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David Edelstein

January 8, 2007 | The Movie Review
Apocalpyse (Not So Long From) Now

In the thrillingly dire Children of Men, Clive Owen and dystopia make a nice pair.

December 25, 2006 | The Movie Review
Behind Enemy Lines

Clint Eastwood’s unshakable Iwo Jima; Judi Dench’s acidity trip; and a Rocky you can kinda root for.

December 11, 2006 | The Movie Review
And Opening This Week �

Homeless for the holidays in Will Smith’s feverish Pursuit of Happyness. Plus: Dreamgirls and Mel.

December 18, 2006 |
The Year in Movies

It wasn’t too soon for one 9/11 film, and it couldn’t have been a better year, tragically, for Iraq documentaries. Helen Mirren ruled. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ryan Gosling were highly addictive. And the best movie of the year was � well, scroll down.

December 11, 2006 | The Movie Review
They Cut Glass. And Hands.

For such a formulaic film, Blood Diamond does have one very nice surprise. (Plus: Leo’s good in it.)

December 4, 2006 | Feature
The Sex Symbol Who Showers in the Dark

Bill Nighy makes great art in the territory between utter poise and utter collapse.

December 4, 2006 | The Movie Review
Ugly Disemboweled Americans

What the horror-show Turistas has in common with Babel. Plus: Remembering Robert Altman.

November 27, 2006 | The Movie Review
Top of Its Class

The History Boys shows why Dead Poets Society was such a sham.

November 20, 2006 | The Movie Review
Somebody Does It Better

Reinvention, indeed: Daniel Craig is a Bond we could get used to seeing in a tuxedo.

November 13, 2006 | The Movie Review
Hairy Situation

As Diane Arbus in the quasi-biopic Fur, Nicole Kidman suffers from personality-deficit disorder.