Stephen Farber is a film critic for The Hollywood Reporter. He has written reviews and articles on film for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Movieline, Esquire, New York, New West, and many other publications. Farber has written four books on film: The Movie Rating Game; Hollywood Dynasties; Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case; and Hollywood on the Couch.
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The Danes’ Royal Drama
A revolution from within the royal circle?... MORE
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How ACT UP Changed AIDS
‘How to Survive a Plague’ is a stirring chronicle of ACT UP’s battle to pressure scientists and... MORE
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Film Unpacks Immigration’s Dilemmas
The Oscar-nominee ‘Monsieur Lazhar’ beautifully examines the thorny issue of immigrations, writes... MORE
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Sad Postscript to a Joyous Film
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed opened his office to filmmaker John Shenk for ‘a real-life... MORE
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Mexico’s Drug War Thriller
Stephen Farber talks to Miss Bala’s filmmakers, Gerardo Naranjo and Diego Luna. MORE
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Movies About Movies
Stephen Farber examines the history of film looking at itself—and offers his top 10 movies about... MORE
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Old Master Wim Wenders Tackles 3-D
The German director’s Pina Bausch documentary is the latest in a long line of film innovations. MORE
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Killing a Hollywood Legacy
'Texas Killing Fields' is a haunting look at the other side of violence—from Michael Mann's... MORE
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The Oscars' Foreign Language Flop
The category is such a mess that at a screening of one of this year's five nominees, there were... MORE
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Hollywood's Bad Mother Obsession
Nothing seems to delight Oscar voters like a mother from hell: Monsters from Black Swan, The... MORE
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Will Brits Own the Oscars?
The British are coming!... MORE
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Randy Quaid is a Genius Actor—Honest!
Quaid’s off-screen antics have dented his reputation—but Stephen Farber looks at the actor’s... MORE
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A Movie Breaks the Abortion Taboo
In the new Ben Stiller movie, a character decides to have—and actually goes through with—an... MORE
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Polanski's 'Ghost' Haunts Berlin
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer premiered at the Berlin Film Festival without him, and eerily... MORE
