Controversial columnist, gifted filmmaker
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&quot;A professional adolescent, a die-hard reactionary,&quot; is how Theo van Gogh (47) used to characterise himself. The Dutch film director and newspaper columnist who was
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Otto Preminger became one of Hollywoodâs first and most successful producer-directors.  A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.
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Amid the glamor of the Toronto Film Festival, our critic finds directors and actors focused on activism.
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A film directed by the man behind the popular Baghdad Blogger is showing at the Rotterdam Festival.
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Films become more politicized as filmmakers seek to influence the upcoming election.
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Hollywood's earnest antiwar films were a bomb at the box office. But Mike Nichols' picture about war and politics, says Richard Corliss, manages to be both rational and inspirational
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The Monitor's movie critic unveils his list of Top 10 films - an eclectic mix of indie and major studio productions.
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Jeff Nathanson's film career has been built on screenplays ripped from the headlines.
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This Anurag Kashyap's film is stirring some serious controversy just as the theme of his movie.
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Despite the Hollywood star power in this documentary about the inventor of gonzo journalism, the best parts are those in which somebody reads Hunter S. ThompsonÂs work.
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Amitabh Bachchan on his films and Hollywood.
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A documentary about Islam  and homosexuality is vying for attention at the Toronto  International Film Festival, where high-profile movies set in  the Middle East are already making a splash.
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Jordan Harrison turns fragments from the life of Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker who made movies for Hitler, into a story that is funny and thought provoking and even a little touching.
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Alexandra Pelosi used the now-disgraced preacher as her guide for a documentary on evangelicals. It offers plenty of irony, but also an incisive look at an alternative cultural world
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was overwhelmed with the film.
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An interview with the master filmmaker about his new films.
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For a filmmaker who has built his career on the cutting edge of controversy, Oliver Stone delivers a surprisingly conventional take on Alexander the Great.