The late filmmaker was one of the last to believe in making good mainstream movies for grown-ups. He offered glimpses of what makes us human.
By Stephanie Zacharek May 27, 2008
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Serious actors Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman star in this very serious movie, the first ever to be filmed inside the U.N.
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 22, 2005
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Is he or isn't he? Mr. Clean tells all; Randy on the set! Will & Grace & uncontrollable urges. And a helpful reminder from Liam: Oasis and the Beatles, different band.
By Amy Reiter
February 7, 2000
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George Lucas is seeking an "extremely intelligent" 19-year-old actor to play Anakin Skywalker in "Episode II." He need look no further than here.
By Matthew Sullivan
November 23, 1999
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Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas get caught somewhere between their cheatin' dead spouses and a banal thriller.
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 8, 1999
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Alfred Hitchcock's first rule of directing was to treat actors like cattle -- and even in his own cameos, he was no sacred cow.
By Sarah Vowell
August 11, 1999
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With its pro-monogamy moralizing, Kubrick's supposedly steamy last film is ultimately anti-erotic -- nothing more than an art-house version of an army training film.
By Charles Taylor
July 16, 1999
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Sydney Pollack directed Dustin Hoffman romping around in a skirt. Now he's co-starring as the orgy master who guides Tom Cruise through the debaucherous center of Stanley Kubrick's final film.
By Michael Sragow
July 15, 1999
Remembering Sydney Pollack
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