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"Milk": 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; Andrew O'Hehir November 26, 2008

Australia: Hugh Jackman is soulful and strapping in Baz Luhrmann's crazy mess of a movie -- but why won't Nicole Kidman's face move?; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 26, 2008 32 letters
Four Christmases: Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon help us make it through the holidays with this funny, gently subversive Christmas movie; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 26, 2008 6 letters
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Transporter 3: This action movie is packed with car chases and stylish fight scenes, but the real thrill is star Jason Statham; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 26, 2008 19 letters
Drinks, dancing, dinner, self-loathing: Director William Friedkin talks about revisiting his pre-Stonewall lightning rod "The Boys in the Band" -- and his peculiar role in the history of gay film; Andrew O'HehirNovember 24, 2008 19 letters
Strangers in a strange land: Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey; Andrew O'HehirNovember 21, 2008 1 letter
Bolt: This 3-D animated tale about a canine superhero is clever and action-packed -- but is it too culturally savvy for its own good?; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 21, 2008 15 letters
Twilight: Catherine Hardwicke's erotic vampire blockbuster finds the sweet spot where Gothic literature and the iPod meet; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 21, 2008 37 letters
What's behind the "WALL-E" cult?: Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!; Andrew O'HehirNovember 20, 2008 46 letters
Was this the greatest football game ever?: OK, maybe not. But "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" still spins an improbable, Fitzgerald-meets-Updike yarn about two elite schools, a turbulent year and an unbelievable ending.; Andrew O'HehirNovember 19, 2008 10 letters
Oscar's documentary problem, cont.: Herzog, "Man on Wire" and "Trouble the Water" make Academy shortlist, but "Order of Myths," "Unforeseen," "Roman Polanski" and "Gonzo" are out; Andrew O'HehirNovember 18, 2008 11 letters
Interview with a vampire's director: Catherine Hardwicke discusses her eagerly awaited movie "Twilight" and why "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" doesn't matter; By Thomas RogersNovember 17, 2008 22 letters
Teen tarts, sleeping nubiles -- and Harry: A wrenching, sexy marriage drama from the new Ireland. Plus: Potter fans go berserk, and a dose of arty, self-indulgent Euro-erotica; Andrew O'HehirNovember 15, 2008 6 letters
Quantum of Solace: Daniel Craig is the scrappiest Bond ever -- and the most soulful; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 14, 2008 53 letters
A Christmas Tale: This magical French film captures the way people sometimes feel the most lost within the context of their own families; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 14, 2008 1 letter
It's the "feel-strange" family movie of the season!: Director Arnaud Desplechin talks about Hitchcock, Bergman, "Knocked Up," the "Scranton" of France and the superstar French cast he assembled in "A Christmas Tale"; Andrew O'HehirNovember 14, 2008 2 letters
Thrill ride through a "maximum city: The "Trainspotting" director talks about shooting his Dickensian quiz-show saga "Slumdog Millionaire" on the streets of India's "maximum city" (a podcast and interview); Andrew O'HehirNovember 12, 2008
The meta-Muscles from meta-Brussels: Muscles from Brussels goes pomo in "JCVD." Plus: A wrenching divorce flick, Truffaut's great "Wild Child" and a gay zombie, lost in Berlin; Andrew O'HehirNovember 8, 2008 8 letters
Role Models: Despite its over-the-top raunchiness and preoccupation with "boobies," this comedy is more sweet than edgy; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 7, 2008 19 letters
Soul Men: This corny comedy features Bernie Mac in one of his final roles -- and reminds us of how much we've lost; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 7, 2008 6 letters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: When you use Nazi death camps as Oscar bait, you know you've hit rock bottom; By Stephanie ZacharekNovember 7, 2008 34 letters
Movies to avoid exit polls by: Need some cinematic therapy while waiting for tonight's results? Here are 10 flicks intense enough to get you off the Web and through the long afternoon; Andrew O'HehirNovember 4, 2008 38 letters
A Holocaust movie unlike any other: French screen legend Jeanne Moreau will make you weep in Israeli director Amos Gitai's breathtaking and unconventional "One Day You'll Understand"; Andrew O'HehirNovember 1, 2008 10 letters
Scare-o-ween-apalooza!: Sarah not scary enough? Here are the most terrifying movies of all time, from the totally obvious to the obscure and obnoxious; Andrew O'HehirOctober 31, 2008 105 letters
Zack and Miri Make a Porno: There's no shortage of crude humor and nudity here, but Kevin Smith's freewheeling comedy is more concerned with romance than sex; By Stephanie ZacharekOctober 31, 2008 13 letters
Black gay men are the new, um, black: You just knew that the "Noah's Arc" movie was going to be huge. Right? Also, "Synecdoche" opens strong and "Rachel" hums along, in a week tinged with sadness; Andrew O'HehirOctober 29, 2008 3 letters

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