Fantasy still can’t get no respect
LOTR debate continues: The cultural establishment still doesn't take fantasy seriously -- ask Jim Cameron
Wednesday, Jan 6, 2010 4:07 PM UTC 39Entertainment The Lord of the Rings
LOTR debate continues: The cultural establishment still doesn't take fantasy seriously -- ask Jim Cameron
Wednesday, Jan 6, 2010 4:07 PM UTC 39Peter Jackson's trilogy was embraced by critics and made a kazillion bucks. So where's the decade-end love?
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 8:06 PM UTC 225Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece broke our hearts -- and exemplified the intoxicating potential of movies
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 8:31 PM UTC 12It was a work of evil but also of a showman. The atrocity that hit us on 9/11 singularly defined the years ahead
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 7:20 PM UTC 66Don Hertzfeldt's 2000 short never played the multiplex, but its blend of madness and simplicity is near perfect
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 5:55 PM UTCUnlikely as it seems, the Daniel Craig Bond reboot breathed new life into action cinema
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 2:43 PM UTCYes, they're both writers first. But their brilliant work blew open industry doors -- and blew our minds
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 2:31 AM UTC 18Rebecca Miller's edgy, underappreciated father-daughter comedy resonates with the rhythms of real life
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 6:45 PM UTCThe Danish bad boy's bizarre challenge produces the most distinctive nonfiction film of the '00s
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 2:30 PM UTCPixar's animation is loaded with beauty and feeling -- but Hayao Miyazaki's work disturbs and challenges us
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 2:30 AM UTC 39With grandiose CGI sets and glorious acting, Ridley Scott's epic reawakened the sword-and-sandal genre
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 6:40 PM UTC 19Ramin Bahrani's acutely observed film about two kids living rough in Queens defines the late '00s in America
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 2:30 PM UTCForget the snarky film-brat stereotype -- the Coens have consistently struggled with life's big questions
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 2:30 AM UTC 16From Spain to Korea, suburbia to Romania -- my personal favorites in a turbulent time
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 2:23 AM UTC 17My 25 favorites of the '00s, including "Donnie Darko," "Lost in Translation" and ... "Pootie Tang"?
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 2:01 AM UTC 33Miyazaki's fable of a girl trapped in the spirit world is full of visual delights -- and painful insights
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 6:09 PM UTCThe director of "Food, Inc." on Yung Chang's lovely doc about the transformation of China's legendary river
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 12:28 PM UTCThe Belgian duo have almost no American profile -- but their visual and moral integrity speaks for itself
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 3:30 AM UTCWe came, we saw, we LOL'ed and WTF'ed
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 2:01 AM UTC 37There may be better movies -- but this is the one you'll watch with your kids, one Christmas after another
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