Fantasy Life
Lenny
Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban Movie Reviews
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Self
Asteroid City
Larkings Executive
80 for Brady
Mark
The French Dispatch
Uncle Nick
Isle of Dogs
King (voice)
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Mr. Waxcap
Mascots
Sol Lumpkin
The Monuments Men
Preston Savitz
Moonrise Kingdom
The Narrator
Howl
Judge Horn
Dedication
Arthur Planck
No Reservations
Therapist
For Your Consideration
Philip Koontz
Lady in the Water
Harry Farber
Capote
William Shawn
A Mighty Wind
Steinbloom
Gosford Park
Morris Weissman
The Mexican
Nayman
Jakob The Liar
Kowalski
Blog Posts That Mention Bob Balaban
Critics to Philistines: Stop ruining our fun!
Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson’s miniatures
Nobody knows criticism, Part 2
TIFF: Short cuts
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Ghost World: A Quirky Girl and Her Unexpected Friend
William Hurt: 1950-2022
Netflix’s The Chair Sets Up a Potentially Great Show
Home Entertainment Guide: November 2020
25 Underrated Horror Films For Halloween
Figuring It Out: The Films of Laura Dern
A Box of Chocolates: Preview of the 2017 Telluride Film Festival
TIFF 2016: “Mascots,” “Weirdos,” “Carrie Pilby”
2016 Fall Movie Preview: 50 Movies That’ll Prove Film Isn’t Dead
TIFF Announces First Wave of Galas and Special Presentations
Solidarity of Cinema: Kent Jones on “Hitchcock/Truffaut”
You Have to Kill the Judge: Parker Posey on “Irrational Man,” Woody Allen and Christopher Guest
Stories within Stories: Wes Anderson Talks About “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
A Mother-Daughter Act: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini discuss “Girl Most Likely”
A letter from Chaz
A.O. Scott on criticism: “This is not a progressive kindergarten.”
