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The Great Gatsby

Melynda Nuss on Burt Luhrmann's extravagant adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age novel.

'Lincoln' at Face Value

Valiant effort aside, ultimately Spielberg's opus fails to target below the (bewhiskered) surface.

Caesar Must Die

The Taviani brothers present Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” in a performance by inmates of Rome’s maximum security Rebibbia prison.

Pasolini Retrospective Opens at MOMA

During his lifetime Pier Paolo Pasolini's challenging films were condemned and frequently banned for their raw sexuality, casual violence and rejection of middle-class values.

King Kong Movie Poster Fetches $388,375 at Auction

The 1933 movie poster had a pre-auction estimate of $80,000.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

In a forgotten swamp community in Louisiana, a desperate six-year-old girl must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.

Movie Review: Melancholia

Tis the season to be jolly...or so we thought: "If Lars von Trier set out to make an accurate film about depression he has done a fantastic job.", writes culture critic Melynda Nuss about von Trier's new film "Melancholia".

2000 Academy Awards: Oscar Overview and Capsule Reviews

Oscar 2000 Best Picture predictions and capsule movie reviews of the nominees, by the staff of Culturekiosque.

3:10 to Yuma

Melynda Nuss reviews the remake of the classic 1957 Western about a desperate, small-time rancher who takes an assignment to transport a notorious outlaw to Yuma for imprisonment.

A Dangerous Method

David Cronenburg’s new film explores how sex, anti-semitism and the professional rivalry of Sigmund Freud and his acolyte, Carl Jung, held sway at the dawn pyschoanalysis.