| October 1 |
- Indie film's ultra-realist overdose
- Sundance critics went wild for the lo-fi, wide-screen, Mississippi bleakness of "Ballast." But has American neorealism turned itself into audience kryptonite?
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| October 2 |
- Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"
- The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
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| October 4 |
- From Cannes headliner to pay cable
- Why is the exasperating and delightful "Pleasure of Being Robbed" -- a breakthrough American micro-indie about a charming female sociopath -- barely getting released?
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| October 6 |
- Doc Hudson vs. Che Guevara
- Paul Newman's crusty, kid-friendly, oddly classic final role (as a car). Plus: Film-world eggheads battle over Soderbergh's unconventional "Che."
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| October 8 |
- Torture porn, made beautiful
- Pasolini's "Salò" blends fascism, de Sade and upscale art cinema into the most notorious film in the medium's history. Watch it at home!
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| October 10 |
- "Greatest film ever" or a cream cake?
- Mocked on initial release and long unavailable, Max Ophüls' wide-screen spectacle "Lola Montès" returns in a lustrous restoration. So what's the big deal?
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| October 11 |
- Don't call it mumblecore
- Ultra-indie American film grows up in a hurry with Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig's erotic, wrenching relationship drama "Nights and Weekends."
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| October 16 |
- Madonna? I'm ready
- Forget Guy! Forget A-Rod! All the reasons why the Material Girl and I should be together are made clear in "Filth and Wisdom," her likable, trivial directing debut.
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| October 18 |
- Bigfoot's YouTube medieval adventure
- The week in indie film, from the gorgeous animation of "Azur & Asmar" to Wayne Wang's edgy YouTube release to the quest for Bigfoot -- in Ohio.
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| October 21 |
- Gotham noms kick off award season (ack!)
- Inside the N.Y.-based indie awards, where we nominated "Ballast," "The Visitor," "Synecdoche," "The Wrestler" and a bunch of films nobody has ever seen.
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| October 23 |
- Eat, for this is my body
- In the amazing new film "Stranded," survivors of the legendary 1972 Andes plane crash talk about the moral and spiritual implications of eating their friends.
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| October 24 |
- Who names a film "Synecdoche"?
- Quasi-legendary screenwriter Charlie Kaufman discusses his surreal black-comic directing debut -- and why he's willing to tick people off with an unpronounceable title.
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| October 27 |
- The (undead) girl next door
- Suburban realism gets an injection of fresh blood (ha!) in the gory, satirical and haunting Swedish vampire flick "Let the Right One In."
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| October 29 |
- 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.
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| October 31 |
- 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.
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