L.A. Confidential

  • "The Cold Six Thousand" by James Ellroy

    With his latest tale of epic conspiracy and evil, Ellroy takes crime fiction as far as it can go -- and maybe even farther.
    By Allen Barra June 13, 2001

  • "L.A. Confidential"

    The extras present Los Angeles in all its glittering, sometimes-shady glory, a mythical land of movies, sun and sand.
    By Max Garrone November 3, 2000

  • Roll out the barrel

    Where are the gorgeous, leading-man lugs with beefy chests who were the epitome of unforced cool?
    By Kim Morgan October 24, 2000

  • "Wonder Boys"

    Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire clash, connect and get baked in Curtis Hanson's literate upscale entertainment.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 25, 2000

  • A wizard of Hollywood

    Steve Kloves, screenwriter for Curtis Hanson's new "Wonder Boys," takes on Hollywood's hottest property -- boy wonder Harry Potter.
    By Michael Sragow February 24, 2000

  • Price of fame

    Puffy was there, and the Goo Goo Dolls, and I almost ran over Kurt Loder. But everyone was working. So, all of a sudden, we missed the lame party with the imported transvestites.
    By David Goodman January 28, 2000

  • L.A. not so confidential

    A police informer blows the whistle on some old news -- no one has been able to police the LAPD.
    By Marc Cooper September 28, 1999

  • The Year in Film 1997

    Salon Entertainment: Salon film critic Charles Taylor chooses the best movies of 1997.
    By Charles Taylor December 24, 1997
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