Charles Taylor

“Wimbledon”

Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst prove they're real pros in this film about a mediocre tennis player who finds his confidence ... and his love match.

Charles Taylor Friday, Sep 17, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“The Brown Bunny”

The "worst movie ever made"? Not at all. In fact, Vincent Gallo's latest film is one of the truest songs of roadside America the movies have ever produced.

Charles Taylor Friday, Sep 17, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

Get well, Bill!

The Democrats -- and the country -- need the ailing ex-president back on his feet soon.

Charles Taylor Friday, Sep 3, 2004 10:16 PM UTC
News Bill Clinton

“Vanity Fair”

Reese Witherspoon as an "early feminist" is just one of many woeful missteps in Mira Nair's disastrous take on Thackeray's literary classic.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Sep 1, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

The lonely right-wingers book club

Charles Taylor Monday, Aug 30, 2004 10:23 PM UTC
Politics War Room

“Hero”

It took the slow boat from China, but Zhang Yimou's dazzling martial-arts epic has finally come to American movie theaters. It was well worth the wait.

Charles Taylor Friday, Aug 27, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“How to Make Love Like a Porn Star” by Jenna Jameson

World's biggest porn star tells all: Bad childhood, bad men, bad drugs -- but don't shed any tears for Jenna Jameson.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Aug 25, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Pornography, Nonfiction, Books

Out of the past come the noir-ish entries for our latest mystery roundup: A "fallen woman" solves crime in Regency England, a French Resistance fighter hides out in Manhattan, and a respectable bourgeois ditches it all.

Charles Taylor Friday, Aug 20, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Fiction, Thrillers, Mysteries

“Checkpoint” by Nicholson Baker

This hot-button novel isn't bad because it's about a plot to kill Bush. It's bad because it can't face the real, understandable rage that can drive rational people to think the unthinkable.

Charles Taylor Monday, Aug 16, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

King of the bootlegs

The great director Zhang Yimou made the highest grossing Chinese film -- and possibly most-bootlegged DVD -- in history, "Hero." He spoke to Salon as it was finally about to be released in theaters.

Charles Taylor Friday, Aug 13, 2004 7:49 PM UTC
Entertainment

Lost at the movies

An unsettled age has given birth to a rootless cinema -- "Lost in Translation," "Before Sunrise" and the new "Code 46" among its films -- that shows confused characters moving through a comfortless world.

Charles Taylor Tuesday, Aug 10, 2004 9:25 PM UTC
Entertainment

“Last Life in the Universe”

Stepping off the hot summer street to watch this seamless film from Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is like stepping into a dream.

Charles Taylor Friday, Aug 6, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

How does Tom Cruise rate?

After three decades on-screen, who should we compare him to? Redford, Cooper or Johnny Depp? My choice: Troy Donahue.

Charles Taylor Thursday, Aug 5, 2004 8:38 PM UTC
Entertainment

“She Hate Me”

Despite its predatory lesbians and randy studs, Spike Lee's latest effort isn't homophobic. But that doesn't mean it's good.

Charles Taylor Friday, Jul 30, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“Intimate Strangers”

This stylish French film about a woman who confesses her deepest marital secrets to a tax lawyer promises to be a Hitchcockian thriller -- until it fizzles weirdly out.

Charles Taylor Friday, Jul 30, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

Brit Hume’s hip-hop problem

Charles Taylor Thursday, Jul 29, 2004 6:41 AM UTC
Politics War Room

Martyrs for the cause of journalism

They outraged an advertiser, pissed off the publisher or fell afoul of right- or left-wing political correctness. Now these articles killed by major magazines and newspapers have found new life.

Charles Taylor Monday, Jul 26, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

“The Bourne Supremacy”

Remember him? Matt Damon is back as everyone's favorite amnesiac former CIA assassin in one of the summer's best films.

Charles Taylor Friday, Jul 23, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“The Door in the Floor”

A goatish Jeff Bridges and a sex-starved Mimi Rogers. A hot Kim Basinger and her horny teen lover. So what went wrong?

Charles Taylor Friday, Jul 16, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

The passion of Elvis

Watching Presley's "'68 Comeback Special" is a total religious experience, proving once and for all that the King was no false idol.

Charles Taylor Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Music

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