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NPR film critic Bob Mondello offers up a short list of pictures that mostly got away from the awards folks, but shouldn't get away from you. ()
Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway battle it out (without much energy) in Gary Winick's wan comedy. ()
What's that ticking? In this daft horror film, it's a singularly terrifying bio-historical clock. ()
January 10, 2009 · Sunday night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hands out Golden Globes for the best TV shows, movies, and actors. The Golden Globes are considered the best predictor of who will win an Academy Award, but there could still be some surprises next month. ()
December 31, 2008 · The economy may have turned sour, but with a total take of $9.5 billion at the box office — and 22 films on our critic's year-end best-movies list — Hollywood can look back at 2008 without shame. ()
December 26, 2008 · Although Ari Folman's father warned him not to create the animated film about Israeli involvement in a massacre during the 1982 Lebanon war, the filmmaker did so anyway, in part to dissuade teenagers from going to war. To Folman's surprise, it was embraced by the Israeli government. ()
December 31, 2008 · Two brothers kept 1,200 Jews alive in the forests of Belarus during World War II. Edward Zwick's drama retells their story — and the film is best when it's honest about their tense relationship. ()
December 30, 2008 · Movie ticket sales appear to have held their own. But dig deeper and sales are off about 5 percent. Ticket prices increased this year, which gives the initial appearance that attendance has stayed the same. ()
December 24, 2008 · Ari Folman's animated memoir explores the legacy — for a soldier and for his comrades — of Israel's 1982 incursion into Lebanon, which eventually led to the massacre of refugees at the Sabra and Shatila camps. ()
December 26, 2008 · Frank Miller, who became known for bringing new depth to Batman in the '80s and expanding the audience for graphic novels, has directed The Spirit, created by comic-book pioneer Will Eisner. Miller says the key to keeping the movie dark is its tone. ()
December 28, 2008 · Historically, a ticket to the movies has been a ticket to a brief escape from the stresses of lean economic times, and a source of holiday entertainment during winter breaks from work and school. Were those traditional factors a boon for Hollywood, or is the movie industry is suffering financially like everyone else? ()
December 25, 2008 · The new film Nothing But The Truth presents a fictionalized reworking of the Valerie Plame Wilson/CIA leak affair. David Folkenflik, who covered the scandal for years, recalls that he and other journalists experienced it as a "Twilight Zone scenario." ()
December 26, 2008 · A decade ago, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio played a couple falling in love on the Titanic. They've reunited to play starry-eyed lovers whose marriage goes titanically wrong. ()
December 25, 2008 · The holidays are a time to celebrate family, and for family members to spend time with each other. But film makers keep returning to stories about adultery, rebellion, mental illness, drug addiction, and the occasional criminal indictment. Murray Horwitz, director of The American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Md., discusses celebrating the dysfunctional family on film. ()
December 27, 2008 · The Bielski brothers gave shelter and protection to Polish Jews who, like them, fled into the region's forests and swamps to escape German persecution. Director Edward Zwick's new film tells their story, but why hasn't it been heard until now? ()
