Roman Polanski

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More than 30 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl, the fugitive director hoped a skewed documentary would reopen his case. Thankfully, a judge said no dice.
By Bill Wyman Feb 19, 2009

  • Oscar's documentary problem, cont.

    Herzog, "Man on Wire" and "Trouble the Water" make Academy shortlist, but "Order of Myths," "Unforeseen," "Roman Polanski" and "Gonzo" are out.
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 18, 2008

  • The best of Sundance

    Most of the big movies flopped, and the studios kept their pocketbooks closed. Good -- Sundance may have recovered its soul.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 24, 2008

  • "Oliver Twist"

    Roman Polanski's astonishing film exquisitely captures both the anger and the cruel beauty of Dickens' great novel.
    By Stephanie Zacharek September 23, 2005

  • The Fix

    Polanski is pissed, Halle Berry is naked, and Victoria Gotti is canned. Plus: Justin Timberlake in a British brouhaha!
    By Karen Croft April 7, 2003

  • The Fix

    Tom makes Nicole cry, Polanski and Eminem give thanks, P.Diddy talks about his love life, and Calvin Klein talks to Sprewell -- during a game! Plus: Who are the most hated people in New York?
    By Karen Croft March 25, 2003

  • The 75th Oscars: Hollywood dons its war paint

    Movie people act all serious while Marines die, the Academy actually provides some surprises (Adrien Brody, anyone?) and Michael Moore pees on the furniture. And Nicole, honey, write a speech, OK?
    By Cintra Wilson March 24, 2003

  • National critics pick "The Pianist"

    In a bewildering year that offers no clear Oscar favorites, the National Society of Film Critics spurns Scorsese, Nicole and orchids in favor of Roman Polanski's Holocaust drama.
    By Charles Taylor January 7, 2003

  • "The Pianist"

    Roman Polanski's wrenching World War II magnum opus confronts the horrors of the Warsaw ghetto and the moral complexities of war -- and asserts the power of art, just maybe, to triumph over nihilism.
    By Charles Taylor December 27, 2002

  • "Rosemary's Baby"

    Roman Polanski's unnerving classic deserves to be seen in all its gloomy glory. But good luck erasing it from memory afterward.
    By Stephanie Zacharek March 26, 2001

  • "Chinatown"

    The extras on Roman Polanski's noir classic feature "as little as possible," in J.J. Gittes' famous phrase.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 26, 2001

  • "The Ninth Gate"

    Roman Polanski talks about how his love affair with the printed word informed his supernatural, bibliophilic thriller.
    By Stephanie Zacharek August 4, 2000

  • The purse of the Barrymores

    Jaid Barrymore busted for gun possession and illegal postering.
    By Amy Reiter May 16, 2000

  • "Buddy Boy"

    First-time director Mark Hanlon may have watched "Eraserhead" too many times, but he sure knows how to sustain a mood.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 28, 2000

  • "The Ninth Gate"

    Johnny Depp stars in Roman Polanski's newest, an amusing and deadpan literary thriller.
    By Charles Taylor March 10, 2000

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 9, 2000
    By Joyce Millman March 9, 2000

  • Beach bummer blaze-a-thon

    Thais still burning mad over DiCaprio's movie; Robert Downey Jr. has prison revelation: It's not a nice place! Bijou Phillips to Howard Stern: All rumors are true! Katie Couric's inside edition. Plus: Porn star Lolo "58F" Ferrari is called home.
    By Amy Reiter March 7, 2000

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 7, 2000
    By Joyce Millman February 7, 2000

  • Amazon.comrade

    Sigourney Weaver spills the beans on the unexpurgated "Galaxy Quest" and explains how her work in Roman Polanski's neglected "Death and the Maiden" fueled her powerhouse acting in "A Map of the World."
    By Michael Sragow February 3, 2000

  • Lights, cameo, action!

    Alfred Hitchcock's first rule of directing was to treat actors like cattle -- and even in his own cameos, he was no sacred cow.
    By Sarah Vowell August 11, 1999

  • Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Latin American Gothic

    Roman Polanski's overwrought version of "Death and the Maiden" undermines the play's tidy message of tolerance.
    By Charles Taylor September 9, 1998
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