Email Author Stephanie Zacharek
2013 Stories by Stephanie Zacharek
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A Hijacking Looks Inside a Ship Taken Over by Somali Pirates
published June 20, 2013
Until 2005 or so, no one thought much about modern piracy of the high-seas variety. But then Somali pirates began attacking merchant ships with... More >>
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The Bling Ring Review: Sofia Coppola's Film Has Little to Say About Its Celebrity-Obsessed Thieves
published June 13, 2013
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Man of Steel Is a Real Movie Trapped Inside an Overblown Blockbuster
published June 13, 2013
Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous self-seriousness,... More >>
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Man of Steel: Making Sense of All That Christ and Death Stuff
published June 13, 2013
Sometimes there's just too damn much to say about a movie than can fit into any one review. (Even More >>
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The Internship is Worse Than Fetching Coffee
published June 6, 2013
Eager young people can't find jobs; qualified older people can't find jobs. There's nothing funny about that, which is exactly why someone... More >>
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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Proves Punk Lives
published June 6, 2013
Anyone trying to run a civilized country should know that throwing musicians in jail for making music is always a bad idea. That didn't stop... More >>
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In Man of Steel, There's Greatness in the Superman Origin Story
published June 6, 2013
Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous... More >>
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Cannes 2013: Five of Our Favorite Films
published May 30, 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel & Ethan Coen Here's cockeyed humanism at its best. This marvelous,... More >>
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Before Midnight Review: Richard Linklater's Fateful Lovers Are Back
published May 23, 2013
Ask people about their favorite movies and the same titles come up regularly — Casablanca, Pulp Fiction, Annie... More >>
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks Review: Documentary Draws Too Few Conclusions
published May 23, 2013
There's a thing that sometimes happens to copy editors, the workhorses who do the final grammar cleanup, general fine-tuning and, sometimes,... More >>
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Cannes: Refn's Again with Ryan Gosling, but Only God Forgives Isn't in the Same League as Drive
published May 23, 2013
Expectations here in Cannes were high—or at least semi-high—for Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives,... More >>
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Cannes: Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra is a Delightful Little Curio
published May 23, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen—anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug—step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of... More >>
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Cannes: In Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, Benicio Del Toro Acts Again!
published May 23, 2013
In Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro—freed at... More >>
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Cannes: The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis
published May 23, 2013
I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We'll Get to the Coens) Someday I'm going to write a song and call it... More >>
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Frances Ha: Not Yet a Person, But a Damn Good Film
published May 16, 2013
New York is a cruel and beautiful place, just as 27 is a cruel and beautiful age. In Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig plays a woman who's... More >>
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Cannes Diary: What Are the Women in their Dresses Hoping For?
published May 16, 2013
Nearly everyone I know who has seen the official poster for the 66th Cannes Film Festival -- a bird's-eye view of a kiss... More >>
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Cannes: Heli is Family Drama Set Against Mexico's Drug Wars
published May 16, 2013
One of the most exciting things about attending the Cannes Film Festival is being among the first people to see the films the world will be... More >>
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Cannes: Not Even the Gifted Emma Watson Can Raise The Bling Ring
published May 16, 2013
The biggest puzzlement of these early days of the festival comes from Sofia Coppola, one of my favorite working directors. Until now, I have... More >>
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Cannes: Young & Beautiful is a Portrait of a 17-Year-Old French Call Girl
published May 16, 2013
François Ozon's Young & Beautiful, a portrait of a 17-year-old French call girl, is something else again. This... More >>
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Gatsby Is Sometimes Great But Not Always Good
published May 9, 2013
There's a scene in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in which Leonardo DiCaprio's hyperrich, super-awkward Jay Gatsby takes it upon... More >>
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R.I.P., Ray Harryhausen, Master of the Handmade Fantasy
published May 9, 2013
In the course of reviewing movies in the early 2000s, just as computer-generated special effects were becoming radically sophisticated and were... More >>
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Iron Man 3 Review: Robert Downey Jr. Goes on Autopilot
published May 2, 2013
Where has Robert Downey Jr. gone? There's no doubt he's the star of Iron Man 3; he sprints through the picture like a neurotic... More >>
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What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion
published May 2, 2013
Stephanie Zacharek is the new More >>
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Terrence Malick's To the Wonder Is Gorgeous and Ridiculous
published April 11, 2013
I have rarely enjoyed watching Terrence Malick's movies. But I really wouldn't want to be him. When you're a reclusive perfectionist... More >>
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Shane Carruth Created Upstream Color. Now You Figure It Out
published April 11, 2013
There's a thin line between what's truly mysterious and what's totally bogus. A movie that leaves you feeling unclear about what's happening... More >>
