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"What Just Happened"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Robert De Niro heads an all-star cast in this self-amused Hollywood sendup.

No "Sex" on the beach at Cannes

By Andrew O'Hehir — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer.

"Man of the Year"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Robin Williams plays a Jon Stewart-like comedian running for president in this not-so-lovable loser.

"Bandits"

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

We wuz robbed! Barry Levinson, Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton mix it up in a misfire of a heist film.

Nightmare of the talking heads

By Barry Levinson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

I must be watching too much TV lately.

"Wag the Dog"

By Michael Sragow — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

How a real-life documentary helped inspire a whip-smart political satire about a made-up war.

The return of the White Negro

By Michael Sragow — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Filmmaker James Toback talks about race, sex, Warren Beatty and his explosive new movie, "Black and White."

Blue Glow

By Joyce Millman — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, March 21, 2000

It's a boy's, boy's, boy's world (and a girl's)

By Michael Sragow — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

"Liberty Heights" stars Ben Foster and Rebekah Johnson talk about race relations and "spilling seed" in Barry Levinson's latest look back at Baltimore.

Basketball diary

By Robert Wilonsky — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Showtime's sorry drama "The Hoop Life" and its young writer want to dramatize the sporting life, but on the court or off, reality is always far more interesting than fiction.

Big success on the small screen

By Michael Sragow — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Director Alan Taylor ("Palookaville") makes the leap to television -- and hits a high note with his episode of "The Sopranos."

Lights, camera, WAR!

By Andrew O'Hehir — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT

Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Wag the Dog' directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Heche.