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Awards

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 13, 2009

  "Let the Mild Rumpus Start!"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 29, 2009

  "Robert Frank's Real America"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 4, 2009

  "Why Hard Times Won't Mean Good Times"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 12, 2008

  "Deep Freeze"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "What We Learned About the Election in this Summer's Movies"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 24, 2008

  "Kill One for the Gipper"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 5, 2006

  "Mel Gibson is Responsible for All the Wars in the World"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 16, 2006

  "The New Disaster Movie"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 14, 2006

  "Anarchy in the UK"

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2007 Stories by J. Hoberman

• Hit List

  published December 26, 2007

  It's that time of year again. Our six critics don't always (or often) agree, but we've combined their top 10 lists (allowing for ties) to... More >>

• Mr. Schrader Goes to Washington

  published December 12, 2007

  Paul Schrader's cinema is largely defined by the pathology of his male protagonists, and with The Walker, he's added a striking new... More >>

• Those Were the Days

  published December 12, 2007

  Youth Without Youth, Francis Ford Coppola's self-financed return to the fray, is a curious project — well-crafted, personal, and... More >>

• Like a Complete Unknown

  published November 21, 2007

  I'm Not There and the changing face of Bob Dylan on film. I'm Not There is the movie of the year — but to whom does Todd... More >>

• Brian De Palma's Redacted Rated R for Righteous Rage

  published November 14, 2007

  Acid flashback or déjà vu? Who, having lived through the late '60s, would have anticipated re-experiencing the spectacle of an... More >>

• Richard Kelly Follows Donnie Darko with Terrorizing Southland Tales

  published November 14, 2007

  A doom-ridden pulp cabalist with a dark sense of purpose as well as humor, Richard Kelly shoots the moon with Southland Tales, his rich,... More >>

• American Gangster Treats '70s Smack Game Like It's NASDAQ

  published October 31, 2007

  American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as its... More >>

• Wristcutters: A Love Story Follows Zombie Hipsters to the Afterlife

  published October 31, 2007

  Wristcutters: A Love Story, a well-wrought indie written and directed by Goran Dukic, has to be the kewpie doll of current zombie... More >>

• Jimmy Carter Man from Plains Just Plain Boring

  published October 31, 2007

  Jonathan Demme, who directed Tom Hanks to an Oscar as the AIDS-afflicted lawyer in Philadelphia, may be the most well-meaning filmmaker... More >>

• Dear Coward Robert Ford: Please come Back and Kill Brad Pitt

  published October 3, 2007

  Calling all pundits. It's a baffling caprice of the zeitgeist to have two studio westerns released in the same month, 30-odd years after the... More >>

• Eastern Promises: Still Cronenberg

  published September 12, 2007

  I've said it before and hope to again: David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director... More >>

• The Good, the Bad, and the Set Pieces

  published September 5, 2007

  Johnnie To may not be the last man standing, but he is the lone Hong Kong action director who's done his best work in the aftermath of the... More >>

• Saying Goodbye To Two Giants of Cinema

  published August 8, 2007

  Ingmar Bergman directed more than 50 features, but he was a significant figure in 20th-century culture in part because he was so obviously... More >>

• Man Down

  published July 11, 2007

  Nothing if not appropriate for summer blockbuster season, Werner Herzog's latest feature, based on his 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to... More >>

• Dr. Feelgood

  published June 27, 2007

  "We're Americans. We go into other countries when we need to. It's tricky, but it works." So declares Michael Moore in the midst of his new... More >>

• Mighty Heart, Mightier Spotlight

  published June 20, 2007

  A skilled actor vanishes into a role; a movie star appropriates it. As presence trumps character, the star personifies Brecht's alienation effect,... More >>

• The Mystery of the Tween Demo

  published June 13, 2007

  So lame it's ... cool? Nancy Drew, writer-director Andrew Fleming's attempt to jump-start a new Warner Bros. franchise, is a movie... More >>

• The House Always Wins

  published June 6, 2007

  Lowest Common Denominator-ism writ large and engraved in stone like the Ten Commandments according to Cecil B. DeMille, the Hollywood blockbuster... More >>

• America Cannes

  published May 30, 2007

  CANNES, France—The world's preeminent film festival celebrated its 60th birthday party — the opening banquet catered by the world's... More >>

• Palm d'Hoberman

  published May 30, 2007

  Cannes, France — Sometimes the competition is actually competitive. No one disputes that the official section at the 60th Cannes Film... More >>

• Cannes d'Awards

  published May 30, 2007

  Cannes, France — The 60th Cannes Film Festival was a generous one — and so was its jury, bestowing the Palme d'Or on the least... More >>

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Suffocation

  published May 9, 2007

  Mystery man of the long-ago Australian new wave, Ray Lawrence has evidently grown less finicky. Lawrence, now 59, made his feature debut with the... More >>

• Appointment in Samarra

  published March 28, 2007

  The Situation, Philip Haas's deftly-paced, well-written, and brilliantly infuriating Iraq War thriller is not only the strongest of recent... More >>

• Wild at Heart

  published February 7, 2007

  No director works closer to his unconscious than David Lynch, and, stimulated by the use of amateur digital video technology, his latest feature... More >>

• Heavy Weather

  published January 24, 2007

  A terrific movie in the Antonioni tradition, Climates confirms 47-year-old Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan as one of the world's most... More >>