“American Splendor” represents a bold deconstruction of the fatigued biopic form. Not content to present the Cleveland-based Pekar’s life as anything resembling a straightforward narrative, Berman and ...

“American Splendor” was named top movie of the year by the National Society of Film Critics, topping “Mystic River” and “Lost in Translation” in Saturday’s balloting. The 55 critics also awarded ...

American Splendor transforms normality into oddity. The premise of the film, "ordinary life is pretty complex stuff," wrings out the boredom of Pekar's life when he comes up with an idea. Pekar and ...

This article was updated at 5:02 p.m. “American Splendor,” a stylistically inventive portrait of the life of sad sack comics writer Harvey Pekar, walked off with best picture of the year honors from ...

Spider-Man, Daredevil, Harvey Pekar. No, the last one mentioned is not a wholemeal muesli producer from Ohio. He, just like his admittedly more prominent colleagues, is a genuine, bona fide comic hero ...

"American Splendor," the acclaimed film about an idiosyncratic comic book artist, was voted best picture of 2003 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Wednesday, while "Lord of the Rings" ...

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