Filmmakers hail the technology as a new frontier. But the future looks a lot like the past.
By Stephanie Zacharek May 28, 2009
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On CNN, Steven Spielberg and Jon Cusack rave about the inauguration.
By Gabriel Winant
January 20, 2009
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News roundup: I'm back, and so is New York's oh-so-cultured fall fest. Plus: Coppola's controversial "restoration," Hammer Films reborn, and 12 movies you haven't seen (but should have).
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 22, 2008
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As the summer movie season drags on, it's time to ask whether there's a limit to how much hype we can take.
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 12, 2008
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Steven Spielberg's beloved adventure series has built its own Temple of Hype -- but the latest installment manages to surprise and delight.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 22, 2008
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"Indy 4" premieres, Harrison Ford charms the Euro-throngs and Cannes surrenders to celebutainment silliness.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 18, 2008
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Indiana Jones meets art cinema as the world's leading festival offers its most exciting lineup in years.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 14, 2008
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A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this?
April 25, 2008
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Eastwood's "Changeling" and Soderbergh's four-hour "Che" top an impressive Eurocentric lineup at 61st Cannes festival.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 23, 2008
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This week: Cannes announces its selections (almost), Tribeca kicks off, and Errol Morris plumbs the dark secrets behind those torture photos.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 22, 2008
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Now "Burn After Reading" probably won't premiere in France. Will Spielberg or Sarah Jessica claim opening night?
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 20, 2008
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And Bush isn't the draw that he used to be.
By Tim Grieve
June 13, 2007
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Steven Spielberg tries to untangle the knotty Palestinian-Israeli problem. Does he succeed? And should he be commended just for trying?
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 23, 2005
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Neoconservatives launch a preemptive strike on Spielberg's latest, which dares to break the rules of post-9/11 political correctness.
By Michelle Goldberg
December 20, 2005
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Steven Spielberg would like to believe his new alien movie taps into our fears of terrorism. Well, it's frightening all right.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 29, 2005
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Tom Hanks plays a sort of Esperanto Everyman stuck for months at JFK Airport in what is probably the worst-directed film Steven Spielberg has ever made.
By Charles Taylor
June 18, 2004
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A new documentary on the Trio cable network sums up 30 years of big budgets, blitzkrieg marketing, bad scripts and Kevin Costner.
By Heather Havrilesky
March 15, 2003
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Leonardo DiCaprio looks great in those '60s threads, but Steven Spielberg's story of a legendary hustler is sadly short on period zip, zowie and va-va-voom.
By Charles Taylor
December 25, 2002
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Justin explains oral sex crack about Britney; Howard Stern: Pork it over!
By Amy Reiter
November 4, 2002
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J.Lo's breast in show; joke's on Madonna; what weenie is Heath Ledger grabbing? Plus: Spielberg mind control!
By Amy Reiter
October 22, 2002
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Steven Spielberg clarifies his position on Iraq; Kelly O calls Christina a drag queen and worse; and Calista sniffs Bon Jovi booty.
By Amy Reiter
October 7, 2002
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Steven Spielberg has never done sexy well in his films, but "Minority Report" feels wet, alive and throbbing.
By David Thomson
July 11, 2002
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Jet packs? Mag-lev cars? Two of Spielberg's experts explain how they invented 2054.
By Ian Rothkerch
July 10, 2002
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Tom Cruise battles an Ashcroftian security state in the director's dazzling sci-fi noir.
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 21, 2002
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Britney will be forgiven; Diddy's 'n love with 'N Sync; Rachel and Robbie aren't sitting in a tree; Eminem keeps his day job. Plus: Darva comes out punching!
By Amy Reiter
May 15, 2002