M. Night Shyamalan  

  • A.V. Talk: The Happening

    Jun 13, 2008

    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....

  • thehappening The Happening

    Jun 12, 2008

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

  • My Year Of Flops My Year Of Flops Case File #20: Lady In The Water

    Apr 03, 2007

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

  • The Man Who Heard Voices The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career On A Fairy Tale

    Aug 09, 2006

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

  • Lady In The Water Lady In The Water

    Jul 19, 2006

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

  • The Village

    Aug 03, 2004

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

  • Signs

    Aug 05, 2002

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

  • Unbreakable

    Mar 29, 2002

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

  • Wide Awake

    Mar 29, 2002

    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...