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A Spike in the War Chest
September 26, 2008, Arts+ section

A British Artist Plumbs the Politics of Hunger
September 26, 2008, Arts+ section

'Alexander Nevsky': Chopping Down the Grand Teutons
September 25, 2008, Arts+ section

The Melting Pot
September 23, 2008, Arts+ section

Vojtěch Jasný's Cinema of Freedom
September 19, 2008, Arts+ section

Spike Lee Goes to War
September 19, 2008, Arts+ section

How the West Was Lost: 'Appaloosa'
September 19, 2008, Arts+ section

BAM's Flaherty Selections Underline the Cinema of Migration
September 12, 2008, Arts+ section

'Burn After Reading': This Movie Will Self-Destruct in 95 Minutes
September 12, 2008, Arts+ section

This Old House: Godfrey Cheshire's Family History
September 5, 2008, Arts+ section

'Shoot the Piano Player': Sing Us a Song of Doubt and Sin
September 5, 2008, Arts+ section

'Ping Pong Playa': Balls of Mild Frustration
September 5, 2008, Arts+ section

Public Library Liberates Trove of 16 mm Films
August 29, 2008, Arts+ section

Chris Smith: American Director
August 29, 2008, Arts+ section

'I Served the King of England': Czechs and Balances
August 29, 2008, Arts+ section

'Hamlet 2': Shakespeare Meets 'South Park'
August 22, 2008, Arts+ section

'Tropic Thunder': Bungle in the Jungle
August 12, 2008, Arts+ section

Movies in Brief: 'Last Stop for Paul'
August 8, 2008, Arts+ section

This Is Your Action Movie on Drugs
August 5, 2008, Arts+ section

Looking Back With Patti Smith
August 5, 2008, Arts+ section

'In Search of a Midnight Kiss': Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
August 1, 2008, Arts+ section

'Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind': Finding America In Its Silenced Voices
July 29, 2008, Arts+ section

For 'Step Brothers,' Guy Friendship Is Awesome
July 25, 2008, Arts+ section

'The X-Files: I Want to Believe': Back in the Spookiness Racket
July 25, 2008, Arts+ section

'Up There, I Have No Fear': Philippe Petit on 'Man on Wire'
July 21, 2008, Arts+ section

Deceptive Civility in 'Before I Forget'
July 18, 2008, Arts+ section

Love in a Tsunami's Aftermath: Assarat's 'Wonderful Town'
July 18, 2008, Arts+ section

'The Exiles': IFC Exhumes a Distinctly American Period Piece
July 11, 2008, Arts+ section

Movies in Brief: 'Meet Dave'
July 11, 2008, Arts+ section

'Full Battle Rattle': Knowing Is Half the Battle
July 8, 2008, Arts+ section

'Gonzo': Light Sketches of a Heavy Personality
July 2, 2008, Arts+ section

'Wall-E': Pixar's Spirit in the Sky
June 27, 2008, Arts+ section

Nakadai, a Stalwart of Japanese Cinema, Arrives in New York
June 20, 2008, Arts+ section

Chaplin's Killing Joke
June 13, 2008, Arts+ section

If at First You Don't Mutate Into a Giant Green Beast ...
June 13, 2008, Arts+ section

Herzog at the End of His Rope
June 10, 2008, Arts+ section

Guy Maddin Goes Home
June 6, 2008, Arts+ section

'Kung Fu Panda,' Deadlier Than the Average Bear
June 6, 2008, Arts+ section

'The President's Analyst': Dodging Bullets, Feeling Groovy
June 6, 2008, Arts+ section

A Young Iraqi Bites the Helping Hand
June 5, 2008, Arts+ section

Tornatore's Cinema of Misery
May 30, 2008, Arts+ section

Movies in Brief: 'The Strangers'
May 30, 2008, Arts+ section

The Bridge That Built Ken Burns
May 23, 2008, Arts+ section

Buying and Selling the Good Fight in 'War, Inc.'
May 23, 2008, Arts+ section

When Sudden Success Attacks
May 16, 2008, Arts+ section

Lazy Days for a War Torn Family
May 14, 2008, Arts+ section

The Mother of All Pool Sharks
May 9, 2008, Arts+ section

Mamet Fights for the Right To ... Fight
May 2, 2008, Arts+ section

What Would Rambo Do?
May 2, 2008, Arts+ section

Failing the Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
April 25, 2008, Arts+ section