Steven Spielberg

CD Review: Common -- Finding Forever

DreamWorks Acquires Rights to "Ghost in the Shell"

From Reverence to Rape

Hollywood plunders meaning from the Holocaust — again.

Very Minor Miracle

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

What Cats Think

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Sad Decline

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

Steven Spielberg goes direct-to-video-game with Boom Blox for the Wii.

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

CJ7

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

Auto-Chaotic

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

Repertory Film Listings

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

Repertory Film Listings

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

Way Out of Sync

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

Beauty at Buchenwald

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

That Stinking Feeling

Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster

Repertory Film Listings

Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster

Repertory Film Listings

Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster

Tragedy Re-Revisited

Spielberg's Munich rehashes a tale we've heard before

Gross Encounters

Spielberg's War hikes up the gore, and that ain't a bad thing

Disappear Here

A nationalistic nightmare

Already Forgotten

Julianne Moore is memorable again in a movie that mostly isn't

Playing on Fear

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Summer Film Previews

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Signs of Faith

Mel Gibson has a close encounter with God -- or just a mean E.T.

Report Card

Spielberg's Minority Report gets good grades until the end

Wagon Master

Director John Ford is "America's Shakespeare," says the author of a new biography

Broken and Battered

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Big Night

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Eight Isn't Enough

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

The Waiting Was the Hardest Part

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Life During Wartime

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Kooky Proles and Gucci Buddhism

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Films for a Tired and Cynical Age

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

One of Us Stinks

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Go, Bugs!

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Out of Africa

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Building the Perfect Beast

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Second Time Around

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Tense Alliance

A conversation with the makers of Blacks and Jews, a highlight of the 17th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Dinosaurs in the Mist

A conversation with the makers of Blacks and Jews, a highlight of the 17th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Walking the Beat

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please

"In the Heights" stumbles but "Peter Pan" soars

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please

Ten films to watch for in 2011

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please

Arthouse Movie Listings for April 27-May 3, 2011

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please

"Super 8": Big Explosions, Big Fun in J.J. Abrams' Newest

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please

"War Horse": WWI Gets the Spielberg Treatment

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please

Year in Film: Filmmakers Who Transcended the 3D Gimmick

At the Meetinghouse, the owner makes the rounds -- but leave your cell phone at home, please