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Emily Blunt and the Half-Life of Female Action Stars

The Man Who Shaped the Way We Watch Football on TV

HBO's Creepy and Revealing Take on Hitchcock

There Will Be Dud: Paul Thomas Anderson’s First Mediocre Movie

A Small Norwegian Film and the Critic Who Praised It

‘Lawless’ is ‘Bonnie and Clyde’-Lite

The Riddle of Tony Scott

A Serial Killer Movie You Can’t Watch in America

The Inscrutable Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe

Was This the Most Dangerous Film in American History?

Aurora and Batman

Pleading Insanity: Why Robert Blake Now Acts Crazy For a Living

Lights, Camera, Fire

When Did Oliver Stone Lose His Spark of Big Ambition?

What Do We Know About Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Scientology Film?

The Last of Girls?

David Thomson on Films: The Inane Pomposity of 'Prometheus'

David Thomson on Films: The Stunted Adulthood of Wes Anderson

Thomson: The Futile Necessity of Revisiting an Old Love Affair