Michael Sragow

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  • Emotion, truth and celluloid

    Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh talks about personal films, "Help!" director Richard Lester and striking out at the movies.
    By Michael Sragow January 6, 2000

  • The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd

    Director Mike Leigh gives Gilbert and Sullivan the Dickens in "Topsy-Turvy."
    By Michael Sragow December 23, 1999

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

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

  • It's a boy's, boy's, boy's world (and a girl's)

    "Liberty Heights" stars Ben Foster and Rebekah Johnson talk about race relations and "spilling seed" in Barry Levinson's latest look back at Baltimore.
    By Michael Sragow December 16, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Keep the morning-after pill away from our daughters! Plus: Buffy" fans strike back; McCain is the perfect "anti-Clinton."
    Letters to the Editor December 13, 1999

  • Beautiful dreamer

    "End of the Affair" director Neil Jordan talks about sex, Catholicism and why "God is the greatest imaginary being of all time."
    By Michael Sragow December 9, 1999

  • The adaptation racket

    "Mansfield Park" trashes Jane Austen's novel, but Von Stroheim's "Greed" masterfully uncovers creatures of the id.
    By Michael Sragow December 2, 1999

  • "Toy" story man

    Pixar whiz Joe Ranft explains the Buzz on "Toy Story 2" -- and gives voice to Wheezy the Penguin.
    By Michael Sragow November 23, 1999

  • Johnny Deppth

    The soulful-eyed star tells why he played Ichabod Crane as a "fragile young girl" in "Sleepy Hollow."
    By Michael Sragow November 18, 1999

  • Being Charlie Kaufman

    The writer of that Malkovich movie doesn't have any solutions and doesn't like films that do.
    By Michael Sragow November 11, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Tell Cintra an underground culture still exists -- but she won't find it at a Details party! Plus: Amazon.com vs. Amazon; don't obsess over tot's penis grabbing.
    Letters to the Editor November 4, 1999

  • All the corporations' men

    "The Insider" director Michael Mann talks about corporate morality, muckraking and the drama of making real-life decisions.
    By Michael Sragow November 4, 1999

  • "I want a dream when I go to a film"

    David Lynch, the human tuning fork, talks about his most unusual movie -- a G-rated adventure about a man, a lawnmower and an emotional journey.
    By Michael Sragow October 28, 1999

  • Kith and Tell

    "With Nails" author Richard E. Grant on auteurs, actors and the importance of being overpaid in Hollywood.
    By Michael Sragow October 21, 1999

  • Francis Ford Coppola

    At his best, his formidable creative energy has shaken up American movies and reinvigorated cinema both as art and popular culture.
    By Michael Sragow October 19, 1999

  • Testosterama

    The men behind the ballsy "Fight Club" talk about anti-consumerism, annoying boomerisms and how to make soap out of human fat.
    By Michael Sragow October 14, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    You think the media's money fixation is new? Plus: Remembering George C. Scott; what does Salon have against organized religion?
    Letters to the Editor October 11, 1999

  • Shadow boxing

    "On the Ropes" co-directors Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen follow three fighters into the "real" inner city.
    By Michael Sragow October 7, 1999

  • Piper Laurie remembers the smoldering genius of George C. Scott

    We saw his imperial bravado in "Patton" and his majestic cool in "The Hustler." She saw, late in life, a "caring, warm, funny and charming" maverick.
    By Michael Sragow September 30, 1999

  • Ron "The Artist" Shelton

    With his new boxing movie, "Play It to the Bone," the writer-director continues to work the "radical middle."
    By Michael Sragow September 23, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    It's time for action in East Timor; misunderstanding "Stigmata"; cybercommunism and "free" software.
    Letters to the Editor September 17, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Taking sides on Waco; Salon is as consumerist as the New York Times; how can I see the "Yellow Submarine"?
    Letters to the Editor September 16, 1999

  • Welcome to ... the Godlight Zone!

    "Stigmata," "The Sixth Sense" and "Stir of Echoes" give us that New Age religion.
    By Michael Sragow September 16, 1999

  • Kevin Spacey knows our secrets

    The enigmatic actor's roles embody manipulation and cunning.
    By Michael Sragow September 10, 1999

  • A magical, movable feast

    The Beatles live again in the eye- and ear-popping new print of "Yellow Submarine."
    By Michael Sragow September 2, 1999
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