Michael Sragow Audio

Hostage to suspense
Russell Crowe is magnetic but the rest of the high-stakes kidnapping drama "Proof of Life" is a nail-biter without heart.
The terror games
Michael Sragow talks about the Academy Award-winning documentary "One Day in September," in which Palestinian terrorists capture and murder members of the Israeli Olympic team.
Anarchic youths
Today the old Beatles flick "A Hard Day's Night" comes off as a satiric fairy tale, but it still has the vigor of a four-man hurricane.
Muscular narrative
How Philip Kaufman turned his new Marquis de Sade film, "Quills," into "Shakespeare in Love" meets "Silence of the Lambs."
A plucking good time!
DVD News: "Chicken Run" is the instant animated classic that brought "The Great Escape" down on the farm with a bunch of intrepid chickens.
Sane "Wonder Boys"
The Michael Douglas comedy offers the kind of undiluted enjoyment and sanity much needed during this year's post-election frenzy.
Few laughs and little sex
New DVDs: While "U-571" successfully revives old modes of entertainment, the only ones having fun in "Gladiator" are the man-eating tigers.
Don't forget the actors
Michael Sragow reminds us that directors aren't the only ones to praise when a movie is good.
You laughin' at me?
Critics are surprised at Robert De Niro's comedic skills in "Meet the Parents," but the actor has more than a few laughs under his belt.
The Lean years
Michael Sragow revisits the late director David Lean's classic films, including "Oliver Twist" and "Brief Encounter."
Pretty women
Michael Sragow weighs in on some of the lesser-known features of Julia Roberts and Anjelica Huston.
Nurse Betty Nurse Betty
Michael Sragow explains why Nurse Betty is the most overrated new film

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