The Big Picture The Balcony is Open, and It's Really Lux (07-02-08)

Chip's First Shot The "philosopher of Country music" owes a lot to Cincinnati's King Records (06-25-08)

A New Direction The CAC alters its approach under Raphaela Platow (06-18-08)

The Big Picture Branching Out (06-18-08)

All Lit Up Zachary Lazar -- Sway (LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY) (06-11-08)

Behind the Images Errol Morris takes on Abu Ghraib in Standard Operating Procedure (06-04-08)

Pretty But Vacant Kung Fu Panda looks great, but its story is hollow (06-04-08)

The Big Picture Art Movies Might Be Struggling, But Opera Movies Are Thriving (06-04-08)

Books Revel in Cincinnati History Arcadia Publishing churns out popular titles on local culture and neighborhoods (05-28-08)

Going With the Gut New direction, new venue, mural project breathe life into Visual Fringe (05-21-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD State Of Play (BBC Video) (05-21-08)

The Big Picture How's This for a Campaign Issue: Blogs for Everyone! (05-21-08)

Like Minds, Out of Time Starting Out in the Evening is a rich, compelling drama (05-14-08)

Stayin' Alive A chorus of seniors interprets Rock classics in Young@Heart (05-07-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Return Of The Living Dead Boys: Halloween 1986 (MVD Visual) (05-07-08)

The Big Picture Raphaela Platow Brings Changes to CAC (05-07-08)

Aging Franchise Players Will Harrison Ford's return as Indiana Jones spur likeminded resurrections? (04-30-08)

Shining a Light on a Forgotten Film New Rolling Stones concert film brings back memories of Ladies and Gentlemen (04-16-08)

Return of a Conquering Hero George Clooney brings Leatherheads home with mixed results (04-02-08)

Good Rockin' Tonight John Sayles' Honneydripper mines old-school R&B and Blues (04-02-08)

Slaughter of the Innocents Nanking looks at Japanese brutality toward the Chinese during WWII (03-19-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DR. Bronner's Magic Soapbox (Self-Released) (03-19-08)

Ever Changing Dudes Mott the Hoople's biggest hit is a timeless 'accidental' anthem (03-05-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Criterion Collection) (02-27-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Absolute Wilson (New Yorker Video) (02-13-08)

Short Takes SHELBY LYNNE -- JUST A LITTLE LOVIN' (LOST HIGHWAY) (02-06-08)

Short Takes VARIOUS ARTISTS -- JUNO: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE (RHINO) (02-06-08)

Culture Clash Variety shows once had a large impact on popular culture (02-06-08)

Graphic Oppression Animated Persepolis is a stark look at a girl's traumatic childhood (01-30-08)

Welcome Back, Diva Restored 1980s French film still makes a point today (01-23-08)

Eye of the Beholder Julian Schnabel tells the extraordinary story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (01-09-08)

Coming Attractions Can Greater Cincinnati Afford To Host A Major Film Festival? Can It Afford Not To? (01-02-08)

Short Takes LEVON HELM -- DIRT FARMER (VANGUARD) (01-02-08)

All Lit Up ERIC CLAPTON -- CLAPTON (THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY) (BROADWAY) (01-02-08)

Savage Love Tamera Jenkins' melancholic comedy shines by way of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney (12-19-07)

Abstraction of Truth? Documentary My Kid Could Paint That raises myriad questions (12-12-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (ZEITGEIST FILMS) (12-12-07)

Short Takes VARIOUS ARTISTS -- I'M NOT THERE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (COLUMBIA) (12-05-07)

Right Here, Right Now Documentary Darfur Now serves as a rallying cry to stop genocide in Sudan (12-05-07)

Not Dead Yet Sidney Lumet strikes again with the taut cautionary tale Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (11-28-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD MAX MON AMOUR (LIONSGATE) (11-28-07)

Deconstructing Dylan Todd Haynes' I'm Not There is inspired by Bob Dylan's shifting personas (11-20-07)

Short Takes ARTHUR ALEXANDER - LONELY JUST LIKE ME: THE FINAL CHAPTER (HACKTONE) (11-14-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR: BOB DYLAN LIVE AT THE NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 1963-1965 (COLUMBIA) (11-14-07)

Looking Back with Fondness American Gangster mines late 1960s and early 1970s cinema but still feels contemporary (11-07-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CAPTAIN & TENNILLE IN NEW ORLEANS (RETROACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT) (11-07-07)

Documenting A Life Local filmmaker Steve Gebhardt's documentary on John Sinclair finds a life on DVD (10-31-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP: THE COMPLETE SERIES (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (10-31-07)

Short Takes BETTYE LAVETTE -- THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (ANTI-) (10-24-07)

All Lit Up MICK BROWN -- TEARING DOWN THE WALL OF SOUND: THE RISE AND FALL OF PHIL SPECTOR (KNOPF) (10-17-07)

Been There, Done That Julie Taymor's Across the Universe fails to distinguish itself from a bevy of like-minded projects (10-10-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD ALL MY LOVING (MVD VISUAL) (10-03-07)

Mending the City's Bones Steven Bloomfield and Ken Schon enjoy bringing back Cincinnati's industrial buildings (09-19-07)

Curious Path to the Screen David Lynch's Inland Empire finally makes its way to Cincinnati -- on Rhino DVD (09-19-07)

Short Takes RASPBERRIES - LIVE ON SUNSET STRIP (RYKO) (09-12-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SHAKESPEARE WAS A BIG GEORGE JONES FAN: COWBOY JACK CLEMENT'S HOME MOVIES (SHOUT! FACTORY) (09-05-07)

The War and the Damage Done Documentary No End in Sight dissects the mismanaged Iraq War (08-22-07)

Spirited Away Hairspray is a summer movie pleasure (07-18-07)

Courbet in Cincinnati A Frenchman's journey to the Cincinnati Art Museum (07-18-07)

Oscars in July Would a mid-year Oscar playoff help us survive the summer movie blues? (07-11-07)

Resuscitation of a Singer Marion Cotillard's strong performance as Edith Piaf owns La Vie en Rose (06-27-07)

Beautiful Music John Carney's organic 'Once' is propelled by sweet sounds (06-20-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Gray Matters (20th Century Fox) (06-20-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Heavy Petting (Docurama) (06-13-07)

Wedding Crasher Susanne Bier's 'After the Wedding' tweaks the Dogme formula (06-06-07)

To Keep or Not to Keep? 'Knocked Up' and 'Waitress' tackle unwanted pregnancies by ... dismissing abortion? (06-06-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD On Stage at World Café Live (Decca Vision) (06-06-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Untouchables: Season One, Volume One (Paramount) (05-23-07)

All Lit Up Joe Boyd -- White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s (05-23-07)

Out from the Shadows Charles Burnett's underground classic, 'Killer of Sheep,' finally gets a proper release (05-16-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Tim Buckley: My Fleeting House (MDV Visual) (05-16-07)

Once in a Lifetime John Carney's romantic, music-fueled 'Once' is a perfect break from summer's big-budget bombast (05-02-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Twin Peaks: The Second Season (Paramount) (04-25-07)

The Seekers Elegiac Old Joy centers on two men looking to connect (04-11-07)

What's in a Name? Strong performances power Mira Nair's intergenerational family drama, 'The Namesake' (03-28-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Johnny Carson Show (Shout! Factory) (03-28-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Color Me Kubrick (Magnolia) (03-28-07)

Pieces of a War 'Iraq in Fragments' looks at Iraq from three different perspectives (03-14-07)

Dylan Revisited D.A. Pennebaker looks back for the deluxe edition of 'Don't Look Back' (03-07-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Performance (Warner Home Video) (03-07-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Border Radio (Criterion Collection) (02-21-07)

Shooting Star Factory Girl delves into the blazing, doomed life of Edie Sedgwick (02-14-07)

World Wide Buzz The Internet is changing the Oscar hype game (02-14-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Blume In Love (Warner Home Video) (02-07-07)

Bigger, Louder, Faster, Better As the Sundance Film Festival goes more commercial, the films themselves are still worthwhile and exciting (01-31-07)

Crit Lit Film literature hits critical mass (01-24-07)

West Meets East Edward Norton's deep interest in China manifests itself in 'The Painted Veil' (01-17-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Best of Hootenanny (Shout! Factory) (01-17-07)

Suburban Life Todd Field's Little Children leaves a lasting impression (01-03-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Mission Impossible: The Complete First TV Season (Paramount) (12-27-06)

The Year in Film and Music: Head Games Conventional film narrative is being trumped by more complex story lines (12-20-06)

Dynamic Duo Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar team up for the stellar Volver (12-20-06)

Behind the Bling Blood Diamond exposes the seedy side of the international diamond trade (12-06-06)

Searching for Bobby Emilio Estevez brings his longtime passion to the screen (11-29-06)

Unearthing the Underground Paul Rachman's documentary American Hardcore revisits the music scene's early roots (11-29-06)

Picture This Steven Shainberg's Fur investigates the early inspiration of Diane Arbus (11-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD EDWARD R. MURROW: THE BEST OF PERSON TO PERSON (KOCH VISION) (11-08-06)

No Holds Barred Satirical Borat delivers uproarious, politically incorrect laughs (11-01-06)

Word Play Steve Anderson's documentary traces the evolution of the word 'fuck' (10-25-06)

No Ordinary Camp The documentary Jesus Camp conjures troubling questions (10-11-06)

The Survivor Matt Dillon's resurgence continues with a strong performance in Factotum (09-27-06)

Tower of a Man A new documentary celebrates the career of poet/novelist/singer Leonard Cohen (08-30-06)

Urban Ritual Quinceanera is an intriguing look at a Los Angeles neighborhood's Mexican-American community (08-23-06)

Family Bonding A talented ensemble of actors powers Little Miss Sunshine (08-16-06)

Requiem for a Day Oliver Stone's World Trade Center delivers a respectful look at 9/11 (08-09-06)

Gas Problem Who Killed the Electric Car? investigates our dependence on gasoline-powered cars (07-26-06)

Too Much Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest suffers from a case of overkill (07-05-06)

Noir, Revisited Rian Johnson's visceral yet flawed Brick employs many a classic film noir technique (06-28-06)

The Devil Inside Jeff Feuerzeig's documentary looks at the troubled yet creative life of Daniel Johnston (06-14-06)

Dark Thoughts Moody musician Nick Cave provides the screenplay for The Proposition (06-07-06)

Desperate Measures The Dardenne brothers' L'Enfant is a gripping story of desperation (05-24-06)

Return of a Pinup Queen Gretchen Mol takes the spotlight -- again -- via the The Notorious Bettie Page (05-03-06)

L.A. Women Friends with Money looks at the way (some) women live today (04-19-06)

Courageous Resistance Sophie Scholl tells the shattering story of a principled woman in Nazi Germany (04-12-06)

Serious Satire Thank You for Smoking provides Aaron Eckhart the breakout role he deserves (04-05-06)

Rite of Passage Bryce Dallas Howard fulfills a dream working with director Lars von Trier on Manderlay (03-22-06)

New-Hollywood Yoda Robert Towne, writer/director of the new Ask the Dust, discusses his storied career (03-22-06)

Looking for a Sign The concert film Neil Young: Heart of Gold finds the longtime troubadour in a reflective mood (03-08-06)

Double Vision Nominees for this year's Independent Spirit Awards and Academy Awards were remarkably similar (03-08-06)

Old Dog, New Tricks Woody Allen strays from his longtime formula with the London-set Match Point (01-25-06)

Dreaming of a New World Reclusive director Terrence Malick re-emerges with his fourth film in three decades (01-18-06)

Hot Docs Another good year for documentary films (12-21-05)

What Matters Most The Squid and the Whale's cultural guideposts (12-21-05)

Back in Black Director James Mangold honors Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (11-16-05)

The Hard-Luck Auteur Visionary filmmaker Terry Gilliam makes his long-awaited return with The Brothers Grimm (08-24-05)

Cinema of Allusions Indie icon Jim Jarmusch returns with Broken Flowers, another ode to mysterious characters with deadpan deliveries (08-17-05)

Tuneful Television The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons DVD package revisits the music of the Woodstock generation (08-17-05)

Humor and Pathos Writer/director Don Roos is back with another diverse ensemble comedy, Happy Endings (07-27-05)

Beguiling Breakthrough Multitalented writer/director Miranda July's debut feature is garnering much attention (07-13-05)

Hanging Together March of the Penguins documents the solidarity of a species (07-13-05)

Rare Bird Mark Bittner's love of wild parrots fuels director Judy Irving's unique documentary (06-15-05)

Greed & Indifference Alex Gibney discusses his illuminating documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (05-18-05)

L.A. Story Writer/director Paul Haggis discusses the origins of his provocative new film, Crash (05-11-05)

God Is in the Details The creators of period epic Kingdom of Heaven strive for accuracy (05-04-05)

One Industry; Two Ceremonies Awarding Sideways a record-tying six awards, the Indie Spirits proved itself better than the Oscars (03-02-05)

Old and Grey Vera Drake is a breakthrough for actress Imelda Staunton (02-09-05)

Oscar Talk Current Oscar campaigns replace gifts with intellect (01-05-05)

The Portrait of a (Lady) Boxer Hilary Swank takes on another serious, typically male role in Million Dollar Baby (12-22-04)

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