Mary Elizabeth Williams

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  • My DVD dealer

    With Netflix, never again will I have to endure the humiliation of having a video-store clerk bray, "You have a late fee on 'Bubble Boy.'"
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams July 20, 2005

  • Bootylicious

    My kids' favorite snack smells funkier than poop, has questionable nutritional value and leaves a trail of bright green powder in its wake. Still, I can't imagine life without it.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams June 8, 2005

  • It's still my church

    My faith brings me profound comfort, even though the Catholic Church has failed so many others in grievous ways.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams April 8, 2005

  • Manet's "Olympia"

    With a single shocking canvas depicting a prostitute in repose, Édouard Manet ushered in the brave nude world of modern art.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams May 13, 2002

  • Coming out Rosie

    Is O'Donnell's admission of her sexual preference a bombshell -- or a no-brainer?
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams February 13, 2002

  • "Baby Boy"

    John Singleton's urban drama has noble intentions, but it's as lost as its protagonist.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams July 4, 2001

  • Mel Brooks

    The comedy impresario currently steamrolling Broadway owes "Blazing Saddles," fart humor and his dancing Hitler to a red rubber ball.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams June 19, 2001

  • Woof! There it is!

    Snoop Dogg asks not what porn can do for him, but what he can do for pornography.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams March 15, 2001

  • Taster's choice

    Abs of steel and a thing for girls with an appetite -- Freddie Prinze Jr. is the guy everyone wants for a boyfriend.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams February 15, 2001

  • "Gob's Grief" by Chris Adrian

    History and fantasy combine in this powerful story of a twin killed during the Civil War and his brother's strange scheme to bring him back to life.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams January 11, 2001

  • "Billy Elliot"

    What makes a man? In the gritty, "Full Monty" countryside it means getting comfortable around tights and tutus.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams November 3, 2000

  • What to read in October

    Hunting a Tasmanian tiger, denouncing the '60s generation, loving Graham Greene and unveiling family secrets in the best fall fiction.
    By Salon's critics October 23, 2000

  • "Urban Legends: Final Cut"

    This film-school sendup -- filled with slicing, dicing, electrocuting and bludgeoning -- can't see the schlock for the celluloid.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams September 28, 2000

  • "The Watcher"

    Dude! Keanu Reeves tries to fill Hannibal Lecter's shoes in an unconvincing thriller.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams September 13, 2000

  • What to read: September fiction

    From a surreal, carnal coming-of-age set on Coney Island to a wicked, gossipy story of the literary life, our critics pick the best books.
    By Salon's critics September 13, 2000

  • "The Way of the Gun"

    A new entrant in the scuzzbags - with - guns genre limps onto the screen in a disappointing directorial debut from the writer of "The Usual Suspects."
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams September 8, 2000

  • "Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family"

    A story of growing up in high tech's capital, by a man whose brother went mad and whose mom worked at Apple.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams July 7, 2000

  • A sense of Well being

    A most influential online community celebrates its 15th anniversary.
    By Jon Carroll, Farai Chideya, Mary Mackey, Susan McCarthy, Steve Silberman and Mary Elizabeth Williams March 31, 2000

  • "Altar Music" by Christin Lore Weber

    An ex-sister's tale of sexually confused priests and predatory nuns.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams March 22, 2000

  • "Any Given Sunday"

    Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz make all the right moves, but Oliver Stone's playbook is running out of juice.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams December 23, 1999

  • "When Bad Things Happen to Other People" by John Portmann

    A new look at Schadenfreude forgives us that nasty vice, but doesn't let us have much fun with it.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams December 22, 1999

  • "Three Kings," one "Witch" and a "Princess"

    Salon Arts & Entertainment's critics pick their favorite movies of 1999.
    December 17, 1999

  • "Holy Smoke"

    Kate Winslet smolders, but the rest of the cast evaporates in Jane Campion's tale of sex and spirituality.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams December 3, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers debate: Is Oprah good for books? Plus: Stop dissing "chick flicks"; why did A.M. Rosenthal save his scorn for black hatemongers?
    Letters to the Editor November 19, 1999

  • "Anywhere But Here"

    Mom looks like a cheap hooker; anguished daughter broods. Must be a chick flick.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams November 12, 1999
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