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"Ray"
Jamie Foxx rocks the house as the late, great Ray Charles. Can this one movie make America seem beautiful again?
By Charles Taylor Oct 29, 2004
"Enduring Love"
This peculiar film about a guy stalked by another guy asks that age-old question: Are psychotics who need people the luckiest people in the world?
By Charles Taylor Oct 28, 2004
"Shall We Dance?"
Richard Gere waltzes his way through a midlife crisis and past Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon.
By Charles Taylor Oct 15, 2004
"Sideways"
Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh shine in this wannabe adult comedy, but director Alexander Payne ("About Schmidt") proves again that he's a pretentious wiseass.
By Charles Taylor Oct 15, 2004
"Team America: World Police"
The new film by "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker starts off strong, but then resorts to lame anti-left jokes that could have been written by Ann Coulter.
By Charles Taylor Oct 15, 2004
"Chronicles, Volume 1"
In his surprisingly straightforward memoir, Bob Dylan takes us through his explosive early years, the curse of being "the conscience of his generation" and, more recently, his artistic redemption.
By Charles Taylor Oct 8, 2004
"Friday Night Lights"
Billy Bob Thornton, as the coach of a small-town high school football team, scores a few points, but this smug little film drops the ball at every turn.
By Charles Taylor Oct 8, 2004
"Vera Drake"
The first half of Mike Leigh's latest, about a cleaning woman/abortionist, showcases how he can get amazing performances from his actors. But the second half . . .
By Charles Taylor Oct 7, 2004
"Tropical Malady"
This love story about a soldier and a country boy from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul makes you feel as if life itself is unfolding on the screen.
By Charles Taylor Oct 1, 2004
Much more than a sex kitten
Brigitte Bardot turns 70 Tuesday, and hasn't made a film in 30 years. Yet she remains one of the great movie stars of all time.
By Charles Taylor Sep 28, 2004
Gwyn, lose or draw
Her upbringing and aristocratic air have -- unfairly -- made her a loaded target for many. But the most unjust criticism is of her very best films.
By Charles Taylor Sep 22, 2004
"Head in the Clouds"
Penelope Cruz stars with real-life couple Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend in this frippery romanticizing the fight against fascism.
By Charles Taylor Sep 17, 2004
"Wimbledon"
Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst prove they're real pros in this film about a mediocre tennis player who finds his confidence ... and his love match.
By Charles Taylor Sep 17, 2004
"The Brown Bunny"
The "worst movie ever made"? Not at all. In fact, Vincent Gallo's latest film is one of the truest songs of roadside America the movies have ever produced.
By Charles Taylor Sep 17, 2004
Get well, Bill!
The Democrats -- and the country -- need the ailing ex-president back on his feet soon.
By Charles Taylor Sep 3, 2004
"Vanity Fair"
Reese Witherspoon as an "early feminist" is just one of many woeful missteps in Mira Nair's disastrous take on Thackeray's literary classic.
By Charles Taylor Sep 1, 2004
Letters
J.T. Walsh is worth remembering! "Hero" must be taken in context! Readers respond to recent articles by Cintra Wilson and Charles Taylor.
Aug 31, 2004
Letters
Readers respond to Charles Taylor's review of "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star": Um, no, some of us don't watch porn and don't know who Jenna Jameson is. And don't call us prudes!
Aug 30, 2004
"Hero"
It took the slow boat from China, but Zhang Yimou's dazzling martial-arts epic has finally come to American movie theaters. It was well worth the wait.
By Charles Taylor Aug 27, 2004
"How to Make Love Like a Porn Star" by Jenna Jameson
World's biggest porn star tells all: Bad childhood, bad men, bad drugs -- but don't shed any tears for Jenna Jameson.
By Charles Taylor Aug 25, 2004
Shadows of late summer
Out of the past come the noir-ish entries for our latest mystery roundup: A "fallen woman" solves crime in Regency England, a French Resistance fighter hides out in Manhattan, and a respectable bourgeois ditches it all.
By Charles Taylor Aug 20, 2004
"Checkpoint" by Nicholson Baker
This hot-button novel isn't bad because it's about a plot to kill Bush. It's bad because it can't face the real, understandable rage that can drive rational people to think the unthinkable.
By Charles Taylor Aug 16, 2004
King of the bootlegs
The great director Zhang Yimou made the highest grossing Chinese film -- and possibly most-bootlegged DVD -- in history, "Hero." He spoke to Salon as it was finally about to be released in theaters.
By Charles Taylor Aug 13, 2004
Lost at the movies
An unsettled age has given birth to a rootless cinema -- "Lost in Translation," "Before Sunrise" and the new "Code 46" among its films -- that shows confused characters moving through a comfortless world.
By Charles Taylor Aug 10, 2004
"Last Life in the Universe"
Stepping off the hot summer street to watch this seamless film from Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is like stepping into a dream.
By Charles Taylor Aug 6, 2004
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