Elle Fanning

Ginger & Rosa Reveals Young Women—And a World—On the Verge

BFFs at the end of time

Melissa McCarthy Is Not Your Best Friend Anymore

NYFF Daily Reviews: Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa

Here's Nick Pinkerton on Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa. Ginger & Rosa Written and directed by Sally Potter Screens Tuesday, October 9th at 6:15 p.m. and Wednesday, October 10th at 9:00 p.m. Blame it on Boomers reaching the age of nostalgia if you will, but this installment of the NYFF is well-stoc ... More >>

Pick Your Favorite Celebrity Sibling

I'll list some currently alive siblings (or semi-siblings) and I'll highlight my favorite of each bunch by putting them in boldface. You tell me your own personal faves in these same groupings. Break the rules and you're no sister of mine. Toni Braxton....Her sisters Joey Luft.....Lorna Luft, ... More >>

Animal House: Matt Damon Needs Your Love in We Bought a Zoo

Oh, don't be such a cynic

Super Fun, Super Loud, Super 8

American Idol Sets Up A Pretty Boring Finale

​So we lost Haley Reinhart this week. Fuck you, America. That's all I really have to say about that. I don't know why twangy teenagers are bulldozing everyone else this year, but it's going to make for a truly boring one-note final show. Has American Idol ever had a less interesting final two ... More >>

Fashion Week: Sofia Coppola and Fergie Check Out Anna Sui; 3.1 Phillip Lim Is Ready for Action

Photos by Angela AshmanSofia Coppola.​ After a week of dashing around to shows and enduring more than a few disappointments, attending Anna Sui was as comforting as getting together with an old friend. While other designers scramble to guess what women want now, Sui happily does whatever she ... More >>

Celebrity Has Its Downside in Somewhere

Year in Film: 10 to Watch Out for in 2011

Year in Film: Sofia Coppola's Journey to Somewhere

The Nutcracker in 3D: Nathan Lane and Nazi Rats!

Venice Midpoint: Women Rule

From Meek's Cutoff​Midway through the Venice film festival, the competition is notable for a pair of features by American women: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff -- both minimalist, open-ended exercises in myths debunked and protagonists lost. Evidently inspired ... More >>

Elle Fanning Transcendent in Phoebe in Wonderland

Communication Breakdown

Narrative gimmickry can't save vapid, globally conscious puzzle-film

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Widow Treatment

Love—and death—on Long Island! Irving adaptation becomes Lands' End commercial