http://dir.salon.com/topics/michael_sragow/?source=rss&aim=michael_sragow en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/kael_remembrances/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/kael_remembrances/index.html?source=rss Greil Marcus, Roger Ebert, Allen Barra, Michael Sragow and Charles Taylor remember the influential critic's caustic wit, sharp opinions and boundless enthusiasm for film and writing. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2001/01/25/bridge_kwai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2001/01/25/bridge_kwai/index.html?source=rss Two takes on David Lean's epic masterpiece show how vastly different Hollywood's idea of great moviemakers was in 1957. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/25/2001/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/25/2001/index.html?source=rss The great works of Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola and F.W. Murnau make today's movies look like bags of tricks or boxes of soap. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/18/bromell_zemeckis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/18/bromell_zemeckis/index.html?source=rss "Panic" filmmaker Henry Bromell talks about low-budget independence, while Robert Zemeckis of "Cast Away" chimes in on big-studio clout. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/12/hanks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/12/hanks/index.html?source=rss Tom Hanks says that until crisis strikes, you always know what you're going to get. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2001/01/10/graduate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2001/01/10/graduate/index.html?source=rss Dustin Hoffman explains his method, his sequel and other notes behind this sweeping indictment of adulthood -- and swoony vision of triumphant youth. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/04/robards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/04/robards/index.html?source=rss Jason Robards became the most urban of characters, but I'll remember him for his saloon-bred hoarseness and his frontier purpose. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/12/29/sragow_top_ten/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/12/29/sragow_top_ten/index.html?source=rss A much-pilloried year really wasn't so bad: Here's a top 10 list that's 17 movies long! By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/25/thirteen_days/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/25/thirteen_days/index.html?source=rss This showdown on the nuclear frontier isn't about the U.S. vs. Cuba and the Soviets -- it's about the Kennedys vs. a vast old-man conspiracy. Read by Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/12/18/sragow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/12/18/sragow/index.html?source=rss Russell Crowe is magnetic but the rest of the high-stakes kidnapping drama "Proof of Life" is a nail-biter without heart. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/14/wuthering_heights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/14/wuthering_heights/index.html?source=rss A DVD interview reveals Sir Laurence Olivier's acting advice for this wrenching classic: "The virgin presents the pelvis." By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/14/xmas_movies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/14/xmas_movies/index.html?source=rss Everything you need to know about the great yuletide standards, from "It's a Wonderful Life" to "A Christmas Story." By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/13/deliverance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/13/deliverance/index.html?source=rss An extra documentary suggests James Dickey wanted someone else to make his movie; give him credit for not squealing like a pig. Read by Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/12/11/sragow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/12/11/sragow/index.html?source=rss Michael Sragow talks about the Academy Award-winning documentary "One Day in September," in which Palestinian terrorists capture and murder members of the Israeli Olympic team. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/08/proof/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/08/proof/index.html?source=rss Russell Crowe, all ironclad irony and bedrock honesty, makes competence look sexy in this intriguing action movie. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/07/hard_days_night/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/07/hard_days_night/index.html?source=rss Producer Walter Shenson tells how he gave director Richard Lester a ticket to ride. (The band just acted naturally.) Read by Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/12/04/sragow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/12/04/sragow/index.html?source=rss Today the old Beatles flick "A Hard Day's Night" comes off as a satiric fairy tale, but it still has the vigor of a four-man hurricane. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/30/rush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/30/rush/index.html?source=rss Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush talks about "Quills," playing a great pervert and what's so funny about sadism. By   Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/30/robt_downey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/30/robt_downey/index.html?source=rss By Michael Sragow By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/11/29/robt_downey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/11/29/robt_downey/index.html?source=rss The most extravagantly gifted actor of his generation is also a drug addict who has harmed no one. Jailing him is as barbaric as treating the sick with leeches. Read by Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/11/27/sragow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/11/27/sragow/index.html?source=rss How Philip Kaufman turned his new Marquis de Sade film, "Quills," into "Shakespeare in Love" meets "Silence of the Lambs." Read by Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/11/20/chicken/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/srag/2000/11/20/chicken/index.html?source=rss DVD News: "Chicken Run" is the instant animated classic that brought "The Great Escape" down on the farm with a bunch of intrepid chickens. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/11/20/harder_they_come/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/11/20/harder_they_come/index.html?source=rss Perry Henzell's gleeful rabble-rouser about a reggae outlaw returns with some of its original luster restored -- and then there's that killer soundtrack. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/16/mcg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/16/mcg/index.html?source=rss Director McG on why his "Charlie's Angels" is a kung fu "The Breakfast Club" with one part "Grease," some "Singin' in the Rain" and a bit of "Rocky." Or something like that. By Michael Sragow Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/11/14/perfect_storm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/11/14/perfect_storm/index.html?source=rss A deluxe crash course in digital production -- and one that helps explain why director Wolfgang Petersen just couldn't grasp the subtlety of Sebastian Junger's book.