Sean Penn

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  • "I Am Sam"

    Sean Penn disgraces himself in this hideously manipulative melodrama about a retarded man's battle to keep his daughter.
    By Charles Taylor January 4, 2002

  • Every little thing he does is wacky

    Sting shows son video of his own birth; O'Reilly fires back at Penn; Cruz opens the gush floodgates; grumbling in "Starsky and Hutch" land.
    By Amy Reiter January 4, 2002

  • Marilyn Manson's fuzzy underbelly

    His Gothness exposes his soft side. Plus: Aniston turns on the waterworks over "Friends" end.
    By Amy Reiter August 29, 2001

  • Nice "Beaver"!

    Sean Penn! Crispin Glover! A drag Olivia Newton-John! The strange saga of how "The Beaver Trilogy" was made is even weirder than the film itself.
    By Paul Cullum March 1, 2001

  • "The Pledge"

    Jack Nicholson as a hallucinating ex-cop is almost as good as he's ever been, but he can't save Sean Penn's pretentious thriller.
    By Charles Taylor January 19, 2001

  • "Up at the Villa"

    The new film from the folks who gave us "Angels and Insects" is strictly "Minor Piece Theatre."
    By Michael Sragow May 5, 2000

  • Winners and losers

    Why have so many actors who've won Oscars seen their careers tank?
    By Donna Freydkin March 22, 2000

  • A wizard of Hollywood

    Steve Kloves, screenwriter for Curtis Hanson's new "Wonder Boys," takes on Hollywood's hottest property -- boy wonder Harry Potter.
    By Michael Sragow February 24, 2000

  • Between a Rick and a hard place

    As Rick "I'm going to make you so happy" Rockwell rocks Fox's world, Jenny "I'm a little hottie!" McCarthy rocks Kirk Douglas' lap.
    By Amy Reiter February 23, 2000

  • "Beauty" pageant

    Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 16, 2000

  • Madonna saves Gwyneth from evil drug doom!

    Ms. Ray of Light preaches to the lithe one; the rigors of stardom: Annette Bening threatens to do herself in if she has to act again; lessons on lesbian kissing from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Plus: Scary Spice resorts to the Ph-word!
    By Amy Reiter January 5, 2000

  • "Sweet and Lowdown"

    Rising star Samantha Morton shines in this charming, finely crafted film from Woody Allen.
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 3, 1999

  • The tabloids that ate their competition

    The company that owns the National Enquirer doesn't want the world. Just the Globe, the Sun and the National Examiner.
    By Sean Elder November 23, 1999

  • Shave me

    Sharon Stone's close shaves with dairy; Dubya gets 2-D for "King of the Hill"; Christina Ricci, not fat; and ... Porn again? Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez bring the Mitchell brothers to the screen in "Rated X."
    By Amy Reiter November 16, 1999

  • Screensaver: Penned in

    Sean Penn talks about the hurly-burly of Hollywood and why, despite his recent spate of great films, he wants to quit acting -- again.
    By Paul Sherman January 14, 1999

  • The greatest degeneration

    Did the heroes of WWII really know what they were fighting for?
    By Sarah Vowell January 13, 1999

  • The Thin Red Line

    The big dead one: What was supposed to be Terrence Malick's long-awaited comeback is instead a cliched, self-indulgent throwback to the '70s. Reviewed by Charles Taylor
    By Charles Taylor January 8, 1999

  • Hurlyburly

    Director Anthony Drazan successfully brings the sexist, self-destructive camaraderie of 'Hurlyburly' to the screen.
    By Jonathan Lethem December 23, 1998

  • "The Game"

    Charles Taylor reviews 'The Game', directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.
    By Charles Taylor October 12, 1997

  • "She's So Lovely"

    'She's So Lovely' is a ridiculously conceived, confusedly executed, morally repugnant film.
    By Gary Kamiya September 29, 1997

  • Submit to Anne

    Shooting Sean Penn on Sight: Anne Rice answers Salon readers' questions.
    By Anne Rice September 16, 1996
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