Andrew O'Hehir has written about movies, books and culture for Salon since 1996 and has covered the independent film world in Salon's Beyond the Multiplex column since 2003. He has written for many national and international publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, US Weekly, the Times of London, Sight and Sound and others. He was editor-in-chief of San Francisco's SF Weekly in the mid-'90s and later a senior editor at SPIN magazine. He is the author of two produced plays and (like so many other journalists) an almost-completed novel. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife, Leslie Kauffman, and their two children.

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Friday, Nov 20, 2009 16:21 PST

Werner Herzog among the demented iguanas

The legendary German eccentric on his most American film, the dirty, profane, dazzling non-remake "Bad Lieutenant"
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 20:19 PST

John Woo on "Red Cliff" and the rise of Chinawood

Back home after 17 years, the action maestro has created his biggest spectacle -- and rebooted China's film biz
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 16:17 PST

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Caught between two worlds

After starring in a summer rom-com and kicking ass in "G.I. Joe," the one-time TV teen returns to "Uncertainty"
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 16:14 PST

Pedro Almodóvar: An "irrational passion" for movies

The Spanish director on his delirious new movie-movie with Penelope Cruz, and how the New York Dolls fought Franco
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 11:13 PST

"The End of Poverty?": How the rich steal from the poor

Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century? And is that such a bad idea?
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 00:11 PST

Woody Harrelson on war, death, LBJ and Obama

The one-time "Cheers" star turned eco-radical climbs into bed to talk about his new film, and the new James Dean
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 17:05 PST

The undignified near-death of Miramax

Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter
Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 01:03 PST

Lightning survivors tell (almost) all!

A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force
Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 19:28 PDT

Have an alt-horror Halloween!

Forget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 17:26 PDT

Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy

Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home
Friday, Oct 23, 2009 11:35 PDT

"Star Trek": Coming to a theme park near you!

Is the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin?
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 17:35 PDT

"Antichrist": Lars von Trier's voyage into madness

Call it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever)
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 17:21 PDT

DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't

Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror
Monday, Oct 19, 2009 00:17 PDT

Home schooling: How we do it

What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen
Monday, Oct 19, 2009 00:17 PDT

Home schooling: How we do it

What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen
Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 10:16 PDT

Kids' movies that aren't for kids: The top 10

Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 00:07 PDT

Rape, power and Polanski's "Chinatown"

What are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic?
Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 00:08 PDT

The British indie explosion

Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't
Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 00:07 PDT

"Afterschool": Death comes to YouTube

Young director Antonio Campos' chilly, brilliant video-age mystery is one of the decade's breakout movies
Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 00:08 PDT

Goys, God, dentistry and "A Serious Man"

Joel and Ethan Coen on mixing Yiddish fable and suburban farce in their slippery, dark and brilliant new movie
Monday, Sep 28, 2009 00:15 PDT

Confessions of a home-schooler

Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school
Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 03:23 PDT

Early odds on the Oscar derby

"Up," Clooney, "Precious," "Lovely Bones," "Nine" all leading contenders. Plus: Is indie dead? (Part 174)
Friday, Sep 18, 2009 11:17 PDT

John Malkovich faces "Disgrace"

The screen icon on playing Coetzee's doomed hero, rewriting other people's scripts and making terrible movies
Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 03:20 PDT

Let a thousand eco-documentaries bloom!

A guide to help you choose between "Earth" and "Earth Days," and "War, Inc." and "Food, Inc."
Friday, Sep 11, 2009 03:18 PDT

The family who just said no

"No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P.
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