Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise
By Stephanie Zacharek Oct 16, 2009
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Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 15, 2009
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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.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 24, 2008
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Tom Brady-obsessed duo check pulse of city.
By David Puner
January 26, 2007
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Sofia Coppola talks about her crazy childhood, the "Dolce Vita" energy of Tokyo, and casting Bill Murray as a romantic lead in "Lost in Translation."
By Brian Libby
September 23, 2003
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While Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze made their massively self-indulgent metamovie, other filmmakers have been doing the hard work of shaping books into films.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 16, 2002
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From Tarantino to Spike Jonze, from "Memento" to "Y Tu Mama," we're living through an independent film explosion. Salon introduces Indie Film -- a new section dedicated to cinematic life beyond the blockbuster.
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 6, 2002
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A dizzying feature from the self-consciously deranged makers of "Being John Malkovich" imagines Nicolas Cage as a chronic masturbator and Meryl Streep as a mean, mean Susan Orlean.
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 6, 2002
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The insatiably curious author of "The Orchid Thief" and "The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup" isn't Mister Rogers and doesn't laugh at biscotti.
By Chris Colin
February 26, 2001
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Porn does it right and so do the Beasties: The best, most obsessive rock video set ever produced also makes great use of the DVD "angle" feature.
By Jeff Stark
January 29, 2001
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Anakin cast! 19-year-old Canadian Hayden Christensen snags Jedi role; and what's that pacifier doing in Elizabeth Hurley's mouth? Plus: Not a good week for stalkers.
By Amy Reiter
May 10, 2000
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Director Sofia Coppola talks about her film adaptation of "The Virgin Suicides," her proud father and Vincent Gallo's sex life (sort of).
By Mark Ebner
February 1, 2000
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The writer of that Malkovich movie doesn't have any solutions and doesn't like films that do.
By Michael Sragow
November 11, 1999
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Director Spike Jonze puts his brilliantly offbeat twist on the "15 minutes of fame" theory.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 29, 1999
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Our fearless correspondent's second dispatch from the entertainment industry's demilitarized zone: Ass-kickings at Cirque du Soleil, silence and clanking silverware at the 7th Annual Diversity Awards and a ride in George Clooney's limo!
Read communiqué No. 1!
By David Goodman
October 22, 1999
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The stylish, almost hallucinatory war movie promotes director David O. Russell from indie grunt to Hollywood sharpshooter.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 1999