By Rex Reed 12/07/11 2:29pm

movies

Theron.

A Young Adult's Spinster Cycle

Another triumphant performance by Charlize Theron informs and enhances the otherwise uneven Young Adult, an edgy and sometimes disappointing drama about contemporary neuroses with comic undertones from director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, the team responsible for the surprise 2007 hit Juno. It’s not in the same league as Mr. Reitman’s hugely superior Up in the Air, but Ms. Theron, a true beauty and one of the screen’s most exquisite actors, keeps the film airborne even when it seems dangerously earthbound. She’s a one-woman emergency rescue squad. Read More

By Gillian Reagan 12/02/08 8:13pm

Superstar Avatars

Hillary Clinton: powerful, reliable, classic. These are the ideas that Ms. Clinton seems to want to convey about herself with her Facebook profile picture. In the black-and-white headshot, she’s looking off to her right, and all of her signature attributes are there: Big smile, pearl necklace, American flag pin. This picture presents the ur-Hillary. She Read More

By J. Gabriel Boylan 3/18/08 10:48am

Adam Green Scrapes Off the Mold

So there’s no way Adam Green could have known that, when asked by director Jason Reitman what music her character ought to listen to, Juno star Ellen Page would reply “The Moldy Peaches” faster than you can say “homeskillet.”

And there’s no way Mr. Green could have known the film would become such a runaway Read More

By Gillian Reagan 3/07/08 4:28pm

Juno at the City Center (Not That Juno)

Juno is coming to the New York City stage! But, honest to blog, it’s not Diablo Cody’s Juno, it’s the 1924 play by Sean O’Casey. Juno and the Paycock, which was adapted into a 1930 Hitchcock movie, is about a mom in 1920s Dublin who is struggling with an alcoholic husband and turbulent political times. Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 2/26/08 5:51pm

Olivia Thirlby: Juno’s Bestie on the Brink

“My brain hasn’t really processed it. I actually can’t believe it,” said Olivia Thirlby, via phone, early in the morning of Oscar Sunday. The 21-year-old actress, in Los Angeles, was eating breakfast (“I’m sorry for the crunching”) and about to embark upon the daylong process of readying herself for the red carpet to end all Read More

By Gillian Reagan 2/18/08 11:19pm

That Painter From Juno

Before Tara McPherson was a successful commercial illustrator, making poster art for bands like the Strokes, Interpol, Duran Duran and Built to Spill; before having her sweetly creepy illustrations featured in Oscar darling Juno; and before preparing more than a dozen paintings and several sculptures for her first solo show opening Feb. 23 at the Read More

By Joe Pompeo 1/31/08 8:24pm

Juno Crosses the $100 Million Mark, Becomes 'Too Cool'

Who would have thought that some indie film about a pregnant teenager could become so abundantly successful? Yes, Juno. It’s garnered critical acclaim, four Oscar nominations, and has now passed the $100 million mark at the box office, making it Fox Searchlight Pictures’ first film to do so.

“This is an astonishing feat for us Read More

By Andrew Sarris 1/29/08 5:02pm

My Oscar Picks! Can Juno Shoot the Moon-O?

The 80th Annual Academy Award nominations have recently been announced amid the usual mix of old and new uncertainties and anxieties. After the political pollsters and pundits bombed out in foretelling the New Hampshire Democratic primary results, it is certainly a calculated risk on the part of this self-ordained prophet to predict this year’s Oscar Read More