http://dir.salon.com/topics/sean_penn/?source=rss&aim=sean_penn en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/02/23/oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/02/23/oscars/index.html?source=rss Kate Winslet and "Slumdog Millionaire" rule, while Hugh Jackman gives the awards an extreme makeover and -- miracle of miracles -- it works! By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/23/oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/23/oscars/index.html?source=rss Revved-up, star-studded Oscarcast can't conceal the Academy's Hamlet-like self-torment. And "Slumdog" over "Dark Knight" ranks as an all-time Oscar WTF. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/12/globes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/12/globes/index.html?source=rss Indies and Brits -- or at least Kate Winslet and "Slumdog Millionaire" -- dominate the Golden Globes. Plus: Mickey Rourke's face explained, via cryptic asides. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/12/04/goth_spirits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/12/04/goth_spirits/index.html?source=rss With warring sets of year-end indie awards on top of each other, who can keep track? We can! Here's who's in, out, hot and not at this very moment. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/26/milk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/26/milk/index.html?source=rss Sean Penn leaps to the front of the Oscar race with his uncanny invocation of the slain gay-rights leader. Gus Van Sant's vibrant biopic meets the challenge -- almost. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/17/what/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/17/what/index.html?source=rss Robert De Niro heads an all-star cast in this self-amused Hollywood sendup. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/26/cannes_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/26/cannes_wrap/index.html?source=rss Laurent Cantet's joyful, tragic "The Class" is the first French Palme d'Or winner in 21 years; Benicio del Toro named best actor for "Che." By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/29/blindness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/29/blindness/index.html?source=rss Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/23/cannes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/23/cannes/index.html?source=rss Eastwood's "Changeling" and Soderbergh's four-hour "Che" top an impressive Eurocentric lineup at 61st Cannes festival. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/09/21/wild/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/09/21/wild/index.html?source=rss Sean Penn's adaptation of Jon Krakauer's book about a privileged kid's strange, sad quest to find himself is at times quite touching. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/09/22/all_king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/09/22/all_king/index.html?source=rss What does director Steven Zaillian think he's doing with this bizarre new adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel? Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2006/03/28/tue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2006/03/28/tue/index.html?source=rss Penn "violates" Coulter voodoo doll. Valderrama rates sex with Moore and Love Hewitt. Plus: Star Jones discusses "boob lift." Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2005/09/06/tue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2005/09/06/tue/index.html?source=rss What Kanye said about Bush before NBC pulled the plug. Sean Penn's boat rescue. Plus: Francis Bean Cobain speaks. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/04/22/interpreter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/04/22/interpreter/index.html?source=rss Serious actors Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman star in this very serious movie, the first ever to be filmed inside the U.N. By Christopher Orr Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/24/eastwood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/24/eastwood/index.html?source=rss Left-wing critics attacked Clint Eastwood's early work as violently fascistic. Now conservatives blast him as a p.c. apologist and moral relativist. They're both wrong. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/11/21/grams/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/11/21/grams/index.html?source=rss This dark meditation on death and fate by the director of "Amores Perros" is admirable despite its flaws -- and Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts deliver knockout performances. By Amy Reiter Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/11/19/inarritu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/11/19/inarritu/index.html?source=rss Hot director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu talks about "21 Grams," his wrenching new film about three strangers linked by death, hope and destiny. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/10/08/mystic_river/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/10/08/mystic_river/index.html?source=rss Clint Eastwood brings Dennis Lehane's Boston revenge saga to the screen as a mournful, masculine noir that's also the strongest film of his long career. By Karen Croft Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/04/17/fix_thurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/04/17/fix_thurs/index.html?source=rss Madonna likes sex, Colin Farrell likes Sean's wife, Oliver likes Castro too much and Cage likes his comic books more than he likes Lisa Marie! By Karen Croft Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/04/11/fix_fri/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/04/11/fix_fri/index.html?source=rss Melanie Griffith bares her tattoo, Bill Clinton draws boos, Snoop Dogg draws fire, and Sean Penn needs driving lessons. Plus: John Lennon on Broadway? By Karen Croft Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/04/10/fix_thu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/04/10/fix_thu/index.html?source=rss Alec Baldwin rants, Sean Penn smokes, Nicole Kidman holds hands, and Rush Limbaugh makes things up! Plus: Could Meg Ryan be in love? By Michelle Goldberg Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/13/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/13/iraq/index.html?source=rss The left looks to Hollywood to help rally antiwar sentiment. Soap Operas United to Win Without War, anyone? By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/08/weight_water/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/08/weight_water/index.html?source=rss Yes, this Sean Penn-Elizabeth Hurley period drama was stalled for two years. It's still better than a lot of movies that get released right away. By Amy Reiter Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2002/04/11/npthurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2002/04/11/npthurs/index.html?source=rss J.Lo reminisces about Penn's old smooch; nude Madonna painter prepares for knuckle sandwich; Elton takes pity on poor mama Hurley. Plus: Lance Bass says Britney and Justin aren't through! By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/03/23/penn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/03/23/penn/index.html?source=rss Forget his embarrassing, scenery-chewing performance in "I am Sam" -- Sean Penn is one of the two greatest actors of his generation.