Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
Compiled by Megan Doll and Eryn Loeb Dec 13, 2007
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This tender look at the life of Bettie Page -- played by a fearless, gorgeous Gretchen Mol -- gets intimate without demystifying the pinup icon.
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 13, 2006
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"Bettie Page" director Mary Harron talks about why Bettie's topless shots were more joyous than erotic. Plus: Four movies kinda, sorta about sex.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 13, 2006
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There are women in the Senate, women heading studios and busloads of young women emerging from film school. So why are 96 percent of films directed by men?
By Michelle Goldberg
August 27, 2002
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Mary Harron's unloved monster, here with its three-way sex scene restored, is really an enigmatic and powerful work of social satire.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 15, 2000
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Why Patrick Bateman killed, the meeting of Sleater-Kinney and more.
By Greil Marcus
May 1, 2000
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Mary Harron's clinically ironic take on the infamous Bret Easton Ellis novel tastefully avoids showing murderous violence -- and making a point.
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 14, 2000
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In the dark comic world of "American Psycho," pop is an essential soundtrack to murder.
By Sarah Vowell
April 12, 2000
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A new wave of films shows a fresh element in filmmaking: The sexualization of the male actor by the female director.
By Jessica Hundley
March 22, 2000
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Christian Bale and director Mary Harron talk about yuppie killers, Bret Easton Ellis' novel and forbidden sex in the dark satire "American Psycho."
By Mark Ebner
January 26, 2000
Their favorite things
"The Notorious Bettie Page"
Beyond the Multiplex
Where are the female directors?
Broadsheet
GigaOM Network
War Room