra brings alive the extraordinary logistics involved in creating this three-hour-long war epic.
By Bill Wyman [09/14/00]

"Pee-wee's Big Adventure" Director Tim Burton and star Paul Reubens wanted to take every prop home. Who wouldn't want a rocket ship in the living room?
By Stephanie Zacharek [10/10/00]

"The Perfect Storm" A deluxe crash course in digital production -- and one that helps explain why director Wolfgang Petersen just couldn't grasp the subtlety of Sebastian Junger's book.
By Michael Sragow [11/14/00]

"Pitch Black" Two commentary tracks on this almost-great sci-fi thriller fail to flesh out what happens when space goes dark and all hell breaks loose.
By David Lazarus [12/06/00]

"Plan 9 From Outer Space" Those near and dear to infamous schlock director Ed Wood reveal his greatest legacies -- including how not to wield a camera.
By David Lazarus [10/05/00]

"Léon" ("The Professional") Uncut, Luc Besson's controversial thriller makes perfect sense -- and it has a softly beating heart.
By Charles Taylor [08/28/00]

"Psycho" Hitchcock's creepy thriller about sex has imprinted itself on the psyche of two generations of moviegoers.
By Bill Wyman [08/17/00]

"Rambo: First Blood Part II" The extras elucidate eternal truths about the quintessential American hero. Meanwhile, Stallone whips ass.
By David Lazarus [09/19/00]

"Rollerball" Director Norman Jewison says he feared that he'd actually kill someone while making his searing statement about violence.
By David Lazarus [10/02/00]

"Rosemary's Baby" Roman Polanski's unnerving classic deserves to be seen in all its gloomy glory. But good luck erasing it from memory afterward.
By Stephanie Zacharek [03/26/01]

"Run Lola Run" A bracing meditation on chaos, chance and the more mysterious qualities of time, from a German filmmaker who's like a restless kid.
By Stephanie Zacharek [06/21/00]

"Sabotage" and "Secret Agent" Was 1936 Hitchcock's very best year? Two thrillers, including the director's weirdest movie ever, make the case.
By Michael Sragow [08/18/00]

"Saving Private Ryan" Old home movies show the genesis of Steven Spielberg's sincere but deeply conventional wartime drama.
By Andrew O'Hehir [10/18/00]

"Scarface" When the profanity-laced cocaine epic finally made it to TV, editors scrambled to find 160 words that rhymed with "suck."
By Max Garrone [04/10/01]

"Scary Movie" Sex and guns and new handicap gags, but no word on how the directors found the right fart sound for Carmen Electra.
By David Lazarus [01/04/01]

"Seven Samurai" A Japanese film scholar gives new life to Kurosawa's sword-fighting epic.
By David Lazarus [05/31/01]

"Sex and the City: The Complete First Season" Two discs revisit the early days of the HBO hit series, when Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda were still saucy and shocking.
By Suzy Hansen [09/18/00]

"Shaft" Why remake this American classic? Samuel L. Jackson explains. Plus: Isaac Hayes on how he laid down his sexy score.
By Stephanie Zacharek [12/12/00]

"Shakespeare in Love" A historical romance made up out of whole cloth -- as if that mattered.
By Stephanie Zacharek [06/30/00]

"Shanghai Noon" In his best American movie, Jackie Chan finally meets his match.
By David Lazarus [12/04/00]

"The Shining" A rare look at Stanley Kubrick's work habits. Plus: Why Jack Nicholson's dental hygiene is so good.
By Andrew O'Hehir [02/07/01]

"Showgirls" You think the girls are naked in Paul Verhoeven's sublimely vulgar camp classic? Wait'll you see their ambition.
By Charles Taylor [07/07/00]

"Six Degrees of Separation" Will Smith's first starring role is still his best.
By Michael Sragow [09/08/00]

"The Sixth Sense" Sensation or sham? Either way, M. Night Shyamalan's thriller-romance strikes a chord.
By Bill Wyman [06/13/00]

"Sliding Doors" A romantic fantasy to wallow in, starring an actress too many people love to hate.
By Charles Taylor [09/11/00]

"Snow Day" A pleasant enough little comedy that earns a 6 on the snow-o-meter, partially redeemed by Iggy Pop's reverie on snow in Manhattan.
[10/23/00]

"Snow Falling on Cedars" A visually intense but rambling meditation on the power of memory that moves frame by frame and flake by flake.
By Andrew O'Hehir [09/05/00]

"The Sopranos" On the DVD of the first season of "The Sopranos," creator David Chase admits that a lot of his family drama was painfully real.
By Jeff Stark [04/05/01]

"Splendor in the Grass" Elia Kazan's romantic classic panders to teenage angst; that doesn't mean it won't break you up.
By Charles Taylor [07/28/00]

"Starship Troopers" In this post-"Showgirls" sci-fi epic, Paul Verhoeven is just trying to be a good feminist.
By Andrew O'Hehir [06/20/00]

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" The greatest of all Star Trek movies comes to life -- and don't be surprised if your eyes water a bit at Spock's very Vulcan-like sacrifice.
By Stephanie Zacharek [08/22/00]

"Stigmata" An enjoyable, superstylish supernatural thriller that doesn't make much sense -- except in the director's mind.
By Andrew O'Hehir [08/02/00]

"Stir of Echoes" Director David Koepp reveals the secret behind the low-budget special effect that makes his graceful, creepy thriller look like a million bucks.
By Stephanie Zacharek [09/28/00]

"The Complete Superman Collection" Up in the sky! Look! It's a dynamic collection of classic animated shorts in gleaming Technicolor!
By Michael Sragow [08/25/00]

"Surf Nazis Must Die" A woman in black lingerie and a guy in a Tarzan outfit offer a probing examination of the Nazi mentality: This is what director's cuts were made for.
By David Lazarus [10/31/00]

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" Matt Damon makes us sympathize with a killer; Anthony Minghella shows us why we do.
By Jeff Stark [07/14/00]

"Taxi Driver" The picture that changed cinema history <I>and</I> American history, plus a detailed technical deconstruction.
By Andrew O'Hehir [07/17/00]

"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" A slate of exhausting extras takes us back to the time James Cameron was an action director extraordinaire -- and not the irritating owner of a best picture Oscar.
By Bill Wyman [10/11/00]

"The 39 Steps" A crisp transfer shows the Hitchcock classic as you've never seen it before -- black cat and all.
By Charles Taylor [08/11/00]

"Three Kings" Every detail counts in David O. Russell's Gulf War heist picture.
By Jeff Stark [06/12/00]

"Touch of Evil" The famous unbroken shot that opens Orson Welles' gutter-baroque extravaganza gets cleaned up -- and, at last, shown as Welles intended it.
By Michael Sragow [11/01/00]

"Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" Not all DVD versions of the two groundbreaking computer-animated movies are created equal.
By Max Garrone [04/05/01]

"Twister" A torturous commentary track -- like the plot -- gets in the way of wrathful, way-cool tornadoes.
By Suzy Hansen [12/15/00]

"U-571" Jonathan Mostow succeeds in his goal of making an old-fashioned World War II submarine movie. Too bad the entire story is bogus.
By David Lazarus [10/24/00]

"The Usual Suspects" Pulp fiction you can sink your teeth into, and fall in love with.
By Michael Sragow [09/06/00]

"The Virgin Suicides" Subtle, breezy, serious and smart, Sofia Coppola's gorgeous directorial debut gets to the heart of adolescent longing -- singing chewing gum notwithstanding.
By Jeff Stark [01/23/01]

"Wag the Dog" How a real-life documentary helped inspire a whip-smart political satire about a made-up war.
By Michael Sragow [10/25/00]

"Waking the Dead" Cut scenes reveal the site of Jennifer Connelly's teenage longing and other pieces of this lyrical, ghostly and sometimes lackadaisical love story.
By Stephanie Zacharek [02/13/01]

"Wallace & Gromit: The First Three Adventures" A digital trip inside the world of master animator Nick Park and Aardman Animation -- before "Chicken Run."
By Jeff Stark [11/28/00]

"White Men Can't Jump" Ron Shelton's comedy about wisecracking, tough-talking basketball rivals opens up more racial dialogue than any message movie.
By Michael Sragow [08/21/00]

"Wild Things" John McNaughton's naughty thriller makes your heart sing and your hormones hum.
By Charles Taylor [09/20/00]

"The Wizard of Oz" A mid-song Judy Garland coughing fit, some poisonous aluminum dust and one magnificent lost dance sequence: An Emerald City's worth of secrets about one of the world's most beloved films.
By Andrew O'Hehir [11/10/00]

"Woodstock" More Hendrix, some Joplin, but would it have killed anyone to add a few extras to one of the greatest rock-doc and propaganda movies ever?
By Bill Wyman [10/26/00]

"Wuthering Heights" A DVD interview reveals Sir Laurence Olivier's acting advice for this wrenching classic: "The virgin presents the pelvis."
By Michael Sragow [12/14/00]

"The X-Files: Fight the Future" The makers of TV's "The X-Files" used to think they were making a little movie each week -- until they actually set out to make a movie.
By Jeff Stark [01/16/01]

"X-Men" Why is this smart, handsome mutant movie so good? Director Bryan Singer says it's because he took the superhero story seriously.
By Charles Taylor [12/20/00]

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