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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/28/il_divo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/28/il_divo/index.html?source=rss Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home Werner Herzog among the demented iguanas By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/20/herzog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/20/herzog/index.html?source=rss The legendary German eccentric on his most American film, the dirty, profane, dazzling non-remake "Bad Lieutenant" John Woo on "Red Cliff" and the rise of Chinawood By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/18/john_woo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/18/john_woo/index.html?source=rss Back home after 17 years, the action maestro has created his biggest spectacle -- and rebooted China's film biz Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Caught between two worlds By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/16/gordon_levitt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/16/gordon_levitt/index.html?source=rss After starring in a summer rom-com and kicking ass in "G.I. Joe," the one-time TV teen returns to "Uncertainty" Pedro Almodóvar: An "irrational passion" for movies By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/almodovar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/almodovar/index.html?source=rss The Spanish director on his delirious new movie-movie with Penelope Cruz, and how the New York Dolls fought Franco "The End of Poverty?": How the rich steal from the poor By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/index.html?source=rss Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century? And is that such a bad idea? Woody Harrelson on war, death, LBJ and Obama By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/11/harrelson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/11/harrelson/index.html?source=rss The one-time "Cheers" star turned eco-radical climbs into bed to talk about his new film, and the new James Dean The undignified near-death of Miramax By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/index.html?source=rss Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter Lightning survivors tell (almost) all! By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/index.html?source=rss A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force Have an alt-horror Halloween! By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/29/halloween/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/29/halloween/index.html?source=rss Forget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive "Star Trek": Coming to a theme park near you! By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/index.html?source=rss Is the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin? "Antichrist": Lars von Trier's voyage into madness By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/21/antichrist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/21/antichrist/index.html?source=rss Call it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever) DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/index.html?source=rss Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror Home schooling: How we do it By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen Kids' movies that aren't for kids: The top 10 By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/15/kids_grownups/index.html?source=rss Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics Rape, power and Polanski's "Chinatown" By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/13/chinatown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/13/chinatown/index.html?source=rss What are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic? The British indie explosion By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/08/brit_indies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/08/brit_indies/index.html?source=rss Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't "Afterschool": Death comes to YouTube By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/03/afterschool/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/03/afterschool/index.html?source=rss Young director Antonio Campos' chilly, brilliant video-age mystery is one of the decade's breakout movies Goys, God, dentistry and "A Serious Man" By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/01/coens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/01/coens/index.html?source=rss Joel and Ethan Coen on mixing Yiddish fable and suburban farce in their slippery, dark and brilliant new movie Confessions of a home-schooler By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/28/confessions_homeschooler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/28/confessions_homeschooler/index.html?source=rss Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school Early odds on the Oscar derby By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/23/oscar_kickoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/23/oscar_kickoff/index.html?source=rss "Up," Clooney, "Precious," "Lovely Bones," "Nine" all leading contenders. Plus: Is indie dead? (Part 174) John Malkovich faces "Disgrace" By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/18/malkovich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/18/malkovich/index.html?source=rss The screen icon on playing Coetzee's doomed hero, rewriting other people's scripts and making terrible movies Let a thousand eco-documentaries bloom! By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/17/ecodocs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/17/ecodocs/index.html?source=rss A guide to help you choose between "Earth" and "Earth Days," and "War, Inc." and "Food, Inc." The family who just said no By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss "No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P. Will Ecuador's Indians bankrupt Chevron? By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/10/crude/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/10/crude/index.html?source=rss Documentarian Joe Berlinger on the amazing Amazon pollution case in "Crude" -- and its link to the West Memphis 3