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"Pirate Radio" keeps the boat rocking

By Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Richard Curtis' rambling ensemble comedy tunes in to the spirit of mid-'60s rock 'n' roll

Dude + dude = porno!

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Sundance opens: Straight buds dare each other to go all the way in "Humpday"; claymation "Mary and Max" paints a pen-pal friendship in loving shades of bird poop.

"Doubt"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama.

Who names a film "Synecdoche"?

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Quasi-legendary screenwriter Charlie Kaufman discusses his surreal black-comic directing debut -- and why he's willing to tick people off with an unpronounceable title.

"Synecdoche, New York"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Charlie Kaufman's ambitious directing debut scratches at something deep and painful but ends up patting itself on the back.

10 from Cannes, with love

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

From "Che" to a rowdy Paris high school to a murderous "Tony Manero," here are Cannes' 2008 hits-in-waiting -- and a few more that deserve a second look.

Yes we Cannes!

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Indiana Jones meets art cinema as the world's leading festival offers its most exciting lineup in years.

Charlie Wilson's unfinished war

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

The legendary Texas congressman talks about his secret 1980s Afghan war (and its blowback), the Obama campaign and being better-looking than Tom Hanks.

Cannes rumors: No Coens, but "Indy 4" and "Sex" likely

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Now "Burn After Reading" probably won't premiere in France. Will Spielberg or Sarah Jessica claim opening night?

Beyond the Multiplex

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Awards season begins. No, really. Plus: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney make family dysfunction funny (no, really).

Beyond the Multiplex

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke lead the outstanding cast of the overheated "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead." Plus: Jimmy Carter charms. Anthony Hopkins confounds.

The sexiest man living!

By Salon staff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Forget that other list. We pick the men who really set our hearts aflame -- and there's nary a pretty-boy actor among them.

"Capote"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Truman Capote keeps the blood coursing through this otherwise somber biopic.

"Cold Mountain"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Anthony Minghella's pretty, star-studded adaptation of the bestselling Civil War romance never makes it above freezing. And, gee, didn't those Southern whites have it rough?

"Owning Mahowny"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

This tense, well-crafted film tells the true story of a Toronto banker -- played by the wonderful Philip Seymour Hoffman -- who embezzles $10 million to support his gambling habit.

The best movie you haven't seen

By Charles Taylor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Suffused with a sense of 9/11 loss, Spike Lee's overlooked "25th Hour" is the most emotionally wrenching film of the year.

"Love Liza"

By Andrew O'Hehir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

What do you do when your wife kills herself? Sit around in your underwear and huff gas like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

"25th Hour"

By Jeff Stark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Of course Spike Lee has the right to transcend movies about race. He also has the talent to do better than this plodding moral fable about a prison-bound Edward Norton.

Love on the brink of chaos

By Charles Taylor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Paul Thomas Anderson's strange and marvelous "Punch-Drunk Love" turns Adam Sandler into a leading man -- and brings the sweetness of romantic comedy to an alienated age.

"State and Main"

By Charles Taylor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Hollywood scheming: In David Mamet's delicious new ensemble comedy, the bastards win.

"The Talented Mr. Ripley"

By Jeff Stark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Matt Damon makes us sympathize with a killer; Anthony Minghella shows us why we do.

I have seen the future: It's Tenacious D

By Cintra Wilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

If watching these two short, fat, weird guys perform doesn't make you happier than you've been in years, you're withered and dead within.

Blue Glow

By Joyce Millman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000

"The Talented Mr. Ripley"

By Charles Taylor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law star in a deluxe version of Patricia Highsmith's creepy classic.

"Magnolia"

By Charles Taylor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST

Even with a stellar cast, director Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" follow-up flounders without a punchline.