Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Our Picks (page 25)

Paprika Steen in "Applause"

Meet the amazing Paprika Steen

Can the left laugh at itself?

Matt Zoller Seitz

Kevin Costner and Ben Affleck in "The Company Men"

"The Company Men's" curious message about class

A detail from the cover of "The Anatomy of Ghosts."

Death at Cambridge

Advertisement:

The foreign film destined to be a comedy classic

The science of near-death experiences

Matt Zoller Seitz

Advertisement:

The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31

Dark matter and dueling scientists

George Pistereanu in "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle"

Romania continues its cinematic resurgence

A still from "The Time That Remains"

A truly funny film about the Arab-Israeli conflict

Advertisement:

Inside the shady world of reptile smuggling

Javier Bardem in "Biutiful."

"I didn't know what I was doing there, man!"

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine."

An extraordinary and sexually frank romance

Advertisement:

Julie Sokolowski in "Hadewijch."

Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit."

"True Grit": Ferocious heroine, classic western

Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning in "Somewhere"

Sofia Coppola's smart, stylish celebrity takedown

Advertisement:

Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee: Thinking man's stripper

Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in "How Do You Know"

Reese Witherspoon's improbably delightful rom-com

Tim Wu

Is the Internet due for a takeover?

Ben Whishaw and Helen Mirren in "The Tempest"

Even Helen Mirren can't save this "Tempest"

« Previous

Page: 25

Next »

Fearless journalism
in your inbox every day

Sign up for our free newsletter

• • •