
Globe film critic Wesley Morris won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism on April 16, 2012.
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Nominated stories
Race, class, and Hollywood gloss in ‘The Help’

Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’ open to interpretation

Tom Cruise’s latest ‘Mission,’ should you choose to accept it

Why a movie about car thieves is the most progressive force in American cinema
The most progressive force in Hollywood today is the "Fast and Furious" movies. They're loud, ludicrous, and visually incoherent. They're also the last bunch of movies you'd expect to see in the same sentence as "incredibly important." But they are - if only because they feature race as a fact of life as opposed to a social problem or an occasion for self-congratulation. (And this doesn't even account for the gay tension between the male leads, and the occasional crypto-lesbian make-out.) (April 24, 2011)
‘Drive’ delivers brutal violence without breaking a sweat

For better or worse, he tamed technology
Steve Jobs was the Ernest Hemingway of technology. Jobs removed the fear and essentially hid the computer: the iPod (computer as record crate), the MacBook (computer as personal office), the iPhone (computer as lifeline), the iPad (computer as, well, we're). He took computers and turned them into something to play with and love. He turned them into toys. And he turned us into worshippers and fans. He also made us more confident with technology. (Oct. 7, 2011)
Remembering Sidney Lumet, a prince of New York City filmmakers
The late director Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York. Lumet made his first film in 1957, in his early 30s, after having spent most of the 1950s directing television - serious television. That first movie was "12 Angry Men," and has there been a more sincerely volcanic movie about the law — or a family of addicts ("Long Day's Journey Into Night"), police corruption ("Serpico"), bank robbery ("Dog Day Afternoon"), TV ("Network"), or a botched heist ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead")? (April 12, 2011)
‘Scream’ returns, and (surprise!) people are dying

Stars’ lack of chemistry is the elephant in the room of ‘Elephants’

Everyday romance done right in ‘Weekend’

Videos with Wesley Morris
Boston Globe film critics Wesley Morris and Ty Burr review new releases each week in their Take 2 videos.


Take 2 reviews and podcast
Look for new reviews by Wesley Morris and Ty Burr at the end of each week in multiple formats.
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Recent Globe Pulitzers
2011 | Sebastian Smee | Criticism
Criticism
Globe art critic Sebastian Smee won a Pulitzer for a collection of his reviews and essays on art and artists.
2008 | Mark Feeney | Criticism
Visual culture criticism
Mark Feeney, an arts writer and photography reviewer for The Boston Globe, won a Pulitzer for 10 essays on visual culture that ranged from photography to painting and film.
2007 | Charlie Savage | National Reporting
Signing statements
Charlie Savage of the Globe's Washington bureau won the award for his work on President Bush's use of signing statements.
2005 | Gareth Cook | Explanatory Reporting
The stem cell debate
Gareth Cook won the Pulitzer for his coverage of the scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
2003 | Globe Spotlight Team | Public Service
Abuse in the Catholic church
Eight Globe reporters were honored for exposing the history of child abuse in the Catholic church.