Al Pacino

"Righteous Kill" "Righteous Kill"

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro make the sparks fly in this formulaic cop-movie mash-up.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Sep 12, 2008

  • Weekend roundup: Movies not to miss

    A tender porn-theater family saga, with boils; a sexy ghost story from Macedonia; Al Pacino's junkie breakthrough; and the story of World War II heroine Hannah Senesh.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 31, 2009

  • "88 Minutes"

    Al Pacino tries hard to make this squirrelly thriller worth your time.
    By Stephanie Zacharek April 18, 2008

  • Lady Jane

    Actress, activist, sex kitten, entrepreneur, Christian, mogul's wife, lightning rod, for almost 70 years Jane Fonda has lived out the history of American women.
    By Rebecca Traister April 5, 2005

  • The Fix

    Elizabeth Hurley goes for Mile High Club membership, Gwyneth goes down for a nap, and the Buttafuocos call it quits. Plus: DJ Jazzy Dubya?
    By Karen Croft May 6, 2003

  • The Fix

    Eggers says "I do," "Millionaire" runner-up Sarah says "I will" to Playboy, and Larry David gets Glicked!
    By Karen Croft April 30, 2003

  • "People I Know"

    The only thing you'll remember about this sleepy drama is Al Pacino as a baggy-eyed New York P.R. kingpin. And the role isn't even close to his best.
    By Stephanie Zacharek April 25, 2003

  • The Fix

    Alec Baldwin rants, Sean Penn smokes, Nicole Kidman holds hands, and Rush Limbaugh makes things up! Plus: Could Meg Ryan be in love?
    By Karen Croft April 10, 2003

  • The Fix

    The red carpet gets yanked, Russian girl duo heats up, Pacino disses De Niro, and O'Toole remembers pissing in a sink!
    By Karen Croft March 19, 2003

  • "The Recruit"

    Nothing is what it seems -- especially Al Pacino's jazzy, freewheeling performance -- in this preposterous CIA thriller.
    By Stephanie Zacharek January 31, 2003

  • Of fate and football

    Is football more than a game? Two of the best gridiron movies ever made take very different routes to arrive at the same answer.
    By Gary Kamiya January 25, 2003

  • "Simone"

    Never mind the digital babe-ology or Al Pacino in full huzzah, this Hollywood satire is way too clever for its own good.
    By Andrew O'Hehir August 23, 2002

  • "Insomnia"

    Christopher Nolan's creepy, big budget thriller -- his first film since "Memento" -- is the kind of film Hitchcock would make.
    By Andrew O'Hehir May 24, 2002

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, May 14, 2001
    By Joyce Millman May 14, 2001

  • "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 April 10, 2001

  • "Any Given Sunday"

    What could be worse than Oliver Stone's cloddish, didactic football movie? How about six more minutes and some softball interviews?
    By Max Garrone January 30, 2001

  • And they don't curse, either

    The boy bands stay fall-down sober at Daisy Fuentes' bash; Dennis Hopper says he saw O.J. go nuts the day of the murders. Plus: Puff Daddy's desperate, and Spielberg gets knighted.
    By Amy Reiter January 30, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Jan. 19-21, 2001
    By Joyce Millman January 19, 2001

  • Sweet little lies

    Madonna engagement rumors dispelled, alleged friend publicly spanked; Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones get church bell gossip of their own. Plus: Naomi Campbell gets manhandled at Madame Tussaud's!
    By Amy Reiter September 1, 2000

  • "The Insider"

    Part of the genius of Michael Mann's muckracking drama is the casting of Russell Crowe as a thickset, middle-aged tobacco industry whistle-blower.
    By Charles Taylor August 10, 2000

  • Sharps & Flats

    RZA's music "inspired by" Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog" lags behind the inspired cuts of the actual film.
    By Alex Pappademas April 25, 2000

  • VIP OD'd

    When you're always blown away by the things that happen to you, you get so you start missing being blown away by the things that happen to you.
    By David Goodman April 14, 2000

  • Oops.com

    Michaeldouglas.com would like to apologize for any inconvenience ... an admirer would like to apologize for his "groins." Plus: Jewel had another book inside her after all. Too bad it's not staying in.
    By Amy Reiter February 2, 2000

  • Will Uncle Junior sing?

    Actor Dominic Chianese of "The Sopranos" talks about the hit show, James Gandolfini, Francis Coppola, Al Pacino and Gilbert & Sullivan.
    By Michael Sragow January 21, 2000

  • "Any Given Sunday"

    Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz make all the right moves, but Oliver Stone's playbook is running out of juice.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams December 23, 1999
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