RAMPART Woody Harrelson gives a searing performance as a dirty L.A. cop about to lose his job and his screwed-up family in this unflinching character study from Oren Moverman, the man who directed Harrelson to an Oscar nomination in "The Messenger." ...

That incident is caught on camera and replayed on the evening news, sparking an investigation. "This used to be a glorious soldiers department," sneers Brown to a mixed-race female officer. "And now it's you." Nice guy, right? At home, we see a softer,...

"This used to be a glorious soldiers department," he says. His life has complications. Dave lives with not one but two ex-wives who are also sisters, played by Cynthia Nixon and Anne Heche. They coexist in a comfortable, upper-middle-class compound,...

Morton / Millenium Entertainment L.A. police Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) meets Linda Fentress (Robin Wright) in "Rampart." Rampart Drama. Starring Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Anne Heche and Cynthia Nixon. Directed by Oren Moverman. (R. 107...

Moverman wrote with crime novel writer James Ellroy ( L.A. Confidential), doesn't try to analyze what led to a corrupt division, but rather examines the specific formation of a badge-wearing monster. At home, we see a softer, complicated side to...

"Wit," now teaches social studies to sixth graders in Atlanta. More Photos » MARGARET EDSON is the Harper Lee of playwrights. She has had just one play produced — “Wit,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 and has been revived on Broadway in a...