Subject: Movie Dramas

• Atonement

  Jan McEwan’s Atonement, now as a bodice-ripper.

  December 6, 2007

• I Am Legend

  That old “last man on earth” setup? It really works.

  December 13, 2007

• The Way He Lives Now

  As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

  December 27, 2007

• Duplicity

  March 19, 2009

• Final Days

  January 29, 2009

• Lady Georgiana Spencer, cheated in life and in casting, in The Duchess

  September 25, 2008

• Savage Humor

  The Savages kicks off the thirtieth Starz Denver Film Festival.

  November 9, 2006

• There Will Be Blood

  An epic gusher, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood strikes oil, and then some.

  January 3, 2008

• Lions for Lambs

  The odd upside of Robert Redford’s terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama.

  November 8, 2007

• Support Group

  The year's best characters.

  December 27, 2007

• The Duchess of Langeais

  Jacques Rivette’s Duchess puts a pomo spin on the oldest of love stories.

  May 8, 2008

• Street Kings

  Boys will be boys in Street Kings' shallow look at dirty police.

  April 10, 2008

• Three the Hard Way

  March 20, 2008

• Laughing Pains

  February 21, 2008

• Revelations

  January 17, 2008

• Counter-Strike

  Steel yourself for 2008 with a look back at the year's best scripts.

  December 27, 2007

• Bad Blood

  Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007.

  December 27, 2007

• Hit List

  The top movies of 2007.

  December 27, 2007

• The Savages

  Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time.

  December 20, 2007

• Charlie Wilson's War

  All aboard the ’80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols’s good time Charlie.

  December 20, 2007

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. Sidney Lumet crafts one hell of a melodrama.

  November 15, 2007

• No Country for Old Men

  The Coen Brothers transcend themselves with their latest project.

  November 15, 2007

• Southland Tales

  Richard Kelly leaves nothing behind in his pop-packed, apocalyptic pageant.

  November 8, 2007

• Martian Child

  Schmaltzy Martian Child attacks John Cusack, all dads.

  November 1, 2007

• American Gangster

  Ridley Scott’s portrait of a ’70s dope CEO may not be epic, but it’s still super-fly.

  November 1, 2007

• The Boys Are Back

  Malick, mobsters and Mr. Brooks.

  October 25, 2007

• Gone Baby Gone

  The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama.

  October 18, 2007

• Michael Clayton

  Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton’s no ordinary legal thriller.

  October 11, 2007

• Cannes Film Festival 2007

  Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

  May 31, 2007

• America Cannes

  Art imitates life as U.S. directors command this year's fest, with only China rivaling for celluloid domination.

  May 24, 2007

• The Kids Are Not Alright

  From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddie porn.

  February 1, 2007