James Caan

Kiarostami in Exile for Like Someone in Love

The great Iranian director lost a home but gained a planet

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MAN OF THE HOUSE

Brando shows who’s the real boss

Best Films of 1972: Eight 10-Best Lists (And 'The Godfather' Only Makes One of Them!)

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 11, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 films in focus by Andrew Sarris 'Tis the season to grind out 10-best lists, and this is certainly not the year to turn one's back on tradition. Still, there is at least one prominent film critic who ... More >>

Keanu Reeves Manhandled Into Some Actual Acting in Henry's Crime

'The Godfather': An Intellectual's Daydream About Revenge Without Remorse

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 16, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 11 films in focus By Andrew Sarris It seems that the first question everyone asks about "THE GODFATHER" is concerned with Marlon Brando's interpretation of the title role. That is the way the movie has ... More >>

Luke Wilson Brings Hardcore to the Masses in Middle Men

R.I.P. DJ AM

​Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM, was found dead in his home on Friday afternoon. The news first circulated through TMZ and Perez Hilton and--to the dread of his friends, his peers, and thousands of fans--the NYPD confirmed the rumor later that evening, announcing the DJ's death and its ... More >>

William Lustig's 'Buried Treasures' at Anthology

Presenting a '70s hit list where the results aren't pretty

Jockbeat: The Beguiling Power of Mike Tyson

In the interest of full disclosure, James Toback owes me money.  At a party in 1992, he assured me that if Evander Holyfield ever met Mike Tyson, Tyson would surely destroy him. We made a $100 bet. You know how that one turned out.  At a memorial service for Pauline Kael in the winter of 2 ... More >>

Howard Zieff, 1927-2009

We note the passing of Howard Zieff, a key figure in the bold, funny, and heavily Jewish advertising revolution of the 1960s. Zieff directed the famous "Spicy Meatball" Alka-Seltzer commercial (shown here), and photographed the multi-ethnic "You don't have to be Jewish" Levy's Rye print ads for Do ... More >>

Get Smart: A Pleasant Surprise

This redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms

Plantation Nation

Redundant Dogville sequel dilutes the vitriol for a didactic tale of democracy gone awry

Poe Relations: Avant-Garde Veteran Revisits His Haunted Past

NY Mirror

The Grace Of Wrath

Failed Christian charity, Old Testament payback: A Danish director's American tragedy

The Elfin Man Takes Manhattan, Faces the Wrath of Caan

Virgin Suicide

Skin Dives, Las Vegas Gambles, and Chef Jamie Oliver Gets Naked, Emotionally

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Lonely Planet

Undivine Interventions From Cambodia to Chechnya

Close-Up On: Sunnyside

Dark Victories

60-Year-Old Polish Guy Tells All

Next of Kin in Shades of Gray

Desperate Remedies

Picture This

Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

Clash of the Titans

Hardest Movie Quiz Answers Revealed!

Shtick Figures

This Is My Father