filmmaking
Five Years Later, ‘The House’ Is Still the Great Will Ferrell Misfire
Both a critical and commercial dud, his pairing with Amy Poehler didn’t work at all. But this comedy’s portrait of middle-aged mediocrity and economic anxiety is so intriguing that you can see the terrific satire it could have been
The World Wasn’t Ready for ‘Magic Mike’
Steven Soderbergh making a movie about male strippers? Channing Tatum becoming a legitimate star? The birth of the McConaissance? On its 10th anniversary, we marvel at the film that upended expectations and brought sexy back to the multiplex
The Gospel of ‘Bull Durham,’ According to Ron Shelton
The director of what many consider to be the greatest baseball movie of all time reflects on the fisticuffs that took place on set, getting edit notes from Donald Trump and what Crash Davis would think about the National League now having a designated hitter
Decades Ago, ‘The Deer Hunter’ Taught Us That ‘God Bless America’ Means Nothing
Today’s pathetic public singalong by House Democrats in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade evoked memories of the 1978 Best Picture-winner, which illustrated the hollowness of patriotic anthems at times of national crisis
