http://dir.salon.com/topics/david_thomson/?source=rss&aim=david_thomson en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/12/bombings_thomson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/12/bombings_thomson/index.html?source=rss The images from the London bombings awakened an elemental fear that we all do our best to keep buried. By Laura Miller Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/12/16/thomson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/12/16/thomson/index.html?source=rss Film critic David Thomson talks about his masterly survey of movie people -- who's in, who's out and just what makes a star different from the rest of us. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/11/07/booth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/11/07/booth/index.html?source=rss Veteran film editor Margaret Booth cut up the dreams and hopes of all the tough-guy directors and reassembled them the way she liked. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/24/fingers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/24/fingers/index.html?source=rss James Toback's cult classic "Fingers" is like the screen treatment of a comic book written and illustrated by the Freud boys -- Sigmund and Lucian. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/17/nina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/17/nina/index.html?source=rss She's the hottest woman still alive on "24" and I hope they use her as the sultry center of the second season. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/10/isabelle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/10/isabelle/index.html?source=rss The personal sexuality of actors and stars may be the only mystery they are actually allowed. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/03/piano/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/10/03/piano/index.html?source=rss Reflections on Isabelle Huppert's sadomasochistic mysteries in "The Piano Teacher." By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/26/goldie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/26/goldie/index.html?source=rss Goldie Hawn is a hot woman of a certain age who dares to possess a sex life, romantic feelings and an awareness of power and money. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/19/streetcar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/19/streetcar/index.html?source=rss Kim Hunter played a key role in molding "A Streetcar Named Desire" into a more heterosexual drama than its author intended. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/12/morvern/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/12/morvern/index.html?source=rss Samantha Morton comes to life in a deeply introspective film suffused with intimate naturalism. Plus she lounges around in her underwear. By Salon staff Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/11/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/11/roundup/index.html?source=rss 9/11 thoughts from Mark Crispin Miller, David Thomson, Richard Stallman and more. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/05/frida/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/09/05/frida/index.html?source=rss Salma Hayek's Frida Kahlo is ravenously sexual -- but where's her mustache? By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/29/auto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/29/auto/index.html?source=rss Even as he sank into a fatal sexual morass, Bob Crane remained a blandly wholesome nice guy. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/22/reading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/22/reading/index.html?source=rss Nicole Kidman playing Virginia Woolf is far more possessed, and thus far sexier, than Gwyneth Paltrow in "Possession." By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/08/keener/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/08/keener/index.html?source=rss You know Catherine Keener is trouble. But you can't stop yourself. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/01/hanged/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/08/01/hanged/index.html?source=rss Thoughts on my sister-in-law's suicide. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/07/25/lucian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/07/25/lucian/index.html?source=rss Go to London and look at Lucian's paintings of nudes, which still contain the possibility of love. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/07/18/leigh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/07/18/leigh/index.html?source=rss What's Jennifer Jason Leigh doing in "The Road to Perdition" -- and why's she missing that despondent, carnal air of hers? By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/07/11/minority/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/07/11/minority/index.html?source=rss Steven Spielberg has never done sexy well in his films, but "Minority Report" feels wet, alive and throbbing. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/06/06/blue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/06/06/blue/index.html?source=rss "Blue Velvet" was and is an outrage. And a masterpiece. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/30/soccer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/30/soccer/index.html?source=rss It's time for America to discover the knees, thighs and invention of the men who play the most erotic game in the world. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/23/nina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/23/nina/index.html?source=rss The last episode of "24" was made for Nina-ites, and for ecstatic, fulfilling perfidy. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/16/unfaithful/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/16/unfaithful/index.html?source=rss In "Unfaithful," Diane Lane's character was simply not unhappy or desperate enough to betray her marriage by having sudden sex with another man. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/09/lucas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/05/09/lucas/index.html?source=rss George Lucas is still a virgin, and he wants his audience in the same stricken state. By David Thomson Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/04/25/beast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/04/25/beast/index.html?source=rss What makes the movie so good, and so English, finally, is the ambivalence of Don Logan -- for this monster, this demon, this beast is also the life force.