Stephanie Zacharek

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  • Michael Moore and the evils of free enterprise

    In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself
  • The naked opportunism of "Jennifer's Body"

    Megan Fox plays one of the undead: How can you tell?
  • "Bright Star" burns true

    Jane Campion makes dazzling poetry from the doomed romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne
  • "Love Happens" -- and it stinks

    Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston stumble through this claustrophobic grief-fest masquerading as a romance
  • Critics' Picks: The 1939 classic lives on

    A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film
  • Something in the way he moved

    Dancing served Patrick Swayze well, even when he wasn't actually doing it
  • "Whiteout" is a wipeout

    Kate Beckinsale trades latex for polar gear in an Antarctic thriller encumbered by padding
  • Mike Judge's triumphant return to the office

    "Extract," the director's smart, openhearted comedy about work frustration, is like a gift at the end of summer
  • Just how bad can a romantic comedy be?

    "All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles
  • People like Lorrie Moore are the only people here

    The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting
  • Peace, love and sexual awakening

    Can Ang Lee's gentle "Taking Woodstock" possibly capture the madness and mud of the legendary music festival?
  • "The September Issue"

    Behind the gloss of Vogue, a revealing look at work, creativity and two strong women
  • Where the streets have no shame

    Blog turned book, "The Sartorialist" finds beauty in passersby and strikes a blow against boring "celebrity style"
  • "My One and Only"

    Renee Zellweger's career is not dead yet! This classy period piece features her most nuanced performance in years
  • "Inglourious Basterds"

    Quentin Tarantino's "Jews vs. Nazis" epic is unwieldy, nutso and often boring. That doesn't mean it isn't any good
  • "Ponyo"

    Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold
  • "The Time Traveler's Wife"

    This adaptation of the 2003 bestseller is meant to be supremely romantic. But why does this love go so bad?
  • The real guitar heroes

    A lively new documentary brings together Jack White, Jimmy Page and the Edge -- and lets the legends be people, too
  • Don't you forget about John Hughes

    His name remained synonymous with movies that captured the awkwardness of teenage life, long after he had moved on
  • "Julie & Julia"

    Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams
  • "Cold Souls"

    Paul Giamatti plays, well, Paul Giamatti in a clever existential comedy that doesn't disappear into its own navel
  • Critics' Picks: A model in wolf's clothing

    Prada and Rem Koolhaas collaborate on a magical look book
  • Critics' Picks: Witness protectiveness program

    On "In Plain Sight," Fred Weller is more than a nerdy sidekick. He's one of the show's great pleasures
  • Is the Judd Apatow moment over?

    He defined the recent comic landscape. But as the hero of "Funny People" understands, no streak lasts forever
  • Critics' Picks: The original time-traveling cop

    The DVD of the British version of the TV series "Life on Mars" cuts a window into another world
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