http://dir.salon.com/topics/meryl_streep/?source=rss&aim=meryl_streep en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Kerry Lauerman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/08/07/meryl_streep_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/08/07/meryl_streep_interview/index.html?source=rss The film legend talks about channeling Julia Child, anti-Hillary sentiment -- and the problem with male bloggers By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/07/julie_julia_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/07/julie_julia_review/index.html?source=rss Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/12/24/grain_theater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/12/24/grain_theater/index.html?source=rss Vivid Arab-French immigrant yarn "Secret of the Grain" is a near-masterpiece; fascinating Brecht documentary "Theater of War" describes one. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/12/12/doubt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/12/12/doubt/index.html?source=rss Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/07/18/mamma_mia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/07/18/mamma_mia/index.html?source=rss Pierce Brosnan sings! Meryl Streep dances! Can't you hear ABBA's "SOS"? By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/28/tribeca1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/28/tribeca1/index.html?source=rss "Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant? By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/10/dark_matter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/10/dark_matter/index.html?source=rss Meryl Streep's atrocious hairdo takes on a sweet, gun-totin' Chinese astrophysics student in "Dark Matter." By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/11/09/lions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/11/09/lions/index.html?source=rss Robert Redford rips into the media, the government and our own liberal passivity in this remarkably rousing film. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/10/19/rendition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/10/19/rendition/index.html?source=rss This earnest, well-acted, politically liberal film has everything going for it. So why does it leave us feeling so unmoved? By Rebecca Traister Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/30/women_bosses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/30/women_bosses/index.html?source=rss For generations, Hollywood has portrayed female honchos as frigid, hysterical, manipulative and promiscuous. But finally a nuanced and realistic lady boss is rising off the silver screen. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/06/30/prada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/06/30/prada/index.html?source=rss Anne Hathaway is Patricia Field's latest fashion victim in this limp semi-satire. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2006/03/12/prairie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2006/03/12/prairie/index.html?source=rss Two greats join forces for "A Prairie Home Companion" the film -- with a little help from Streep, Tomlin, Reilly and an enthusiastic Texas crowd. By Lynn Harris Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/jewish_women_in_film/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/jewish_women_in_film/index.html?source=rss A women's studies prof can't recall the last time she saw a richly textured Jewish female character onscreen. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/10/28/prime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/10/28/prime/index.html?source=rss Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman charm in this flawed but intelligent comedy. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/12/17/lemony_snicket/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/12/17/lemony_snicket/index.html?source=rss This adaptation of the popular children's book series gets so much right. So why does it feel so wrong? By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/07/30/manchurian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/07/30/manchurian/index.html?source=rss Even Meryl Streep's a bust in Jonathan Demme's toothless, gutless remake of one of the best political movies ever made. In fact, she's the biggest bust of all. By Laura Warrell Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/10/01/seeking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/10/01/seeking/index.html?source=rss Susan Sarandon, that is. And Sigourney Weaver and Jessica Lange and Debra Winger and the rest of the '80s Hollywood stars who are so much sexier than the bottle-blond Sarahs and Gwyneths and Camerons of today. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/03/20/actresses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/03/20/actresses/index.html?source=rss The whole idea of "good" movie roles for women is crap -- I'll take a lace-and-leather sexpot over Nicole Kidman's prosthetic-honker performance in "The Hours" any day of the week. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/12/27/hours/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/12/27/hours/index.html?source=rss Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore bring dignity and Oscar-worthy performances to "The Hours," a lovingly crafted meditation on death, loss and literature. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/indie/2002/12/06/adaptation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/indie/2002/12/06/adaptation/index.html?source=rss A dizzying feature from the self-consciously deranged makers of "Being John Malkovich" imagines Nicolas Cage as a chronic masturbator and Meryl Streep as a mean, mean Susan Orlean. By Amy Reiter Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2001/12/13/npthurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2001/12/13/npthurs/index.html?source=rss Gene Simmons boasts 4,600 sexual conquests -- in detail; Ben Bratt feeling no pain. Plus: Streep and Janney won't do sex scene; Britney strips for some cause or other. By Chris Colin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/02/26/orlean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/02/26/orlean/index.html?source=rss The insatiably curious author of "The Orchid Thief" and "The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup" isn't Mister Rogers and doesn't laugh at biscotti. By Amy Reiter Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/05/19/npfri/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/05/19/npfri/index.html?source=rss Marla and Posh hock love tokens; frosh director visits Buck Palace, sneaks toke. Plus: Tonya Harding strikes again! By Cary Tennis Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/27/sfoscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/27/sfoscars/index.html?source=rss And the prize for lamest bunch of partying twits in tuxes goes to ... By Donna Freydkin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/03/22/actor_oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/03/22/actor_oscars/index.html?source=rss Why have so many actors who've won Oscars seen their careers tank?