Gary Cooper

The State of Movie Violence

As Universal Soldier 4 attests, death and gore on screen have never been better -- or more reckless

Friday night at the movies

Your best bets on the big screen this weekend.

Two average Joes compete for the American dream in The Promotion

The film muses on how we define success

Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It

'Bright Leaves' delivers a fix to Ross McElwee fans

The Quiet Man

On the eve of his last American tour, Marcel Marceau emerges as one sweet-talking mime

Beyond the Pale

Screwing the white guy and dancing with the devil: Race matters at the 40th annual New York Film Festival

Falling in Love Again

The alluring "Marlene & Josef" invites us to rediscover a director's desire for his star

The Plaisir Principle

Or, Cannes 2001: How to love the movies without hating yourself

Print the Legend

In 40 self-sacrificing years at the helm of the University Film Society, Al Milgrom has seen his reputation grow to mythic stature. How this grumpy old man might cope with turning over his life’s work is another story.

Coming Out at a Theater Near You

How Jenni Olson founded a film festival--and became a queer cinema impresario in the process

Missing in Action

John Sayles gets lost in Limbo

Funny Business

From Buck Privates to The Bank Dick, 10 vintage comedies show off a studio's Universal appeal.

10 Movies to Know America By

Holing Up for the Holidays

A critic's guide to getting away from the multiplexes.