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A.V. Talk: The Happening

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:16:14 -0400

When we started talking about M. Night Shyamalan's new film The Happening around the office last week it was with a mixture of awe and dread....

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:17:28 -0400

To paraphrase Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls: It’s M. Night Shyamalan’s happening, and it freaks us out.

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:42:36 -0400

I have a long and tangled relationship with Lady In The Water. Back when I appeared regularly on a poorly rated, mildly disreputable...

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:40:21 -0400

Ego-tripping with the director of Lady In The Water.

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:24:46 -0400

M. Night Shyamalan's new fairy-tale thriller answers his critics… and gives them plenty of fresh ammunition.

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 01:00:00 -0400

For four films straight—The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and now The Village—writer-director M. Night...

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 01:00:00 -0400

Whether hostile or benevolent, alien landings in the movies are generally treated as communal experiences, a time for human beings to set aside...

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 01:00:00 -0500

Eleven-year-old Joseph Cross—awww!—plays a precocious youth who decides to look for God so he can ask Him if his deceased grandpa...

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 01:00:00 -0500

A long-attention-span blockbuster in a rapid-cut world, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense melded elegant, mature storytelling with...