Beyond the Multiplex

By Andrew O’Hehir

Posts on Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Was this the greatest football game ever?
OK, maybe not. But "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" still spins an improbable, Fitzgerald-meets-Updike yarn about two elite schools, a turbulent year and an unbelievable ending.
The man who blew up America's closets
Sean Penn leaps to the front of the Oscar race with his uncanny invocation of the slain gay-rights leader. Gus Van Sant's vibrant biopic meets the challenge -- almost.
Wednesday, Nov 26, 2008 15:50 EST
Drinks, dancing, dinner, self-loathing
Director William Friedkin talks about revisiting his pre-Stonewall lightning rod "The Boys in the Band" -- and his peculiar role in the history of gay film.
Monday, Nov 24, 2008 14:51 EST
Strangers in a strange land
Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey.
Friday, Nov 21, 2008 14:55 EST
What's behind the "WALL-E" cult?
Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!
Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 14:41 EST

"I chose to forget everything I could"

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