Email Author Ella Taylor

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 10, 2008

  "Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 24, 2008

  "Waugh adn Remembrance"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 25, 2008

  "From Reverence to Rape"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 11, 2008

  "The Women: Ladies Night"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 11, 2008

  "Doubt Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 10, 2008

  "Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 24, 2008

  "Waugh and Remembrance"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 25, 2008

  "From Reverence to Rape"

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2007 Stories by Ella Taylor

• Define Family

  published December 20, 2007

  Simmering below the squeamish elder-care euphemism "uncharted territory" is a fearful awareness that, when it comes to dealing with the growing... More >>

• Sorry State of Affairs

  published December 13, 2007

  Re-reading Ian McEwan's Atonement last weekend, my first thought was: I hope to God that Joe Wright — whose broadly grinning... More >>

• Small Wonder

  published November 15, 2007

  Midway through the amiable children's movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, there comes a speech that I'll wager writer/director Zach... More >>

• Here, Baby, Here

  published November 1, 2007

  I hope people ask me, 'Where did you find that local actress?'" Ben Affleck told Amy Ryan when he cast her as a wreck of a single mother in his... More >>

• Friends With Benefits

  published July 19, 2007

  I wanted to hate I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, truly I did. Two straight guys pretending to be gay (insert fiscal excuse... More >>

• Ogreload

  published May 17, 2007

  Coming out of Shrek the Third, I asked the two smart preteen girls I had in tow what they had liked about the picture. Projectile vomiting... More >>

• Mormons: They're Just Like Us

  published May 10, 2007

  Directed by Garry Marshall. Written by Mark Andrus. Starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, and Felicity Huffman. Rated R. More >>

• Memory Loss

  published May 10, 2007

  Written and directed by Sarah Polley. Based on a short story by Alice Munro. Starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Michael Murphy, Kristen... More >>

• BookScan

  published April 5, 2007

  Lest we imagine that the publishing industry went to hell only after James Frey and J.T. Leroy clambered on board, here comes Lasse Hallström... More >>

• Culture Clash

  published March 22, 2007

  Packed with female book club members, a screening of Mira Nair's The Namesake left no doubt about the film's target audience. If anyone's... More >>

• Miss Congeniality

  published February 1, 2007

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• Best Damn Movies of 2006

  published January 4, 2007

  It's official: Hollywood has run out of original ideas. If you thought 2006 was bad, just wait. In 2007, the studios will give up on... More >>