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The deliciously naughty "Shameless" -- starring a young James McAvoy -- is one of the best comedies ever made about urban poverty.
By Thomas Rogers Jul 29, 2008

  • The best DVDs of 2009 (so far)

    Douglas Sirk's "Magnificent Obsession," Patrick McGoohan in "The Quare Fellow," Rossellini takes on Louis XIV, new reissues of Audrey Hepburn's best-loved films and more.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 4, 2009

  • DVDs you should have seen in 2008, but didn't

    Eddie Albert in "1984," the best of MST3K, an even sexier "Lady Chatterley," classic Brit-horror, and Donald vs. Chip 'n' Dale.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 14, 2009

  • Drinks, dancing, dinner, self-loathing

    Director William Friedkin talks about revisiting his pre-Stonewall lightning rod "The Boys in the Band" -- and his peculiar role in the history of gay film.
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 24, 2008

  • What's behind the "WALL-E" cult?

    Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 20, 2008

  • "Greatest film ever" or a cream cake?

    Mocked on initial release and long unavailable, Max Ophüls' wide-screen spectacle "Lola Montès" returns in a lustrous restoration. So what's the big deal?
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 10, 2008

  • Torture porn, made beautiful

    Pasolini's "Salò" blends fascism, de Sade and upscale art cinema into the most notorious film in the medium's history. Watch it at home!
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 8, 2008

  • Awesome Kids' Video Project: The sequel!

    As requested, the also-rans in our reader poll of family summer flicks. Also: Is this list racist? Is Hannibal Lecter right for your family? And more!
    By Andrew O'Hehir July 15, 2008

  • The ultimate family DVD list

    We asked; you answered. Here's the most-awesome-ever summertime list of offbeat, kid-friendly movies available on DVD -- as chosen (mostly) by Salon readers.
    By Andrew O'Hehir July 12, 2008

  • Good night and good TV

    "The Newsroom" does for the talking heads what "The Office" does for cubicle dwellers -- and may be the funniest TV show ever made about the news business.
    By Thomas Rogers July 1, 2008

  • City kids

    Brazilian TV series "City of Men" explores the hardships of growing up among guns and gangsters in Rio's slums.
    By Megan Doll June 3, 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.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 22, 2008

  • French cinema's prickly stepmom

    A new DVD box set captures the puzzling genius of Agnès Varda, maybe the least-appreciated great filmmaker of Europe's golden age.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 8, 2008

  • Narnia in neon

    Sid and Marty Krofft introduced a generation of children to freaky Day-Glo fantasy worlds with singing monsters and talking inanimate objects. Whoa, flashback!
    By Sarah Hepola February 19, 2008

  • DVDs you definitely don't have

    An almost forgotten silent-comedy genius, ground-breaking British docs of the '50s and the Eurosleaze wonders of "Black Emanuelle's Box."
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 13, 2008

  • "Lift" and the failure of indie cinema

    Why did one of the smartest American movies of recent years go straight to Showtime?
    By Charles Taylor September 2, 2003
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