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Sean Penn
October 3, 2025
David Klion
How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”
January 15, 2016
Maggie Foucault
Sean Penn says he regrets El Chapo interview, which “failed.”
June 19, 2014
Jonathan M. Katz
Sean Penn Accuses the Media of Ignoring Haiti's Progress. But He's Ignoring a Few Uncomfortable Facts, Too.
June 14, 2011
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: ‘The Trip’—A New Film from an Underrated Director
June 9, 2011
David Thomson
Stanley Kauffmann on Films: The Whole Thing
March 5, 2010
Christopher Orr
Buy Me Love
April 6, 2009
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Sean Penn Doesn't Know How Lucky He Is
February 23, 2009
Richard Just
Sean Penn And Gay Rights
January 12, 2009
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Joe & Sean's Excellent Adventures
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The Mini-review: 'milk'
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Life Forces
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Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann On Films: Different Weights

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