Snow Falling on Screeners

An Andes climbing documentary puts the Blizzard of 2004 in perspective.

Movie Reviews & Stories In early January, a ragtag group of movie critics hiked, skidded and slid through treacherous, dizzying drifts of snow and ice to Cinema 21 for an afternoon press screening. Shivering, scarf-muffled t ... More

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 Matt Mcnally

Howdy, Sportsfans

DVD & TV Howdy, Sportsfans. Get your game-face on, polish your helmet and mash that guacamole--it's Super Bowl weekend. To get you in the mood, here are a few classic sporting flicks to have you spitting testo ... More

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 Matt Mcnally

Blond Ambition

Cold Mountain co-star Charlie Hunnam sets out on the long road to success.

Movie Reviews & Stories When Charlie Hunnam opens the door to his suite at the opulent Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland, it's with a cheery greeting that belies his bleary-eyed, hung-over state. Soon enough, though, ... More

Wednesday, December 24, 2003 Matt Mcnally

Living In America

Jim Sheridan lived the story of his new film In America--now he's telling the tale.

Movie Reviews & Stories Irish writer and director Jim Sheridan has a track record of making tremendously powerful films based on real-life events--films like My Left Foot, that burst forth from a core of earnestly realized h ... More

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Matt Mcnally

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST

With Welcome to the Monkey House, Courtney Taylor-Taylor and the Dandy Warhols fashion a new old sound. But is it art?

Music Stories Once upon a time in New York City, Andy Warhol decided that originality was extinct and with it went sincerity.Once upon another time--grunge-era Portland circa 1994--a pouty, pun-loving young Tur ... More

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Matt Mcnally

Nowhere Man

Chiwetel Ejiofor champions London's forgotten underclass in Stephen Frears' thriller Dirty Pretty Things.

Movie Reviews & Stories Chiwetel Ejiofor doesn't need to be a movie star. The friendly 26-year old British actor has a prodigious reputation and a wealth of opportunities on the London stage. But Chewy--as he's informall ... More

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 Matt Mcnally

DOWN WITH REALITY

Stylish and stylized, Down with Love rewinds to the fantasy world of '60s sex comedies.

Movie Reviews & Stories The summer's frothiest film has arrived in the retro-chic shape of this swinging romantic comedy. Set in a stylized version of 1962 Manhattan, Down with Love is a slice of Hollywood escapism rar ... More

Wednesday, May 14, 2003 Matt Mcnally

Top Articles from Matt Mcnally

Blond Ambition
Cold Mountain co-star Charlie Hunnam sets out on the long road to success. Living In America
Jim Sheridan lived the story of his new film In America--now he's telling the tale. Howdy, Sportsfans
DOWN WITH REALITY
Stylish and stylized, Down with Love rewinds to the fantasy world of '60s sex comedies. Snow Falling on Screeners
An Andes climbing documentary puts the Blizzard of 2004 in perspective. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
With Welcome to the Monkey House, Courtney Taylor-Taylor and the Dandy Warhols fashion a new old sound. But is it art? Nowhere Man
Chiwetel Ejiofor champions London's forgotten underclass in Stephen Frears' thriller Dirty Pretty Things.