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The powerful, sensitive character actor with the twice-broken nose had stirring roles on the big screen — notably A Streetcar Named Desire — and was a hit on TV in The Streets of San Francisco. He later served as a pitchman for American Express. ()
Kenneth Turan reviews Public Enemies, a dazzling film about a great American outlaw. ()
July 1, 2009 · Sweet, silly and solid enough to entertain most anybody, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs insists that even carnivorous reptiles can learn a little something from the cooperative approach. ()
July 1, 2009 · The big feature at the movies this year is 3-D. Today's 3-D glasses are hard plastic, not the cardboard things of the past. Although they are built to eliminate eye strain and headaches, they still take a little getting used to. ()
June 30, 2009 · A GQ cover story features pictures of Sacha Baron Cohen wearing shoulder pads, tight red shorts, an athletic cup and little else as he poses with football players at Birmingham High School. Superintendent Ramon Cortines says the photos violate district policy, and he has punished the principal and athletic director. ()
July 2, 2009 · The harrowing climax in The Stoning of Soraya M. shows the graphic death of an innocent woman. The film's director and star say the scene — and the story — are tragically real. ()
July 1, 2009 · This lush, good-looking crime flick doesn't really have a theme, and it never quite sparks to life. But it's got lots of incidental pleasures — Johnny Depp's spirited performance chief among them. ()
July 1, 2009 · Zombies, long a horror-movie staple, are taking bigger bites out of pop culture, infecting books, banking, even our vocabulary. Beth Accomando surveys a genre trope that refuses to die. ()
July 1, 2009 · In May, we marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's sonnets by asking NPR listeners and readers to write in with modern love poems or songs that they think will be remembered 400 years from now. Here are a few of those suggestions. ()
June 30, 2009 · Pema Tseden is the first director in China ever to film movies entirely in the Tibetan language. His latest film, The Search, won the Grand Jury Prize at Shanghai's recent International Film Festival. He says Tibet has always been depicted by outsiders who pander to their own imagination. ()
June 25, 2009 · Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M. tells the tale of an Iranian woman falsely accused of adultery — and executed by her fellow villagers nonetheless. Mark Jenkins has a review. ()
June 26, 2009 · The adrenaline rush of war is front and center in Kathryn Bigelow's film — the first war movie in a while that feels as if it could have starred John Wayne. (Recommended) ()
June 26, 2009 · Even by Hollywood standards, My Sister's Keeper is shoddy goods. It's an arm-twisting weepie that panders to our reflexive need to blame someone for a no-fault tragedy. Critic Ella Taylor isn't buying. ()
June 26, 2009 · It's been 20 years since Michelle Pfeiffer, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton teamed up for Dangerous Liaisons. In Cheri, they tell a very different kind of love story. ()
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