Articles about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

An essay about how important gestures are to film performances, how comparatively rare they are today and some examples of some classic gestures.

The character created by Stieg Larsson, along with other rebel girls in books and movies, has inspired fashion designers.

A good heh: "If 2012's Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth"

Melena Ryzik talks with Jeff Cronenweth, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

Rooney Mara, Meryl Streep and other actresses in this year's crop of Oscar hopefuls sometimes went to extraordinary lengths to get, and stay, in character.

David Fincher explains his casting of Rooney Mara and more in this in-depth "Dragon Tattoo" backstory in @thr

A rather scientific look at "the modern movie trailer" from @npr, once again showing nothing is new in Hollywood

Not all appearances of name-brand items in movies result from product placement. But can audiences tell the difference between what's a paid ad and what isn't? In "Dragon Tattoo" there's a prominent scene with Purrell, but is that intentional?

A cool @VanityFair slideshow of pre-prod sketches from "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by costume designer Trish Summerville

A look at the sounds and sound effects that accompany David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."