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Cannes opens with a dud -- but delights follow: "Blindness" is an apocalyptic horror flick, rendered dull and pretentious. But an astonishing animated war film and a gripping prison drama provide the fireworks.; Andrew O'Hehir May 15, 2008
Yes we Cannes!: Indiana Jones meets art cinema as the world's leading festival offers its most exciting lineup in years.; Andrew O'Hehir May 14, 2008
In-flight reading: I'm en route to Cannes, to watch movies, drink wine and blog like crazy. Poor me!; Andrew O'Hehir May 13, 2008
If Austin Powers were French -- and funny: He might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East.; Andrew O'Hehir May 9, 2008
Double shot of gloom for indie fans: Leading film-blogger Glenn Kenny is out at Premiere; Warner Bros. to fold its Picturehouse and Warner Independent subsidiaries.; Andrew O'Hehir May 8, 2008
Building a road from Bollywood to dullsville: How can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.; Andrew O'Hehir May 8, 2008
A star is born (at age 51): As a married woman meeting her ex-lover 25 years later, Juliet Stevenson transforms a Lifetime-level middle-aged rom-com into delirious comic magic.; Andrew O'Hehir May 8, 2008
The Iraq movie we've been waiting for: Nick Broomfield's pulse-pounding "Battle for Haditha" turns the infamous 2005 civilian massacre into a haunting classic about the inhumanity of war.; Andrew O'Hehir May 8, 2008
Indie box office: "Mister Lonely" finds friends: Harmony Korine's latest thrives in the shadow of "Iron Man," but this year's indie failures include some of the year's best films.; Andrew O'Hehir May 7, 2008
10 to watch from Tribeca: A hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest.; Andrew O'Hehir May 5, 2008
Marilyn, Michael and the flying nuns: Harmony Korine, the skate-punk Fitzgerald of the '90s, is back for his second act -- with a sweet and surprisingly lovely film, believe it or not.; Andrew O'Hehir May 2, 2008
The girl who's also a boy: A nifty Gothic fable about an intersex teen in a desolate coastal town is among the year's most striking debuts.; Andrew O'Hehir May 2, 2008
Three films about poverty, murder and Coca-Cola: Take a rattle-trap road trip with a trio of Romanian losers, a haunting cruise "Up the Yangtze" and a silky slide into a Hitchcock-lite thriller.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 30, 2008
No "Sex" on the beach at Cannes: Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 29, 2008
He conquered the World Trade Center: "Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant?; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 28, 2008
Critics' Picks: Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A knockout '70s R&B singer, a ravishing anime, the best season of "Survivor" in years.; Apr 26, 2008
Guillermo del Toro to make "Hobbit" films: Bleah!: A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this?; Apr 25, 2008
Interrogating Abu Ghraib: Errol Morris on his film "Standard Operating Procedure," why Lynndie England and others took photographs, and how the infamous images conceal as much as they reveal (podcast and video).; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 25, 2008
What's hot (and not) at Tribeca: "Speed Racer" zooms, David Mamet knows kung fu, a Fellini rediscovery and much more at New York's downsized (but still glitzy) spring fest.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 24, 2008
Trash-meister strikes back!: Much-hated German director Uwe Boll reneges on promise to quit, pronounces self "only genius in the whole fucking business."; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 24, 2008
Indy, Clint and Che hit the Côte d'Azur: Eastwood's "Changeling" and Soderbergh's four-hour "Che" top an impressive Eurocentric lineup at 61st Cannes festival.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 23, 2008
Charlie Wilson's unfinished war: The legendary Texas congressman talks about his secret 1980s Afghan war (and its blowback), the Obama campaign and being better-looking than Tom Hanks.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 22, 2008
From the Riviera to Abu Ghraib: This week: Cannes announces its selections (almost), Tribeca kicks off, and Errol Morris plumbs the dark secrets behind those torture photos.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 22, 2008
The haunting of the Democrats: The party is caught in an excruciating Catch-22. Whether it chooses the establishment figure or the liberal reformer, history offers many paths to defeat.; By Andrew O'Hehir Apr 21, 2008
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock's 'stache?: Likable "Super Size Me" director searches for video-game villain (and '80s rapper) Osama bin Laden, yuks it up with Arab citizenry.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 18, 2008

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