Articles by Manohla Dargis

257 articles since 2002

Zatoichi’ wields blades with kabuki precision

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 23, 2004
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi,” the latest entertainment from Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano, isn’t your average blind masseur-gambler-swordsman movie. Read more
 

Just try to stop ‘Bourne’

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 23, 2004
In the smash-and-grab-you-by-the-throat action flick “The Bourne Supremacy,” style is meaning and that meaning is fast, fast, fast. Read more
 

Androids loose in Hollywood

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 16, 2004
In “I, Robot,” a new science fiction potboiler starring Will Smith, androids see and speak no evil. Read more
 

True confession

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 16, 2004
In 2001, the heavy metal band Metallica hired documentary filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky to get up close and very personal. Read more
 

Mourning glory

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 14, 2004
Jeff Bridges has long been one of the greats of American film acting. Read more
 

Sitting pretty

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 9, 2004
Will FERRELL is the best thing to hit mainstream American movie comedy since the Farrellys thwacked it with spit and giggles. Read more
 

Before the culture begat an industry

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 9, 2004
One of the revelations in “Riding Giants,” a new documentary about guys (mostly) who surf really big waves, is that really big waves tend to look more or less alike. Read more
 

Those bad boys of Camelot

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 7, 2004
Sexed up, tricked out and totally ready to party, “King Arthur” enters the summer fray with consummate New World vulgarity. Read more
 

A ‘roman candle’ who seduced with his craft

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 3, 2004
Marlon Brando didn’t invent sex, but for many movie lovers he might as well have. Read more
 

No kick from this Cole Porter refrain

Entertainment | By Manohla Dargis | July 2, 2004
De-lousy. Read more
 
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