Django Unchained

The Propeller Group Take on the Art World's Celebrity Fixation

No country for poor men

The 51st New York Film Festival Is as Varied as Its Hometown

W. Kamau Bell's Outrageously Funny Totally Biased Gets in Your Face About Race

Fall Arts Guide: Born Free

Steve McQueen's new film challenges audiences to view slavery from the inside out

Leonardo DiCaprio Is Now An "Event Bookazine"

You have to admit that Leonardo DiCaprio has emerged as quite a not-boring film star. With nutty movies like Inception, J. Edgar, Django Unchained, and now The Great Gatsby (with The Wolf of Wall Street howling in the wings), he's become a sort of glossier version of Johnny Depp--someone who takes c ... More >>

Django Unchained: The Most Moving Scene Quentin Tarantino Has Yet Filmed

Django is Like "Accidental Racist," Except Not Godawful.

Bathed in Amber Light, 42 Sugars Over the Greatest Generation's Dark Side

The Growlers - Knitting Factory - 1/24/13

Pazz & Jop: The Confounding, Inexplicable Splendor of Rapper Future

Space is the place

Tarantino To Reporter: "I'm Not Your Slave...I'm Not A Monkey!"

A TV reporter asked Django Unchained creator Quentin Tarantino how he's so sure that there's no link between enjoying movie violence and enjoying real violence. Tarantino could have replied, "Because movies are illusion. Mine, especially, is a satirical riff, a romp, a ride, with some self-consciou ... More >>

The Oscar Nominations Are Out! Here's Who Got Snubbed!

The following folk were excluded by the Oscar nominators and will have to either jump off a cliff or just learn to deal with it.

How to Defend Quentin Tarantino

What critics who attack the director's borrowings miss

Tabu's Brilliant Look at Colonial Fantasy

Let's go native

Django Unchained Upends the Western

A history of violence

The Top 10 Films of 2012

The end of cinema? Hardly.

The 2012 Voice Film Critics' Poll

See the full 2012 Voice Film Critics' Poll

Quentin Tarantino Emerges with His Most Daring Film Yet

Basterd makes good

Django Unchained and Race: Here's What Drudge Doesn't Tell You

Ever vigilant for things to be outraged by, conservative internet precincts yesterday dropped the bombshell that there's gambling in Casablanca the word "nigger" is spoken in a Quentin Tarantino movie about American slavery. Since Drudge et al. haven't actually seen the movie, they just go with th ... More >>

Get Ready For Some Really Loooong Movies

Got three hours to kill? Still have no power and feel anxious to spend long stretches of time anywhere where there's heat and light? Then you're gonna love this season's batch of Oscar-bait flicks. They're long. They're made by auteurs who treasure every moment of their own genius and can't wait ... More >>

Movie Violence Has Never Been Better—Or More Reckless

The way we die now

Three Locks For Best Actor Already

That's what insiders are saying--the kind of insiders who are usually right sometimes. Oscar's Best Actor locks already seem to be: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln Duh. We knew this the second the movie was announced. Denzel Washington for Flight People are so happy he got a quality script agai ... More >>

Get Ready For The Most Depressing Batch Of Films In History

Something must be in the air--like dire desperation or maybe economic collapse--because the slew of quality films coming your way seems to be drawing a lot from horrifying disasters, both real and imagined, as they go to a very dark place in your wallet. Yes, some of them are personal awakenings wi ... More >>

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