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Christopher Orr is The New Republic's online film critic. He's also written on film for L.A. Weekly, Salon, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Sun. He came to TNR as Executive Editor in 2000, and has worked as an editor at The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, U.S. News and World Report, and Mother Jones.

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The Majestic Assassination of Jesse James
Post date 10.05.07
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Not Hot
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Ethan Hawke's The Hottest State: The Worst Movie You Won't See This Year web only
A Confused Kingdom
Post date 09.28.07
Los Angelenos of Arabia web only
Foster's Freeze
Post date 09.21.07
The Brave One: What is Wrong with Jodie Foster? web only
Goodwill Hunting
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Russian Roulette
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The Brutal Charms of Viggo's Eastern Promises web only
Home Front
Post date 09.13.07
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Blood on the Tracks
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Russell Crowe's Evocative 3:10 to Yuma Is Worth Catching web only
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French Roast
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The Bitter Hilarity of 2 Days in Paris. web only
Boys to Men
Post date 08.16.07
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Watching the Detectives
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The Methodical Genius of David Fincher's Zodiac web only
Yadda, Yadda, Yadda
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The Washington Post's TV critic has an unhealthy obsession with Seinfeld web only
Love Over Gold
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How a $150,000 movie became one of the best romantic comedies in a generation web only
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Post date 05.30.07
He may be a horrible human being, but Apocalypto proves Mel Gibson is a talented director. web only
Off Key
Post date 05.17.07
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Tangled Web
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The overblown charms of Spider-Man 3 web only
All About Face
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Has a famous Chinese filmmaker become a government apologist? web only
Screened Out
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Children of Men sacrifices meaning for style web only
Royale Treatment
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How Casino Royale revived the Bond franchise web only
Jack Off
Post date 02.20.07
Nicholson drags The Departed down to his level web only
Dream On
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Why Dreamgirls doesn't deserve a best picture nod web only
Grand Illusion
Post date 01.16.07
The Illusionist is less--and more--than it appears web only
Double Negative
Post date 01.02.07
Two new DVDs send mixed messages web only
Day for Night
Post date 12.05.06
Superman Returns reinvents the superhero movie web only
Code Breaker
Post date 11.28.06
Ron Howard's "fixes" make The Da Vinci Code even worse web only
The Spy Who Loved Me
Post date 11.07.06
With Mission: Impossible III, Tom Cruise merges his on- and off-screen personas web only
Slow Burn
Post date 10.24.06
Since its release, Body Heat has only gotten better web only
X, Rated
Post date 10.10.06
Can the wrong director kill a franchise? web only
Tubular
Post date 09.19.06
How TV is wiping out the movies--again. web only
Stuck on U.
Post date 09.06.06
The post-collegiate stasis of Noah Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming. web only
Zoo York
Post date 08.15.06
How does Spike Lee's first truly commercial movie fare? web only
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V for Vendetta is a bank shot against Bush. web only
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Post date 07.18.06
What The Matador tells us about Brosnan--and Bond. web only
Hidden Meaning
Post date 06.27.06
Caché is a gripping thriller that retreats into deep thoughts. web only
Detective Agency
Post date 06.13.06
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a crafty take on the hard-boiled detective genre. web only
Settling Down
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Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Jessica Parker are demoted to the big screen. web only
Moral Development
Post date 05.16.06
With Munich, Steven Spielberg finally grows up. web only
Kiefer Madness
Post date 05.15.06
Conservatives think "24" is a conservative show. What are they smoking?
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Post date 04.18.06
Brokeback Mountain and the vanishing archetype of American masculinity. web only
Uncertainty Principle
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A History of Violence reveals too much. web only
Class Notes
Post date 03.16.06
Metropolitan captures the foibles of young people with old money. web only
Ordinary People
Post date 02.07.06
Bubble is a strangely gripping little drama web only
Bigger, Badder
Post date 01.25.06
The disappearance of the B+ movie web only
Bear Witness
Post date 01.10.06
What Grizzly Man tells us about Werner Herzog web only
Space Saver
Post date 12.28.05
Serenity has everything you could ask for in an action-adventure film web only
Boxed Out
Post date 12.13.05
How Cinderella Man went from contender to underdog web only
Paint it Black
Post date 11.29.05
How Spielberg spoiled War of the Worlds web only
Split Personalities
Post date 11.02.05
The mix of comedy and tragedy fails in Melinda and Melinda web only
Moral Crusade
Post date 10.18.05
Kingdom of Heaven and Hollywood's bad-guy shortage web only
A Cute Psychosis
Post date 10.04.05
Why Hollywood tidies up serial killers web only
Lost in Space
Post date 09.20.05
The many wrong turns of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. web only
Direct Hit
Post date 09.06.05
A fresh and fervent film that takes on race. web only
Party of Two
Post date 08.09.05
Nick and Nora Charles, cinema's most glamorous dipsomaniacs. web only
A Long Time Coming
Post date 07.26.05
With A Very Long Engagement, Jean-Pierre Jeunet finally fulfills his potential. web only
Million Dollar Maybe
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Clint Eastwood's hackneyed masterpiece. web only
Second Time Farce
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Be Cool, Ocean's Twelve, and the reinvention of the sequel. web only
Stage Manager
Post date 06.07.05
Reasons to doubt Tarnation's authenticity as a documentary. web only
Goose Egg
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The Aviator never really goes anywhere. web only
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Wes Anderson's heroes aren't growing up, just slowing down. web only
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Zhang Yimou makes a comeback with House of Flying Daggers. web only
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What the Academy missed about Hotel Rwanda. web only
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The essential ridiculousness of Closer. web only
Need Blind
Post date 03.15.05
Is the secret to a successful film to hide the actors' faces? web only
Heartbroken
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The director's cut of Donnie Darko explains too much. web only
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The Grudge brings Eastern horror to the West. web only
Love Hurts
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Infernal Affairs revitalizes the crime thriller. web only
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With The Village, M. Night Shyamalan disappoints audiences. web only
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Open Water and the limits of authenticity. web only
Half Empty
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We Don't Live Here Anymore and the cinema of misanthropy. web only
Web Alert
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Spider-Man 2 is more remake than sequel. web only
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Hero is an excellent film, until you get to the last 15 minutes. web only
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Post date 11.23.04
A new director breathes new life into the Harry Potter franchise. web only
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Before Sunset asks whether one night of love can survive nine years of absence. web only
Childish Things
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Van Helsing and the lure of computer-generated images. web only
Weather ... Or Not
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Capturing the horror of the high school years. web only
Unforgettable
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Film, memory, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. web only
Diminishing Returns
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The painful decline of the Coen brothers' films. web only
Baser Passions
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Mel Gibson sanctifies his perverse obsessions. web only
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The Girl Next Door is a Frankenstein sex comedy. web only
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Dogville's critique of capitalism is impossible to take seriously. web only
Dud Again
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With Kill Bill Volume 2, Tarantino does a bad Sergio Leone impression. web only
Criminal Network
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The crime show that was too good for NBC. web only
Monster Mash
Post date 07.27.04
Hellboy is an entertaining blend of X-Men, Men in Black, and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." web only
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Post date 07.20.04
The Big Bounce finds a new way to ruin Elmore Leonard. web only
Past Perfect
Post date 07.13.04
Out of the Past is more than just an exemplary noir. web only
Sin City
Post date 06.22.04
The most entertaining film ever made about mindless vengeance and inevitable death. web only
Bend in the River
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Where Clint Eastwood's Mystic River went wrong. web only
Along Went Ben
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Ben Stiller's schtick isn't funny. web only
Age of Innocence
Post date 06.02.04
Why do we have such a hard time accepting that women can be as bad as men? web only
Into the Sunset
Post date 05.25.04
Once Upon a Time in the West and the end of the Western. web only
The Talented Mr. Malkovich
Post date 05.18.04
John Malkovich is the actor who finally gets Tom Ripley right. web only
Land That Time Forgot
Post date 05.11.04
Osama is a film chillingly balanced between documentary and fable. web only
Off Pitch
Post date 05.04.04
Something's Gotta Give is hardly a movie--it's more a pitch for a movie. web only
Crap, Actually
Post date 04.27.04
Love Actually takes the romance out of "romantic comedy." web only
Love and War
Post date 04.20.04
Two new DVDs bring us refreshing stoicism and heartbreaking art. web only
Chop Socky
Post date 04.13.04
Kill Bill is less a movie than a dare. web only
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Post date 01.12.04
The editors debate TNR's Lieberman endorsement. web only
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Post date 10.02.02
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