Kenneth Turan Articles

Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, the stars of Rachid Bouchareb’s Days of Glory, join forces once again in Bouchareb’s Outside the Law First, Cannes Film Festival organizers pissed off Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing government by showing Sabina Guzzanti’s documentary Draquila: Italy Trembles, which delves into the corruption and decay found in Berlusconi’s Italy. Today came Rachid Bouchareb’s Outside the Law, which seriously pissed off members [...]

Green Zone: Amy Ryan, Matt Damon (top); director Paul Greengrass, Matt Damon on the Green Zone set Paul Greengrass‘ Iraq War thriller Green Zone follows a US Army officer (Matt Damon) who discovers there’s a government conspiracy at work to dupe Americans into believing Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction." As to be expected, right-wingers have called the movie "anti-American," while US critics [...]

Controversy sells. At least sometimes it does. Roman Polanski (above, lower photo), under house arrest in Switzerland while fighting extradition to the United States on charges of having had sexual intercourse with a minor in the late 1970s, was named Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival for The Ghost Writer, starring Ewan McGregor (above, top photo), Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Cattrall. This weekend, the [...]

Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner in the days when he could do no wrong, is turning 20. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the occasion by presenting a new print from the Academy Film Archive and Universal on Wednesday, December 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by [...]